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And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at work as a psychiatric nurse.

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
Actor
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Comedian
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Nurse
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
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Wandsworth Town
Josephine Grace Brand
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