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So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning.

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