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Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of.

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Julie Walters
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Julia Mary Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters
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