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When I was a child I wanted to be a petrol pump attendant. I suppose you have all sorts of thoughts as a child and at the time I figured that it was a way to avoid doing anything like going on stage.

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Saffron Burrows
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: October 22
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London
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Saffron Domini Burrows
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