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My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

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Sally Phillips
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 10
Actor
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Comedian
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colonial Hong Kong
Sally Elizabeth Phillips
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