Jessica Raine
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The day I got accepted by Rada and the day I found out I was pregnant, both a long time coming. I am a late bloomer.
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I’m happy: I have a wonderful career and great friends.
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Nicholas Parsons
English actor, straight man and presenter
When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.
Playing the Cowardly Lion in our fourth-grade production of The Wizard of Oz. Thank you, Mr. Riccobono.
Julie Andrews
English actress, singer and author
In London. When Blake [Edwards, her husband since 1969] made me laugh so much I wept. Blake says I slept with a smile.
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If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
To be working still.
One night in Cats, I missed my footing and nearly plunged more than 30ft. As if by magic, the stage manager’s hand appeared and winched me from certain death.
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