Our family song – Three Is A Magic Number, which my husband played me on the way back from the maternity hospital.
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Anna Paquin
New Zealand actress
I don’t have a favourite song, but I will definitely give it some thought, so no one’s arguing about it when I die.
Vicky McClure
English actress
Definitely a Carpenters track.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
Tracey Ullman
British and American actress
The End by the Beatles.
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A beautiful, sequined dress for a showbiz function. It was pushing £1,850.
An actress. My family thought it was ridiculous, it was like saying you wanted to be an astronaut.
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