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Dawn French

1957-10-11 (67 years old) in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, presenter and writer. French is known for writing and starring on the BBC comedy sketch show French and Saunders with her best friend and comedy partner, Jennifer Saunders, and played the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.

Movies

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Kirsty MacColl at the BBC
50 %|Oct 5, 2024
Music
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Joan Rivers at the BBC
0 %|Sep 8, 2024
Comedy, Documentary
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Dawn French Is a Huge Twat
85 %|Dec 28, 2023
Comedy
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The Magician's Elephant
69 %|Mar 10, 2023
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
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Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
30 %|Dec 23, 2022
Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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Death on the Nile
64.27 %|Feb 9, 2022
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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An Audience with Adele
83 %|Nov 21, 2021
Music, Documentary
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French & Saunders: Funny Women
80 %|Jul 17, 2021
Comedy, Documentary
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The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
0 %|Mar 6, 2021
Comedy, Documentary
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A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas
0 %|Dec 24, 2020
Documentary
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Completely Bad News
0 %|Nov 29, 2019
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300 Years of French & Saunders
0 %|Dec 25, 2017
Comedy
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Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
90 %|Mar 24, 2017
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie
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Confessions of the Paparazzi
0 %|Feb 6, 2017
Documentary
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Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
0 %|Dec 23, 2016
Documentary
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
57 %|Sep 12, 2016
Comedy, Documentary
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
53 %|Jul 1, 2016
Comedy
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Five Go to Rehab
0 %|Nov 7, 2012
Comedy
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30 Years of Comic Strip
0 %|Nov 3, 2012
Documentary, Comedy
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Matthew Bourne's Christmas
100 %|Dec 25, 2011
Music
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
100 %|Dec 17, 2011
Documentary, Comedy
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Psychoville Halloween Special
0 %|Oct 31, 2010
Horror, Comedy
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Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline'
50 %|Jul 21, 2009
Documentary, Animation
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Coraline
79 %|Feb 5, 2009
Animation, Family, Fantasy
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French and Saunders: Still Alive
52 %|Nov 17, 2008
Comedy
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
0 %|Jun 1, 2007
Music, Comedy
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Love and Other Disasters
57.82 %|Sep 9, 2006
Comedy, Romance
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
71 %|Dec 7, 2005
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
60 %|Jul 4, 2005
Documentary
actor
Comic Aid
50 %|Mar 2, 2005
Comedy
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
48 %|Dec 9, 2004
Comedy, Documentary
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
80 %|May 31, 2004
Adventure, Fantasy
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Kirsty: The Life and Songs of Kirsty MacColl
0 %|Mar 3, 2001
Music, Documentary
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French & Saunders - Live
85 %|Nov 20, 2000
Comedy
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Maybe Baby
54 %|Jun 2, 2000
Comedy, Romance
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Milk
20 %|Jan 1, 1999
Comedy
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Four Men in a Car
0 %|Apr 12, 1998
Comedy
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Sex & Chocolate
70 %|Oct 26, 1997
Romance, Drama, TV Movie
actor
Treasure Island
0 %|Jul 14, 1997
Animation, Adventure, Family
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
53 %|Jul 26, 1996
Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
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Dusty
80 %|May 2, 1994
Music, Documentary
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Tender Loving Care
0 %|Oct 3, 1993
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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The Legends of Treasure Island
80 %|Sep 10, 1993
Animation, Family
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex
0 %|Apr 29, 1993
Comedy, Science Fiction
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French & Saunders: At the Movies
75 %|Jan 1, 1993
Comedy
actor
In Dreams
70 %|Dec 23, 1992
TV Movie
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Red Nose of Courage
0 %|Apr 9, 1992
Comedy
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Amnesty International's Big 30
40 %|Dec 28, 1991
Documentary, Comedy
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
0 %|Dec 26, 1990
Family
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French & Saunders LIVE
0 %|Mar 12, 1990
Comedy
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Spaghetti Hoops
0 %|Mar 1, 1990
Comedy
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Oxford
0 %|Feb 22, 1990
Comedy
actor
GLC: The Carnage Continues
0 %|Feb 5, 1990
Comedy
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
75 %|Jan 1, 1989
Comedy, Music
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Bosses From Hell
0 %|Jan 1, 1989
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Employees From Hell
0 %|Jan 1, 1989
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
52 %|Dec 10, 1988
Comedy
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
82 %|Mar 5, 1988
Comedy, Horror, TV Movie
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More Bad News
98 %|Feb 27, 1988
Comedy, Music
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The Strike
70 %|Feb 20, 1988
TV Movie, Comedy
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Eat the Rich
60 %|Oct 23, 1987
Action, Comedy, Crime
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Experiment IV
40 %|Oct 27, 1986
Horror, Science Fiction
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Comedians Do It On Stage
0 %|Feb 1, 1986
Comedy
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Private Enterprise
0 %|Jan 2, 1986
Comedy
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The Supergrass
62 %|Nov 8, 1985
Comedy
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Slags
0 %|Feb 11, 1984
Comedy
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
0 %|Feb 4, 1984
Comedy
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
0 %|Jan 28, 1984
Comedy
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
70 %|Jan 21, 1984
Western, Comedy, TV Movie
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Susie
0 %|Jan 14, 1984
Comedy
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Dirty Movie
0 %|Jan 7, 1984
Comedy
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Five Go Mad on Mescalin
0 %|Nov 2, 1983
Comedy
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Summer School
0 %|Jan 31, 1983
Comedy
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Bad News
87 %|Jan 24, 1983
Comedy, Music
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The Beat Generation
0 %|Jan 17, 1983
Comedy
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War
100 %|Jan 3, 1983
Comedy
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
0 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
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The Comic Strip
0 %|Jan 1, 1981
TV Movie, Comedy

Series

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The Nevermets
0 %|May 24, 2024
Documentary
actor
Walk the Line
0 %|Dec 12, 2021
Reality, Family
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The Secret World Of...
0 %|Aug 8, 2021
Documentary
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The Trouble with Maggie Cole
64 %|Mar 4, 2020
Comedy, Drama
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK
71 %|Oct 3, 2019
Reality
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Little Big Shots
0 %|Mar 1, 2017
Kids, Reality, Family
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Delicious
63 %|Dec 30, 2016
Comedy, Drama
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Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
66 %|Mar 30, 2015
Comedy, Documentary
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The Wrong Mans
72.94 %|Sep 24, 2013
Comedy
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Heading Out
57.220000000000006 %|Feb 26, 2013
Comedy
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Superstar
0 %|Jul 7, 2012
Reality
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Roger & Val Have Just Got In
80 %|Aug 6, 2010
Comedy
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Psychoville
68 %|Jun 18, 2009
Comedy, Mystery
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Lark Rise to Candleford
83.10000000000001 %|Jan 13, 2008
Drama
actor
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
0 %|Dec 9, 2007
Comedy, Talk
actor
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
50 %|Nov 6, 2007
Comedy, Talk
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A Bucket O' French and Saunders
63 %|Sep 7, 2007
Comedy
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The Graham Norton Show
72 %|Feb 22, 2007
Comedy, Talk
actor
Comedy Shuffle
0 %|Jan 25, 2007
Comedy
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Jam and Jerusalem
70 %|Nov 24, 2006
Comedy
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The One Show
46 %|Aug 14, 2006
Talk
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The One Show
46 %|Aug 14, 2006
Talk
actor
Davina
0 %|Feb 15, 2006
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The F Word
58.33 %|Oct 27, 2005
Documentary
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Agatha Christie's Marple
76.25 %|Dec 12, 2004
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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The Paul O'Grady Show
46 %|Oct 11, 2004
Comedy, Talk
actor
Bosom Pals
0 %|Jan 26, 2004
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Little Britain
71.15 %|Sep 16, 2003
Comedy
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Little Britain
71.15 %|Sep 16, 2003
Comedy
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Wild West
62 %|Oct 22, 2002
Comedy
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Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
60 %|Aug 13, 2002
Documentary, Comedy
actor
Pongwiffy
0 %|Jun 12, 2002
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V Graham Norton
50 %|May 6, 2002
Comedy, Talk
actor
Ted and Alice
20 %|Apr 4, 2002
Comedy, Drama
actor
Happiness
60 %|Mar 20, 2001
Comedy
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David Copperfield
71 %|Dec 25, 1999
Drama
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Watership Down
75 %|Sep 28, 1999
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Let Them Eat Cake
68 %|Sep 9, 1999
Comedy
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Parkinson
0 %|Jan 9, 1998
Talk
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TFI Friday
67 %|Feb 9, 1996
Comedy
actor
Look at the State We're In!
0 %|May 20, 1995
Comedy
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The Vicar of Dibley
74 %|Nov 10, 1994
Comedy
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The Legends of Treasure Island
74 %|Sep 10, 1993
Family, Animation
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Absolutely Fabulous
75 %|Nov 12, 1992
Comedy
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Murder Most Horrid
66 %|Nov 14, 1991
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
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The Storyteller
81.02000000000001 %|May 15, 1988
Action & Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
actor
Comic Relief
60 %|Feb 5, 1988
Comedy
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Going Live!
60 %|Sep 26, 1987
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French & Saunders
75 %|Mar 9, 1987
Comedy
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Girls On Top
48 %|Oct 23, 1985
Comedy
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Happy Families
68 %|Oct 17, 1985
Drama, Comedy
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The Young Ones
79 %|Nov 9, 1982
Comedy
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The Young Ones
79 %|Nov 9, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Young Ones
79 %|Nov 9, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
actor
Can You Keep a Secret?
0 %|Invalid Date
Comedy
poster
The Comic Strip Presents...
73 %|Nov 2, 1982
Comedy
poster
Wogan
45 %|May 4, 1982
Talk
poster
An Audience with...
53 %|Jan 8, 1978
Talk
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
50 %|Apr 1, 1976
Comedy
poster
The BAFTA Awards
100 %|May 29, 1949
Reality