births
October 11, 1957
Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
Dawn French
Dawn Roma French is a British actress, comedian and writer. She is known for writing and starring on the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her best friend and comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for starring in the BBC comedy anthology series Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999) and the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007). French has been nominated for seven British Academy Television Awards and won a BAFTA Fellowship with Saunders in 2009.
October 11
October 11 is the 284th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 81 days remain until the end of the year.