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Connecting Calista Flockhart and Jennifer Saunders
Calista Flockhart
In 1997, Flockhart was asked to audition for the starring role in David E. Kelley's Fox television series '' Ally McBeal''.
David E. Kelley
American television producer, writer and attorney
Among the actors and actresses who have won Emmys for playing roles in Kelley's series are Peter MacNicol, Tracey Ullman, Sharon Stone, William Shatner, James Spader, Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton, Michael Emerson, James Whitmore, Beah Richards, Edward Herrmann, Michael Badalucco, Holland Taylor, John Larroquette, Camryn Manheim, Christine Lahti, Héctor Elizondo, Mandy Patinkin, Kathy Baker, Ray Walston, Paul Winfield, Richard Kiley, Fyvush Finkel, Leigh Taylor-Young, Tom Skerritt, Richard Dysart, Paul McCrane, Christian Clemenson, Jimmy Smits, Larry Drake, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Laura Dern.
Tracey Ullman
After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in ''Girls on Top'' with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
The show, co-starring Dawn French, Ruby Wax, and Jennifer Saunders continued after Ullman bowed out after the first series.
Calista Flockhart
Flockhart performed in a starring role as Kitty Walker, opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys, in the ABC critically acclaimed prime time series '' Brothers & Sisters'', which premiered in September 2006 in the time slot after ''Desperate Housewives''.
Nick Grosso
British playwright (born 1968)
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Kathy Burke
Burke first became familiar to television audiences as a player of minor roles in sketches by better-known performers such as Harry Enfield, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Calista Flockhart
Though she later appeared in films ''Naked in New York'' (1993) and ''Getting In'' (1994), her first substantial speaking part in a film was in '' Quiz Show'', directed by Robert Redford.
Robert Redford
American actor and film director (born 1936)
Redford was a co-producer and, with Emma Thompson and Nick Nolte, costar of the 2015 Broad Green Pictures film ''A Walk in the Woods'', based on Bill Bryson's book of the same name.
Emma Thompson
British actress and screenwriter
The regional ITV comedy series '' There's Nothing To Worry About!'' (1982) was their first outing, followed by the one-off BBC show '' The Crystal Cube'' (1983). '' There's Nothing to Worry About!'' later returned as the networked sketch show '' Alfresco'' (1983–84), which ran for two series with Thompson, Fry, Laurie, Ben Elton, and Robbie Coltrane.
She was not seen on screen again until 2000, with only a small part in the British comedy '' Maybe Baby'', which she appeared in as a favour to its director, her friend Ben Elton.
Ben Elton
British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
In 1985, Elton produced his first solo script for the BBC with his comedy-drama series '' Happy Families'', starring Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson.
Calista Flockhart
She was offered the role of Susan Mayer on '' Desperate Housewives'' but declined, and the role later went to Teri Hatcher.
Teri Hatcher
American actress (b. 1964)
She then played Sylvester Stallone's younger sister, a dancer, in the big-budget police action-comedy ''Tango and Cash'', also starring Kurt Russell; it was a critical and box office disappointment.
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City on July 6, 1946, the elder son of Francesco "Frank" Stallone Sr., a hairdresser and beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (''née'' Labofish; 1921–2020), an astrologer, dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling.
Jackie Stallone
Her appearance on ''Celebrity Big Brother 3'' in the United Kingdom was parodied on the British TV comedy show '' French and Saunders'', with Dawn French playing Stallone and Jennifer Saunders playing Brigitte Nielsen.
