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Post by petrolino on Dec 24, 2020 23:10:09 GMT
Sarah Alexander
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts presents '60 Seconds with Sarah Alexander'
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Films
Interview with Sarah Alexander backstage at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' Childrens' Entertainment Awards
I've just gotten a dvd of Carlo Vanzina's comic fantasy 'Pretty Princess' (1993) to watch this Christmas. I think Sarah Alexander made her film debut here, while working in Italy. I'm looking forward to seeing it as I do enjoy some of Vanzina's work.
Sarah Alexander on working with Michelle Pfeiffer
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Television
Sarah Alexander, Gina Bellman, Kate Isitt & Elizabeth Marmur in 'Coupling'
Sarah Alexander has worked with many of Britain's top comedians. She worked with comedy duo Griff Rhys Jones & Mel Smith in her early days. She then worked with comedy duo Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller on the earlier, funnier, racier incarnation of their sketch show that was commissioned by Channel 4. She was a regular performer on 'Smack The Pony', a sketch show designed by comediennes Fiona Allen, Sally Phillips & Doon Mackichan.
Fun Fact : Sarah Alexander appeared in an unaired pilot for a revamped version of 'The 11 O'Clock Show' with comedian Iain Lee - you can now see the full episode screening on youtube.
Sarah Alexander & Sally Phillips in 'Smack The Pony'
Alexander also works regularly with her husband, actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz. She's appeared on his sketch show and they worked together on the science comedy 'Look Around You'. Serafinowicz has recently been working with 'South Park' co-creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone on the web series 'Sassy Justice' and 'Sassy Trump'.
Interview with Peter Serafinowicz
Clare Grogan (Altered Images) & Sarah Alexander in 'Red Dwarf'
'Look Around You (Music 2000)'
Sarah Alexander & Robert Duncan in 'Drop The Dead Donkey'
Sarah Alexander & Jack Davenport in 'Coupling'
Jonathan Cake, Sarah Alexander & Steve Coogan in 'Dr. Terrible's House Of Horrible'
Sarah Alexander, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler & Peter Serafinowicz in 'Great To See You'
Tamsin Grieg & Sarah Alexander in 'Green Wing'
Sarah Alexander & Nicholas Burns in 'Marley's Ghosts'
Sarah Alexander in 'Drunk History'
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Sarah Alexander & Peter Serafinowicz
Sarah Alexander as athlete Ros Lamb ("the Southport Sparrow") in 'Look Around You' (with Paul Birchard, Andrew Burt, Adam Buxton, Olivia Colman, Graham Linehan, Lewis MacLeod, Peter Serafinowicz & Edgar Wright) - Part 1
Sarah Alexander as athlete Ros Lamb ("the Southport Sparrow") in 'Look Around You' (with Paul Birchard, Andrew Burt, Adam Buxton, Olivia Colman, Graham Linehan, Lewis MacLeod, Peter Serafinowicz & Edgar Wright) - Part 2
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Post by ck100 on Dec 24, 2020 23:30:58 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Dec 24, 2020 23:38:01 GMT
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Post by ck100 on Dec 24, 2020 23:44:19 GMT
Well the site where I got the picture from says it is.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 24, 2020 23:45:47 GMT
Well the site where I got the picture from says it is. I think it might be a different Sarah Alexander. It's quite a common name. She looks like a young Meryl Streep.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 25, 2020 1:31:43 GMT
That picture from New Adventures of Pinocchio looks less creepy than CATS (2019).
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Post by petrolino on Dec 25, 2020 1:33:47 GMT
That picture from New Adventures of Pinocchio looks less creepy than CATS (2019).
I actually think Sarah Alexander is the most naturally catlike of English women, in her intensity, expressiveness, svelte figure, and the extraordinary arch in her back.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 25, 2020 1:42:04 GMT
Look at her legspace as she walks in this candid taken from one of Jonathan Ross' halloween parties (Ross' wife Jane Goldman was a scriptwriter on 'Stardust'), you'd think she was cajun dancing, or performing an impromptu Irish jig. There's been nobody quite like her in 25 years of celebrated British comedy (it's truly gone global with the rapid rise of the interweb), and I feel she doesn't get the credit she deserves. In short (which she herself says she is), there's a reason so many of this nation's leading comedy writers and performers want to work with her.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Dec 25, 2020 2:20:39 GMT
Sarah Alexander
Clare Grogan (Altered Images) & Sarah Alexander in 'Red Dwarf'
Sarah Alexander in 'Covington Cross'
A nice-looking actress who I've always been aware of, but not really seen in much. The thing I remember her from the most is that^ episode of Red Dwarf she guest-starred in alongside Brian Cox. I didn't even realise she was in the movie Stardust (thanks to all those prosthetics they hid her under). The most recent thing I saw her in was Season 1 of the TV series Pennyworth.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 25, 2020 2:26:07 GMT
Sarah Alexander
Clare Grogan (Altered Images) & Sarah Alexander in 'Red Dwarf'
Sarah Alexander in 'Covington Cross'
A nice-looking actress who I've always been aware of, but not really seen in much. The thing I remember her from the most is that^ episode of Red Dwarf she guest-starred in alongside Brian Cox. I didn't even realise she was in the movie Stardust (thanks to all those prosthetics they hid her under). The most recent thing I saw her in was Season 1 of the TV series Pennyworth.
Hey chalice. Please may I wish you and your family a happy Christmas, or as happy as pandemic circumstances currenly permit.
Is 'Pennyworth' worth checking out?
This Christmas, I plan to resume my viewing of 'Orphan Black' as I have some days free.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 25, 2020 3:15:45 GMT
Sassy Trump (with Sweet Sean Hannity)
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Dec 25, 2020 4:34:02 GMT
A nice-looking actress who I've always been aware of, but not really seen in much. The thing I remember her from the most is that^ episode of Red Dwarf she guest-starred in alongside Brian Cox. I didn't even realise she was in the movie Stardust (thanks to all those prosthetics they hid her under). The most recent thing I saw her in was Season 1 of the TV series Pennyworth.
Hey chalice. Please may I wish you and your family a happy Christmas, or as happy as pandemic circumstances currenly permit.
Is 'Pennyworth' worth checking out?
This Christmas, I plan to resume my viewing of 'Orphan Black' as I have some days free.
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. Yeah, I thought Season 1 of Pennyworth was pretty good. You haven't finished watching Orphan Black yet? Yes, you need to get right on that. 
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Post by petrolino on Dec 25, 2020 4:41:20 GMT
Hey chalice. Please may I wish you and your family a happy Christmas, or as happy as pandemic circumstances currenly permit.
Is 'Pennyworth' worth checking out?
This Christmas, I plan to resume my viewing of 'Orphan Black' as I have some days free.
You haven't finished watching Orphan Black yet? Yes, you need to get right on that. About halfway there yet. I need to get down on it ... here's a creepy video of Sarah Alexander advertising the moisturiser 'Too Much Minerals' ...
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2020 0:22:33 GMT
Today, I watched Carlo Vanzina's comic fantasy 'Pretty Princess'. It's an Italian film about a Nordic princess (played by Dutch actress Barbara Snellenburg) that's filmed in Austria, so it's truly international. Hungarian actress Catherine Schell plays a key supporting role.
Sarah Alexander isn't the only British performer in the cast (she plays German college girl Ursula who wears a dirndl). There's also David Warner, Susannah York, Paul Freeman, Liz Smith, Godfrey James, Tilly Blackwood and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Sarah Alexander & Barbara Snellenburg
I was lucky to see the complete version which runs close to two and a half hours in length (there's a shorter thetrical version available that runs around 105 minutes according to imdb). It's an enjoyable picture, slickly handled by Vanzina who always favours smooth presentations. It's beautifully photographed by Luigi Kuveiller with music by English composer Simon Boswell who was based in Italy around the time.
Another example of Sarah Alexander's talent and versatility, I feel.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 27, 2020 0:27:28 GMT
Yeah she is brilliant.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 27, 2020 0:47:38 GMT
That's so cool to hear you say that.
Here's an ice skating sketch she made with Doon Mackichan for the first episode of 'Smack The Pony' that's one of my favourites ...
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 27, 2020 0:57:54 GMT
That's so cool to hear you say that.
Here's an ice skating sketch she made with Doon Mackichan for the first episode of 'Smack The Pony' that's one of my favourites ...
Yeah Smack The Pony was brilliant, and she was brilliant in it, I have all 3 series on DVD, They where released in Scandinavia in 2008.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 28, 2020 15:36:02 GMT
That's so cool to hear you say that.
Here's an ice skating sketch she made with Doon Mackichan for the first episode of 'Smack The Pony' that's one of my favourites ...
Yeah Smack The Pony was brilliant, and she was brilliant in it, I have all 3 series on DVD, They where released in Scandinavia in 2008. My favourite English comedian active today is Steve Coogan who worked with Sarah Alexander on the comic horror compendium (basically a spoof of Amicus Films), 'Dr. Terrible's House Of Horrible', which I have on dvd. It also features comedienne Sally Bretton who I'm a fan of - Bretton worked with Alexander on 'Green Wing' and she works regularly with another comedian I like, Lee Mack. I mention Coogan as the 'Smack The Pony' team have all worked with Coogan during their careers. In fact, Fiona Allen ('Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle'), Doon Mackichan ('Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge') and Sally Phillips ('I'm Alan Partridge') have all appeared in Coogan's 'Alan Partridge' comedy shows at one time or another. He's the one English comic of today who I feel confident proclaiming to be an absolute genius.
Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front & Doon Mackichan in 'Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge'
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Post by petrolino on Jan 8, 2021 23:27:11 GMT
I would like to wish Sarah Alexander a belated happy birthday for Sunday January 3 when she turned 50!!
She thanked people on Twitter for all her birthday wishes. How nice!
Sarah Alexander & Daniel Rigby discuss 'Undercover'
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 8, 2021 23:29:06 GMT
She was really good (and looked great) in the last season/series of Jonathan Creek, opposite Alan Davies. Alas, the episodes around her were dreadful.
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