Jan Ravens
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Jan Ravens is a Bebington,Wirral-born (14th May 1958) British actress and impressionist, famous for her voices on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers. She was the first female President of Cambridge University Footlights Club in 1980. She also appears on Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown, even though Dead Ringers parody that same show.
People who regularly come under her imitative powers are Charlotte Green of Radio 4, Fiona Bruce of BBC News, Anne Robinson of The Weakest Link, and the Geordie-accented wife of David Archer, Ruth, from fictional Radio 4 series, The Archers.
External Links
- IMDB (http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0712380)
- Dead Ringers (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/deadringers)
- Audio clip describing her work on Dead Ringers. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/rams/janravens.ram)
- Another Dead Ringers clip. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/deadringers/interview/s4clip3.shtml)