'I Don't Think Actors Ever Retire, You've Got to Drag Us Off the Stage Forcibly' ; Thebiginterview: A Flame-Haired Actress with the Poise of a Lady, Jane Asher Caught the Eye of Audiences When She Was Five and She's Been Acting Ever Since. She Tells Kirstie Mccrum Why Being Able to Do What She Loves has Been the Icing On the Cake for Her

Western Mail › February 25, 2011

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She's well-known for her cakes, her auburn hair and her relationship with one of the Fab Four but, above all, Jane Asher is an actress.

At 64, the classy English star with an enviable figure and crisp "received pronunciation accent" is still treading the boards, and she has no plans on bringing down the final curtain on her acting career.

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'I Don't Think Actors Ever Retire, You've Got to Drag Us Off the Stage Forcibly' ; Thebiginterview: A Flame-Haired Actress with the Poise of a Lady, Jane Asher Caught the Eye of Audiences When She Was Five and She's Been Acting Ever Since. She Tells Kirstie Mccrum Why Being Able to Do What She Loves has Been the Icing On the Cake for Her

In the London suburb of Willesden, Jane was the middle of three children born to Dr Richard Alan John and Margaret Asher. Her father was a consultant in blood and mental diseases at the Central Middlesex Hospital and her mother was a professor of oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Following her father into science or her mother into music was not to happen, however, as Jane found herself catapulted into acting at a young age.

"I started working in films at the age of five. I had very long vividly red hair and some ...

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