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Julia Somerville

Overview

  • Born
    July 14, 1947
  • Birth name
    Julia Mary Fownes Somerville

Biography

  • Julia Somerville was born on July 14, 1947. She is an actress, known for Lift Off! with Coppers & Co! (1987), Façade (2010) and Rip Off Britain: Holidays (2013). She was previously married to Ray Gowdridge and Stephen Band.

Family

  • Spouses
      Ray Gowdridge(1984 - 1992) (separated, 2 children)
      Stephen Band(1970 - 1975) (divorced)

Trivia

  • She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Art. She is the Chair of the Government Art Collection Advisory Committee.
  • London, England: Chair

Quotes

  • As I still regularly present news programmes for the BBC - and news presenters are obliged to be impartial - it's probably better if I keep most of my opinions to myself. However, based on my experience filming with Rip-Off Britain, and hearing first-hand people's deep upset at the way some things are, the first thing I'd do would be to look at the growing disparity between the very rich and the rest of us.

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