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updated: 14/12/2005

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character makeups: the grotesques

Joanna Lumley
Miranda Richardson
Fiona Shaw
Lin Shaye
Katherine Helmond

Featuring actresses, usually of a certain age, who have developed a special niche in the market. They have played a number of characters who (whether evil or just odd) have in common that they are true grotesques.

Some but not all the characters are grotesque in appearance; others are just quirky. All are, however, truly grotesque.