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3	->''"It is really important to push yourself with your fears... I always find the most frightening thing is the unknown. I always say the wolf's footprints are more frightening than the wolf itself. And so that's my way of dealing with fear - to understand it."''
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5	Candy Davis, born Clare Damaris Bastin, (2 January 1962 -- 27 July 2021), was a British model/actress turned author best known for playing Miss Belfridge in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
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7	In 1982, she took part in and won the Miss Nude America contest, which was followed by some time working as a PageThreeStunna. After some small glamour roles on TV, she played Miss Belfridge in the final two series of ''Are You Being Served?'', the final of the {{Sexy Secretar\|y}}ies featured in the series.
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9	In 1985, she married Creator/GaryOlsen and emigrated to Japan to teach English as a foreign language. By The90s, she was divorced from Olsen and back in Britain to begin working as an author under pen names such as "Mo Hayder" and "Theo Clare". She published her first novel, ''Birdman'', in 1999. It was an international bestseller.
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11	She died from complications of motor neurone disease at the age of 59.
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13	!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
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15	* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1982) -- Stripper
16	* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', episode "Holiday" (1983) -- Hill's Angel (UncreditedRole)
17	* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', 13 episodes (1983-85) -- Miss Belfridge
18	* ''Series/TheComicStripPresents'', episode ''Five Go Mad on Mescalin'' (1983) -- Janie
19	* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', 4 episodes:
20	** 1 episode (1983) -- Colonel's Niece
21	** 1 episode (1985) -- Woman
22	** 1 episode (1985) -- Miss Exotica Stormtrooper
23	** 1 episode (1986) -- Woman with Trevor

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