Dawn French says she is still “reeling” from the the death of her ‘Vicar Of Dibley’ co-star, Emma Chambers.
Emma, who played the much-loved Alice Tinker in BBC sitcom, died in February of natural causes at the age of 53.
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In an interview on Tuesday’s ‘Lorriane’, Dawn said she was still getting over her death and paid tribute to her former co-star.
She said: “This has been a very shocking and sad loss. Far too young and I think we’re all still reeling a little bit from it.
“My memories of working with Emma are some of my most favourite memories of my whole career. She’s a massively diligent person, much unlike [her Dibley character] Alice.
“She was incredibly bright. Very funny, very knowing and yet she was able to play someone who was in a different world.
“She didn’t play a simpleton, she played someone who had a different reality. She was incredibly authentic at that and I will miss that.“
She added: “I have to tell you Lorraine, to play a clown in a way like that, it takes a lot of hard work. You have to learn things very particularly. She did it really well, really well.”
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Emma also starred in ‘Notting Hill’ alongside Hugh Grant, who also paid tribute to the star following her death.
He tweeted: “Emma Chambers was a hilarious and very warm person and of course a brilliant actress. Very sad news.”
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