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Birds Of A Feather's Pauline Quirke diagnosed with dementia as she steps away from acting
Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia, her husband Steve Sheen announced in a statement, adding that the actress will be stepping away from all professional duties
In the statement, Steve said: "'It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife Pauline's decision to step back from all professional and commercial duties due to her diagnosis of Dementia in 2021." TV producer Steve, who married Pauline in 1996, also praised his partner's versatility in his poignant statement, noting she had played comedic characters, loyal heroes and powerful matriarchs over the decades. It went on to say: "Demonstrating her acting versatility, she also starred or appeared in more than 60 TV and film productions, including Carrie's War, North and South, Casualty, Cold Blood, Thieving Headmistress, My Family, You, Me and the Apocalypse, and of course Emmerdale."
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