It was a case of life emulating art for British actress Linda Bassett, when she stripped off for a charity calendar - a decade after starring in smash hit film Calendar Girls. The award winning film told the true story of a group of Women's Institute members who posed naked to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. Now Ms Bassett, who played Cora in the film, has posed naked for a real charity calendar which was put together to support a dog rescue charity. Linda braved a naked calendar shoot for the month of October again - with her pet dog Dust
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British actress Linda Bassett, 64, played Cora in 2003 film
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Her character posed nude raising funds for Leukaemia Research
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11 years on, she has stripped off again for charity Safe Rescue for Dogs
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She adopted pet dog Dust from charity, who found him starving to death
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Injured dog was hidden in a Romanian sewage pipe but has a new home
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To buy a copy of the calendar, visit saferescuefordogs.com
'I think anyone passing might have got a shock if they looked over to see the actress @placeholder naked in a field with her dog,' added Miss Bassett.