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So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.

Alan Rickman

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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
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Film Director
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Hammersmith
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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