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I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me.
Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury
Age: 99
Born: 1925
Born: October 16
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Angela Brigid Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury
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