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Tallulah [Bankhead] was the foremost naughty girl of her era but, in those days, naughty meant piquant, whereas values have so changed that now, in the 1970s, it generally means nauseating.
Anita Loos
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Anita Loos
Age: 92 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1981
Died: August 18
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Mount Shasta
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Corinne Anita Loos
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