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Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!

Anna Chlumsky

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Anna Chlumsky
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: December 3
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Chicago
Illinois
Anna M. Chlumsky
Anna Maria Chlumsky
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