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I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

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Anna Held
Age: 46 †
Born: 1872
Born: March 19
Died: 1918
Died: August 12
Actor
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Warszawa
Helene Anna Held
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Please
Perhaps
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