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Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Anna Neagle

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Anna Neagle
Age: 81 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 20
Died: 1986
Died: June 3
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox
Florence Marjorie Wilcox
Florence Marjorie Robertson
Pleasant
Loneliness
Solitude

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