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If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.
Anne Beatts
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Anne Beatts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 25
Died: 2021
Died: April 7
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