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[On Marilyn Monroe:] Her body has gone to her head.

Barbara Stanwyck

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Barbara Stanwyck
Age: 82 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 20
Film Actor
Film Actress
Model
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Ruby Catherine Stevens
Marilyn
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Gone
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Monroe

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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
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Attention embarrasses me. I don't like to be on display.
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I couldn't remember my name for weeks. I'd be at the theater and hear them calling 'Miss Stanwyck, Miss Stanwyck,' and I'd think 'Where is that dame? Why doesn't she answer? By crickie, it's me!
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