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In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

Beth Henley

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Beth Henley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 8
Actor
Dramatist
Playwright
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
Elizabeth Becker Henley
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Lying
Alignment
Floor
Pass
Movement

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