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I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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