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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
Actor
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Character Actor
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Musician
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Television Actor
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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