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I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.

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Cyndi Lauper
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 22
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
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Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
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Voice Actor
New York City
New York
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
Cynthia Lauper
Reina Del Pop Punk
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