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What is wonderful to see is how incredibly affectionate and physically affectionate Nancy Reagan was, you know? She was so on her guard, she was threatened by just about everybody.

Cynthia Nixon

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Cynthia Nixon
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 9
Actress
Child Actor
Film Actor
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New York City
New York
Cynthia Ellen Nixon
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