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If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

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Debbie Reynolds
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: April 1
Died: 2016
Died: December 28
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Beauty Pageant Contestant
Dancer
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El Paso
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[Marilyn Monroe] was a bit temperamental, a little diva-like, but she didn't deserve what she got.
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[Bob Fosse] was a temperamental fellow - it was his way or the highway.
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