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My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

Elizabeth McGovern

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Elizabeth McGovern
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 18
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Evanston
Illinois
Lecturer
Eccentric
Academic
Father

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