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I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job offer. And at that point, I thought I knew for sure that I wouldn't work in Hollywood again.

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Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 26
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