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Mr. Cooper said to me that he had an idea for a film in mind. The only thing he'd tell me was that I was going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood. Naturally, I thought of Clark Gable.

Fay Wray

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Fay Wray
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: September 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 8
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