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I'm such a wuss. But I know that The Exorcist [1973] is one of the best and most famous of [horor movies].

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Geena Davis
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 21
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Wareham
Massachusetts
Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis
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