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I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.

Ginger Rogers

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Ginger Rogers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 16
Died: 1995
Died: April 25
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