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Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.
Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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Hammersmith
London
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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