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When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable.
Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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Film Actor
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Voice Actor
Hammersmith
London
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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