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In Shakespeare's day it was women who were being burned at the stake as witches... not men. The men were thought of as alchemists. But women doing the same thing would be a witch and would be burned.
Helen Mirren
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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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