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It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.
Helen Reddy
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Helen Reddy
Age: 78 †
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Died: 2020
Died: September 29
Actor
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Feminist
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Television Actor
Melbourne
Australia
Helen Maxine Lamond Reddy
Helen Maxine Reddy
Helen Wald
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