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A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.

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Jacqueline Bisset
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 13
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Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
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