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I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare.

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Jacqueline Bisset
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 13
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Television Actor
Weybridge
Surrey
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
Always
Hares
Never
Theatrical
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Productions
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School
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Hare

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