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I'd like to work more, but I don't just want to do kind of generic characters. I want to do interesting characters, and I'd like to be cast against type.

Jacqueline Bisset

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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
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