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I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.

Jane Fonda

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Jane Fonda
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 21
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Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda
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