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I wasn't pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I wasn't unattract­ive enough to be the dorky girl.

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Jane Fonda
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: December 21
Actor
Actress
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Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Actor
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New York City
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Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda
Hanoi Jane
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