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Acting is the ability to keep an audience from coughing.

Jean-Louis Barrault

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Jean-Louis Barrault
Age: 83 †
Born: 1910
Born: September 8
Died: 1994
Died: January 22
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Mime Artist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Theatrical Director
Writer
Vésinet
Coughing
Audience
Acting
Ability
Keep
Art

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