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That slow smile again. I love that smile! DId I think he was ugly just now? No, his face is transformed.

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Slow
Ugly
Smile
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Faces
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Think
Thinking
Transformed

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