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If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.

Jessica Lange

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Jessica Lange
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 20
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Jessica Phyllis Lange
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