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But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

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Joan Collins
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 23
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London
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Joan Henrietta Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins
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