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One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.

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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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