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I'm not biting my fingernails. I'm biting my knuckles. I finished the fingernails months ago.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Age: 83 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 11
Died: 1993
Died: February 5
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Trade Unionist
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
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