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You lose your manners when you're poor.

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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
Actor
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Librettist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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