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My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
Lorna Luft
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Lorna Luft
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 21
Film Actor
Film Actress
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
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