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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
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Jewish
Guilt
Taught
Class
Mother
Induce

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