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I had grown up accustomed to living a life of high drama.

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
Accustomed
Grown
Drama
High
Living
Life

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