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My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.

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
Mother
Garlands
Always
Phoenix
Latest
Ashes
Disaster
Rise
Expected
Garland
Loved
Judy

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