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I thought I started acting at 5 or 6, it was really when they were interviewing real families for a toothpaste commercial. They interviewed our family.

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Mara Wilson
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: July 24
Actress
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Burbank
California
Mara Elizabeth Wilson
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