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I was saying to Paul Schrader that he missed the idealism and the passion of that era in Hollywood, but also in American life, that '60s sense of optimism and hope.

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Margot Kidder
Age: 69 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2018
Died: May 13
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Margaret Ruth Kidder
Hollywood
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Passion
American
Hope
Idealism
Sense
Missed
Also
Paul
Life
Optimism

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