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When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short there's no history to fall back on.

Mariel Hemingway

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Mariel Hemingway
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: November 22
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Mill Valley
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Mariel Hadley Hemingway
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