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What they were giving me seemed incredibly real to me, so I'd react to it in a very real way. That was frightening for me, especially because of the subject.

Mariel Hemingway

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Mariel Hemingway
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: November 22
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Mill Valley
California
Mariel Hadley Hemingway
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