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Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.
Marlene Dietrich
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Marlene Dietrich
Age: 90 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 27
Died: 1992
Died: May 6
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Marie Magdalene Dietrich
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