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It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.

Maureen Forrester

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Maureen Forrester
Age: 79 †
Born: 1930
Born: July 25
Died: 2010
Died: June 16
Actor
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Film Director
Musicologist
Opera Singer
Screenwriter
Singer
Montreal
Quebec
Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester
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