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When I wasn't working I didn't know what to do with myself and sort of didn't exist, in a way, when I wasn't working, so I was like two different people. I am not like that anymore.
Michelle Pfeiffer
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: April 29
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Santa Ana
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
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