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There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

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Richard Widmark
Age: 93 †
Born: 1914
Born: December 26
Died: 2008
Died: March 24
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Richard Weedt Widmark
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