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Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

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Ruby Wax
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 19
Comedian
Journalist
Stage Actor
Evanston
Illinois
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Immigrants
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Chicago
Boyfriends
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Mum
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Polish
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