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The pickings are pretty slim when you have to play the part of a housewife who doesn't go out of her apartment because she's afraid she's going to get mugged, or a woman who turns into her brother, who is a murderer.

Shirley MacLaine

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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
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