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I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
Actor
Feminist
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Shirley Ann Manson
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