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I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

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Sissy Spacek
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 25
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Actress
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Television Actor
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Texas
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