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When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

Stephanie Beacham

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Stephanie Beacham
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 28
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