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I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

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Stephen Collins
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: October 1
Actor
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Des Moines
Iowa
Stephen Weaver Collins
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I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs.
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