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Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and I didn't understand most of the words because they were, you know, words from Dune.

Virginia Madsen

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Virginia Madsen
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 11
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Virginia G. Madsen
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