Shirley MacLaine
Born April 24, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Richmond, Virginia, USA
Biography
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018). MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983).
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018).
MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983).
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Filmography
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
2026
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 91
The Little Mermaid
2018
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as Eloise
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Age: 84
The Last Word
2017
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as Harriet Lauler
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Age: 82
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 81
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
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as Edna Mitty
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Age: 79
Wide-Awake
2012
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as The Pianist
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Age: 78
Bernie
2012
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as Marjorie Nugent
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Age: 78
Valentine's Day
2010
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as Estelle Paddington
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Age: 75
Rumor Has It...
2005
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as Katharine Richelieu
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Age: 71
In Her Shoes
2005
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as Ella Hirsh
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Age: 71
Bewitched
2005
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as Iris Smythson / Endora
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Age: 71
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 70
Carolina
2003
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as Grandmother Mirabeau
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Age: 69
Salem Witch Trials
2002
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as Rebecca Nurse
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Age: 68
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002
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as Mary Kay Ash
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Age: 68
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
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as self
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Age: 67
Rescued from the Closet
2001
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as Self
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Age: 67
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
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as Self
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Age: 66
Bruno
2000
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as Helen
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Age: 65
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 64
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
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as Self
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Age: 63
A Smile Like Yours
1997
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as Martha (uncredited)
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Age: 63
No Image
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
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as Self
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Age: 62
The Evening Star
1996
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as Aurora Greenway
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Age: 62
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
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as Self
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Age: 62
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
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as Grace Winterbourne
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Age: 61
The Celluloid Closet
1996
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as Self
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Age: 61
Guarding Tess
1994
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as Tess Carlisle
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Age: 59
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
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as Helen Cooney
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Age: 59
Used People
1992
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as Pearl Berman
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Age: 58
Defending Your Life
1991
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as Shirley MacLaine
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Age: 56
Postcards from the Edge
1990
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as Doris Mann
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Age: 56
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 56
Waiting for the Light
1990
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as Aunt Zena
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Age: 56
No Image
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
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as Self
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Age: 55
Steel Magnolias
1989
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as Ouiser Boudreaux
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Age: 55
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989
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as self
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Age: 54
Madame Sousatzka
1988
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as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
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Age: 54
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
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as Self
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Age: 54
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985
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as Herself
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Age: 51
That's Dancing!
1985
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as
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Age: 50
Cannonball Run II
1984
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as Veronica
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Age: 50
Terms of Endearment
1983
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as Aurora Greenway
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Age: 49
No Image
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
1983
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as Self
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Age: 48
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 46
A Change of Seasons
1980
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as Karyn Evans
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Age: 46
Loving Couples
1980
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as Evelyn
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Age: 46
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980
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as Self
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Age: 46
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 45
Being There
1979
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as Eve Rand
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Age: 45
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
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as Self
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Age: 42
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974
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as Self
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Age: 40
Year of the Woman
1973
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Nutcracker
1973
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as Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Age: 38
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
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as Sara
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Age: 35
Sweet Charity
1969
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as Charity
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Age: 34
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
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as
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Age: 34
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
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as Jenny
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Age: 30
The Car That Became a Star
1965
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as Self
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Age: 30
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
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as Mae Jenkins
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Age: 30
What a Way to Go!
1964
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as Louisa May Foster
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Age: 30
Irma la Douce
1963
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as Irma La Douce
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Age: 29
Two for the Seesaw
1962
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as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
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Age: 28
My Geisha
1962
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as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
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Age: 27
The Children's Hour
1961
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as Martha Dobie
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Age: 27
Two Loves
1961
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as Anna Vorontosov
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Age: 27
All in a Night's Work
1961
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as Katie Robbins
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Age: 26
Ocean's Eleven
1960
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as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 26
The Apartment
1960
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as Fran Kubelik
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Age: 26
Can-Can
1960
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as Simone Pistache
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Age: 25
Career
1959
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as Sharon Kensington
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Age: 25
Ask Any Girl
1959
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as Meg Wheeler
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Age: 25
Some Came Running
1958
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as Ginnie Moorehead
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Age: 24
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 24
The Matchmaker
1958
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as Irene Molloy
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Age: 24
Hot Spell
1958
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as Virginia Duval
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Age: 24
The Sheepman
1958
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as Dell Payton
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Age: 24
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Princess Aouda
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Age: 22
Artists and Models
1955
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as Bessie Sparrowbush
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Age: 21
The Trouble with Harry
1955
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as Jennifer Rogers
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Age: 21