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(Margaret Tilly)actressBorn: 2/14/1960Birthplace: Texada Island, British Columbia Tilly first trained as a dancer and made a brief appearance as such in the film Fame (1980). She rose to fame…
actressBorn: 12/14/1935Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts A versatile actress, Remick played a variety of roles ranging from drum majorette to addicted alcoholic. In the 1950s she began appearing in…
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