“Movie actors are just ordinary mixed-up people—with agents.”

—  Jean Kerr

Mary, Mary, Act II http://books.google.com/books?id=8YuwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Movie+actors+are+just+ordinary+mixed-up+people+with+agents%22&pg=PA74#v=onepage (1961)

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Irish-American author and playwright 1922–2003

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