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comedian/actorBorn: 11/3/1953Birthplace: Philadelphia Emmy Award winning comedian and actor, Miller got his start in comedy after college, and got his big break when he was discovered by Saturday…
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(Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg)actressBorn: 2/15/1951Birthplace: Hillingdon, England Seymour was unable to leverage a promising start as a Bond girl in Live and Let Die (1973) into a…
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