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🎭🏆🥊Kurt Steven Angle -- is 58 in the year 2026 and 59 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1968 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Actor, Wrestler

🎭Reiko Aylesworth -- is 54 in the year 2026 and 55 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1972
Actress
TV Shows: 24 (as Michelle Dessler)
Movie Titles: Mr. Brooks

🎭Luisa Bradshaw-White -- is 52 in the year 2026 and 53 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1974 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: EastEnders (as Tina Carter), Holby City (as Lisa Fox), This Life (as Kira), Grange Hill (as Maria Watts)

🎭Ashleigh Brewer -- is 36 in the year 2026 and 37 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1990 N.S.
Actress, Australian

🎭Beau Bridges -- is 85 in the year 2026 and 86 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1941
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles; RN:Lloyd Vernet Bridges III; Jeff's brother, Lloyd's son
Misc: some say b. Dec 19
TV Shows: The Millers, Stargate SG-1, United States, Harts of the West (as Dave Hart)
Movie Titles: Max Payne, The Descendants, The Fabulous Baker Boys

🎭🎵Richard (Actor B. 1962) Brooks -- is 64 in the year 2026 and 65 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1962 N.S.
Actor, Director, Singer
TV Shows: Law & Order (as D.A. Paul Robinette)
Movie Titles: The Crow: City of Angels, Shakedown, The Hidden

✍🎭Mario Cantone -- is 67 in the year 2026 and 68 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1959
Writer, Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: Sex and the City, Chappelle's Show
Movie Titles: The Aristocrats, Farce of the Penguin, Surf's Up, Sex and the City (movie series)

🎭Kevin Daniels -- is 50 in the year 2026 and 51 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1976
Actor
TV Shows: Law and Order, Modern Family (as Longinus), Sirens (as Hank)
Movie Titles: Ladder 49

🎭🎵Dame Judi Dench -- is 92 in the year 2026 and 93 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1934
Movie Actress, Singer, English
Names/Places: aka Judith
Movie Titles: A Room With a View, Henry V, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Shakespeare in Love, The World is Not Enough, The Shipping News, Iris, The Importance of Being Ernest, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal

🎭🎵Kara DioGuardi -- is 56 in the year 2026 and 57 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1970
Panelist, Songwriter
Misc: collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Jesse McCartney, Britney Spears, Pink, Meat Loaf, and many others.
TV Shows: American Idol

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🎭Michael Dorn -- is 74 in the year 2026 and 75 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1952
Actor, Director
TV Shows: CHiPs (as Off. Turner), Star Trek The Next Generation (as Lt. Worf the Klingon security officer), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Lt. Worf)
Movie Titles: Star Trek (movie series)

🎭🏆⚾Ramón García -- is 57 in the year 2026 and 58 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1969
Actor, MLB Pitcher, Spanish

✍🎭Marleen Gorris -- is 78 in the year 2026 and 79 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1948 N.S.
Writer, Director, Dutch (Netherlands)

🎭Simon Helberg -- is 46 in the year 2026 and 47 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1980
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: MAD TV, The Big Bang Theory (as Howard Wolowitz)
Movie Titles: Good Night and Good Luck, Van Wilder: Party Liaison, Florence Foster Jenkins, A Cinderella Story

🎭David Anthony Higgins -- is 65 in the year 2026 and 66 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1961 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Big Time Rush (as Reginald Bitters), Ellen (as Joe Farrell), Malcolm in the Middle (as Craig Feldspar), Mike and Molly (as Harry)
Movie Titles: The Wrong Guy

🎭Felicity Huffman -- is 64 in the year 2026 and 65 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1962
TV Actress
TV Shows: Sports Night (as Dana Whitaker), Desparate Housewives (as Lynette Scavo)
Movie Titles: Georgia Rule

🎭Toby Huss -- is 60 in the year 2026 and 61 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1966 N.S.
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: King of the Hill (as Cotton Hill/Kahn Souphanousinphone), The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Carnivale, Halt and Catch Fire
Movie Titles: Down Periscope, Jerry Maguire, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, The Mod Squad, The Country Bears, Reno 911!: Miami, World's Greatest Dad, Cowboys and Aliens

🎭January LaVoy -- is 51 in the year 2026 and 52 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1975 N.S.
Actress, Voice Actress

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⚛🎭Joe Lando -- is 65 in the year 2026 and 66 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1961
Chef, Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (as Byron Sully), The Secret Circle
Movie Titles: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Bloodsuckers

🎭Jaren Lewison -- is 26 in the year 2026 and 27 in the year 2027; b.12/9/2000 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Never Have I Ever (as Ben Gross)

🎭John Malkovich -- is 73 in the year 2026 and 74 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1953
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Christopher, IL
Movie Titles: Empire of the Sun, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, The Killing Fields, Places in the Heart, Making Mister Right, Dangerous Liaisons, Sheltering Sky, Warm Bodies, In The Line Of Fire, The Portrait of a Lady, Con Air, Shadow of the Vampire, Knockaround Guys, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

🎭Jesse Metcalfe -- is 48 in the year 2026 and 49 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1978
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Passions, Desperate Housewives (as John), Dallas (as Christopher Ewing), Chesapeake Shores (as Trace Riley)
Movie Titles: God's Not Dead 2, John Tucker Must Die, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, The Other End of the Line

🎭Edith Mooers -- is 63 in the year 2026 and 64 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1963 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1973)

🎭Michael Nouri -- is 81 in the year 2026 and 82 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1945
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Washington, DC
Misc: some say b. 1946
TV Shows: Beacon Hill, Curse of Dracula (star), The Last Convertible, Gangster Chronicles, Bay City Blues, Downtown
Movie Titles: Flashdance, The Proposal, The Terminal, Finding Forrester

⛪🎭🎵Donny Osmond -- is 69 in the year 2026 and 70 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1957
Mormon, Actor, TV Host, Cartoon Voice Actor, Keyboardist, Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Ogden, Utah; Osmond brother
Group Names: The Osmonds, Donny and Marie, soloist
TV Shows: The Andy Williams Show, The Osmonds (cartoon), Donny & Marie (variety)

🎭Ron Ostrow -- is 66 in the year 2026 and 67 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1960 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: The West Wing, Sports Night (as Will)
Movie Titles: A Few Good Men

🎭🏆Barbara Palacios -- is 63 in the year 2026 and 64 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1963
TV Hostess, Beauty Pagent Winner, Spanish
Misc: Miss Universe 1986

🎭Nico Parker -- is 22 in the year 2026 and 23 in the year 2027; b.12/9/2004 N.S.
Actor

🎭Jolene Purdy -- is 43 in the year 2026 and 44 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1983
Actress
TV Shows: Under the Dome (as Dodee Weaver), Orange is hte New Black (as Hapakuka)
Movie Titles: Donnie Darko, Benched

🎭Joshua Rudoy -- is 51 in the year 2026 and 52 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1975
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1991
TV Shows: What a Dummy
Movie Titles: Flatliners, Harry & The Hendersons

🎭Joshua Sasse -- is 39 in the year 2026 and 40 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1987
Actor, English
TV Shows: Galavant (as Galavant), No Tomorrow (as Xavier Holliday), Rogue (as Alec Laszlo)
Movie Titles: Frankenstein's Army

🎭Brad Savage -- is 61 in the year 2026 and 62 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1965
Actor
TV Shows: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (as Sean), Tony Randall Show (as Oliver)
Movie Titles: Red Dawn, Salem's Lot, Islands in the Stream, The Apple Dumpling Gang

🎭Jay Schertzer -- is 66 in the year 2026 and 67 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1960 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1972-1973)

🎭🎵Allison Smith -- is 57 in the year 2026 and 58 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1969
TV/Stage Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Singer
Misc: stage: Annie (lead)
TV Shows: Kate & Allie (as Jennie Lowell), The West Wing
Movie Titles: The Animatrix, Helter Skelter, Terror Tract

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🎭Anne Sward -- is 76 in the year 2026 and 77 in the year 2027; b.12/9/1950
Actress
Names/Places: LN:Hanson

🎭🎵Shin Yu-na -- is 23 in the year 2026 and 24 in the year 2027; b.12/9/2003 N.S.
Dancer, Singer, Rapper
Names/Places: aka: Yuna
Group Names: ITZY

✍🎭Antony Alda -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1956 d.7/3/2009 N.S. (52)
Writer, Actor, Director
Names/Places: Robert's son, Alan's brother

🎭Brace Beemer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1902 d.3/1/1965 (62)
Radio Actor
Misc: radio: The Lone Ranger

🎭🏆🏈Dick Butkus -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1942 N.S. d.10/5/2023 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Sportscaster, NFL Linebacker
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RFN:Richard Marvin
Misc: Miller Beer Commercials; 2-time All-America at Illinois (1963-64); All-Pro 7 of 9 NFL seasons with Chicago Bears, 2X best defensive player; Bears #51 retired
Sports Teams: Chicago Bears (1965-1973)
TV Shows: Rich Man Poor Man, Blue Thunder (as Richard Ski Butowski), Half Nelson, My Two Dads (as Ed Klawicki)

✍🎭John Cassavetes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1929 N.S. d.2/3/1989 N.S. (59)
Screenwriter, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director
Names/Places: Gena Rowlands' hubby; b. in New York City
Misc: appeared in 100+ live TV dramas in 1950s
TV Shows: Johnny Staccato (star)
Movie Titles: Rosemary's Baby

🎭Broderick Crawford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1911 d.4/26/1986 (74)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Philadelphia; FN:William; Helen Broderick's son
TV Shows: Highway Patrol (as Chief Dan Matthews), King of Diamonds, The Interns

🎭Carol Dempster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1901 d.2/1/1991 (89)
Actress

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✍⛪🎭Kirk Douglas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1916 N.S. d.2/5/2020 N.S. (103)
Author, Novelist, Jewish, Movie Actor, Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Amsterdam, N.Y.; RN:Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Movie Titles: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Bad and the Beautiful, Lonely Ate The Brave, Seven Days in May, Lust for Life, Champion, Detective Story, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown

🎭Morton Downey Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1933 d.3/12/2001 (67)
TV Talk Show Host
Misc: zip-it fool!

🎭Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1909 d.5/7/2000 (90)
Movie Actor, TV Host, Stuntman, Movie Producer
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RMLN:Elton Ulman Jr.; Joan Crawford's ex-, Douglas Sr.'s son
Misc: Hosted England TV's self titled anthology series; United Artists co-founder, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences original member and first president; he never took a movie role without first asking "how much furniture do I get to jump over?"
Movie Titles: The Mark of Zorro (movies' first), Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad, Outward Bound, The Dawn Patrol, Little Caesar, The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din

🎭Redd Foxx -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1922 d.10/11/1991 (68)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host
Names/Places: b. in St. Louis, MO; RN:John Elroy Sanford
TV Shows: Sanford & Son (as Fred G. Sanford), Sanford, The Redd Foxx Show, The Royal Family (as Alexander Royal)

🎭Howard (Actor) Freeman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1899 d.12/11/1967 (68)
Actor

🎭Hermione Gingold -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1897 d.5/24/1987 (89)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: Jack Paar Show
Movie Titles: Gigi, The Music Man, Munster Go Home

🎭🎵George Grossmith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1847 d.3/1/1912 (64)
Comedian, Singer, English
Misc: created many of the chief characters in the original productions of Gilbert and Sullivan light operas.

🎭Margaret (Actress) Hamilton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1902 N.S. d.5/16/1985 N.S. (82)
TV/Movie Actress, Commercial Actress
Names/Places: b. in Cleveland, OH
Misc: Cora the Maxwell House Coffee lady; some say b. Sep 12
TV Shows: Winchell-Mahoney Show
Movie Titles: The Wizard of Oz (as the Wicked Witch of the West)

✍🎭Buck Henry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1930 N.S. d.1/8/2020 N.S. (89)
Screenwriter, Comedy Writer, Actor
Names/Places: LN:Zuckerman
TV Shows: That Was the Week That Was, Get Smart (co-creator)
Movie Titles: The Owl and the Pussycat, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Heaven Can Wait, The Graduate, Get Smart (2008), To Die For, Catch-22

🎭Emmett Kelly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1898 d.3/28/1979 (80)
Comedian, Clown
Misc: of circuses

🎭Robert R. Livingston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1908 d.3/7/1988 (79)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: RN:Robert E. Randall
Misc: the "Unmasked" Lone Ranger

🎭Tim Moore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1887 d.12/13/1958 (71)
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Amos 'n Andy (as George Kingfish Stevens)

✍🎭John Paragon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1954 N.S. d.4/3/2021 N.S. (66)
Screenwriter, Actor, Director
Misc: he got his start in the Los Angeles-based improv group The Groundlings
TV Shows: Pee Wee's Playhouse (as Jambi the Genie)

🎭Frances Reid -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1914 d.2/3/2010 (95)
Soap Actress
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives (as Alice Horton)

🎭William Reynolds -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1931 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (90)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: The F.B.I. (as special agent Tom Colby)
Movie Titles: The Thing That Couldn't Die

🎭Bartlett Robinson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1912 d.3/26/1986 (73)
Actor, Radio Actor
Misc: Prominent 1930-40s actor who originated Perry Mason on the radio

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🎭Leonard Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1936 N.S. d.6/3/2014 N.S. (77)
Actor
TV Shows: Just Our Luck (as Jim Dexter)

✍🎭Dalton Trumbo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1905 N.S. d.9/10/1976 N.S. (70)
Screenwriter, Movie Director
Misc: one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten

🎭Dick Van Patten -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1928 d.6/23/2015 (86)
TV/Movie Actor, Commercial Actor
Names/Places: b. in Richmond Hill, N.Y.
Misc: Nature Balance dog Food maker
Song Titles: Smells Like Nirvana (cameo in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video)
TV Shows: Mama (as Nels), The Partners, The New Dick Van Dyke Show (as Max Mathias), When Things Were Rotten (as Friar Tuck), Eight is Enough (as Tom Bradford), WIOU (as Floyd Graham)

🎭Terri Vandenbosch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1962 d.3/9/2009 (46)
Actress

🎭Ron Vawter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1948 d.4/16/1994 (45)
Actor

🎭Patricia Wheel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1925 d.6/3/1986 (60)
Actress

🎭Frank Wisbar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1899 d.3/17/1967 (67)
Director
TV Shows: Fireside Theater

⛪🎭Gene Barry -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/14/1919 d.12/9/2009 (90)
Jewish, TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Eugene Klass
TV Shows: Our Miss Brooks (as Gene), Bat Masterson (star), Burke's Law (as Capt. Amos Burke), The Name of the Game (as Glenn Howard)

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🎭🎵Vivian Blaine -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/21/1921 d.12/9/1995 (74)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Newark, NJ; RN:Vivian S. Stapleton
Misc: 1940s Movies, played Miss Adelaide, the long-suffering chorus girl, in the Broadway and film versions of "Guys and Dolls"
TV Shows: Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (as Neighbor)
Movie Titles: Guys and Dolls

🎭June Carlson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1924 d.12/9/1996 (72)
Movie Actress

⚛🎭Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1907 d.12/9/1995 (88)
Aviator, TV Actor
Misc: landed in Ireland after taking off from NY to LA; became an instant folk hero in 1938 when he "mistakenly" flew solo across the Atlantic after authorities told him he couldn't

🎭Laird Cregar -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/28/1916 d.12/9/1944 (28)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: FN:Samuel

🎭William Dieterle -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1891 d.12/9/1972 (81)
Movie Actor, Movie Director, German
Misc: some say b. 1893

🎭Joey Forman -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/17/1929 d.12/9/1982 (53)
Actor
TV Shows: Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen, Joey Bishop, Sid Caesar

🎭Vincent Gardenia -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/7/1922 N.S. d.12/9/1992 N.S. (70)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Italian
Names/Places: RLN:Scognamiglio
TV Shows: All in the Family (as Frank Lorenzio), Breaking Away (as Ray)
Movie Titles: Moonstruck

🎭John Loder -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/3/1898 d.12/9/1988 (90)
Movie Actor, British
Names/Places: RLN:Lowe; Hedy Lamarr's ex-; wed 5x's
Misc: d. 12-26?

🎭🎵Ruth Madoc -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1943 N.S. d.12/9/2022 N.S. (79)
Actress, Singer, English

🎭🎵Nino Martini -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/8/1905 d.12/9/1976 (71)
Movie Actor, Opera Singer, Italian

🎭🏆🥊Mike Mazurki -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1907 d.12/9/1990 (82)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Director, Wrestler, Austrian
Names/Places: RN:Mikhail Mazurwski
TV Shows: It's About Time (as Clon)

🎭🏆Mary Ann Mobley -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1937 d.12/9/2014 (77)
Actress, Beauty Pagent Winner
Names/Places: Gary Collins' wife
Misc: Miss America of 1959; fake birth year: 1939
TV Shows: Diff'rent Strokes (as Maggie McKinney Drummond), Falcon Crest (as Beth Everdene), Hearts Afire (as Mary Fran)

⛪🎭Eleanor Parker -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1922 d.12/9/2013 (91)
Judaism Convert, Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in Cedarville, OH
Movie Titles: Of Human Bondage, Sound Of Music, Caged

🎭Béatrice Picard -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1929 N.S. d.12/9/2025 N.S. (96)
Cartoon Voice Actress, Canadian
Movie Titles: Coco, The Simpsons Movie

🎭David Rounds -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1930 d.12/9/1983 (53)
Actor

🎭Larry Sellers -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/2/1949 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (72)
Actor, Stuntman
TV Shows: Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman (as Cloud Dancing and as Native American consultant)
Movie Titles: Revolution, Waynes World 2, Like Father Like Son

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✍⛪🎭Bishop Fulton J. Sheen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/8/1895 d.12/9/1979 (84)
Author, Religious Leader, Roman Catholic, Priest, TV Host
Names/Places: RFN:Peter
TV Shows: Life Is Worth Living, The Bishop Sheen Program

✍⚛🎭William Augustus W. Wellman -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/29/1896 N.S. d.12/9/1975 N.S. (79)
Screenwriter, Aviator, Movie Producer/Director
Names/Places: b. in Brookline, Mass
Misc: WWI flying ace
Movie Titles: A Star is Born, The Ox Bow Incident

✍🎭Lina Wertmüller -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1928 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (93)
Screenwriter, Movie Director, Italian
Names/Places: RN:Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg

🎭🎵Nat Wills -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1873 d.12/9/1917 (44)
Stage Actor, Comedian, Singer

🎭🏆Cara Williams -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1925 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (96)
TV/Movie Actress, Poker Player
Names/Places: John Drew Barrymore's ex-wife
Misc: she says b. 1933; a high stakes poker champ
TV Shows: Pete & Gladys (as Gladys Porter), Cara Williams Show (as Cara Bridges Wilton), Rhoda (as Mae)

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