Rob Lowe
actorBorn: 3/17/1964Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia
Film actor who was part of the Brat Pack in the early eighties. Appearing in films such as Class (1983) and St. Elmo's Fire (…
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Helen ShaveractressBorn: 2/24/1951Birthplace: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada This seductive blonde actress graced a number of films of the 1980s, playing opposite Paul Newman in The Color of…
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And an oily smoke that rolls through the trees/
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