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Ellen Barkin
actressBorn: 4/16/1954Birthplace: New York City
After a few roles on television, she got her first leading role in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982), and kept busy in a variety of…
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by Ambrose Bierce ARSENICARTLESSNESSART -n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J. One day a wag — what would the…
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