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HOLLYWOOD
Whatever You Think Dorothy Parker Was Like, She Wasn't
"I was," she said, "just a little Jewish girl trying to be cute"
July
1
1968
Wyatt Cooper
Gabriel Pascalini
Whatever You Think Dorothy Parker Was Like, She Wasn't
Wyatt Cooper
July
1
1968
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HOLLYWOOD
Whatever You Think Dorothy Parker Was Like, She Wasn't
"I was," she said, "just a little Jewish girl trying to be cute"
July
1
1968
Wyatt Cooper
Gabriel Pascalini
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