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She used to rap with me and the poet till nearly day break in the San
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194:'s adaptation of the stage play, in which the 20-year-old actress portrayed the 76-year-old Edith Gordon. Witherspoon appeared with Ditrichstein in September 1913 for a four-month run at the Belasco and briefly the
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Witherspoon made her professional stage debut in 1905 with a New
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Her first film appearance was a small role in the 1931 motion picture
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In 1926 Witherspoon was a member of the summer stock cast at Denver's
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