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Rate   The Guardian (UK) | by Philip French | Sat, Nov 8

Sat, Nov 8 Alternative career She took a business course at 16, had a typing speed of 90 words a minute and helped type the screenplay of The Quiet Man.

Essential DVDs How Green Was My Valley, The Black Swan, Sitting Pretty, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles.

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