"He didn't direct you. He never told you what to do. He would talk to you, mostly about something completely different, and you find yourself doing the right thing. It was really very spooky—what he did."
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Speaking in 1983 with Ron Miller, again on Ford; op.cit.
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Anna Lee
Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was an English-American actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".
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