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as quoted in the New York Times (September 29, 1993)

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[To an admirer who said, "You look gorgeous":] Oh, God, if you only knew how much work it takes.

Julie Wilson

Julie Wilson (b. 1925), U.S. singer. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B3 (September 29, 1993).

This exchange took place at a gathering of women who had been Copacabana "showgirls" in the 1940s and fifties.

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