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In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Big Came Common Company Contract Crooked Deal Doing Equity Fixed Library Like Me Movie Name New New York Nose Offered Play See Something Surgery Theater Too Wanted York 1940S

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I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parts and work on a lot of things. That was my unconscious choice. I wanted to be an undercover actress.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Able Actress Character Character Actress Choice Desire Had Kinds Lot No Desire Parts Star Things Unconscious Undercover Wanted Work

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I didn't want to give up my career. That's what kept me alive, kept me going. I couldn't stop - didn't want to stop - being all these different characters.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Alive Being Career Characters Different Different Characters Give Going Kept Me Stop Up Want

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I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Desire Had No Desire Responsibility Star

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When I was about 8, I used to go into one of the rooms in the mansion, and I would open a magazine like the 'Ladies Home Journal,' and I would see these characters on the pages and then become them, talking back and forth.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: About Back Become Characters Forth Go Home Journal Ladies Like Magazine Mansion Open Pages Rooms See Talking Them Then Used Would

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It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Agents Beginning Connections Difference Had Makes One Thing Other People Representation Talented Thing Wonderful

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I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.

~Elizabeth Wilson

Topics: Always Came Felt First Forget Me Part Play Say Touch

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: April 4th, 1921

Died: May 9th, 2015

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