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Our next storyteller has the privilege of being in one of the most beloved movies of all time,

while at the same time and from the same movie also has one of the

most famous lines in movie history. Her story is as wonderful as both of these accomplishments.

Let's take a listen. My name is Carolyn Grimes, and I was a child actress, and I lived in Hollywood, and my mother was a stage mom.

She felt like I should be in the movies.

So I was an only child, and she truly put all her energies to that end.

And I had all kinds of lessons, dancing, singing, elucution, dialogue.

I mean, everything was given to me, and I had the opportunity.

I'll never forget when I did dialect.

I practiced so hard, give me please a piece of chocolate.

It was so fun.

I mean, I really had a good time growing up.

And that was hard work to do all that.

I played the violin at five.

I played the piano at three. So all I did was

practice pretty much most of my free time. Practice something. But this was in 1940s. So back in the day,

Hollywood was pretty much all people in the industry.

That was the main way people made a living, was working in the industry in some form.

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