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White Sister

Sophia Loren plays Sister Hermana Germana in White Sister (Bianco, rosso e)

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Mary Astor

Mary Astor (3rd  May, 1906 – 25th September 1987) was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O’Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogat, Astor began her long motion picture carer as a teenager in the silen movies of the early 1920s.

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Sister Jeanette Marie

The Investiture of Sister Jeanette Marie, a Franciscan Novice, 30th June 1968

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Amish

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French Nun

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Mabel Love

Mabel Love (16 October 1874 – 15 May 1953), was a British dancer and stage actress. She was considered to be one of the great stage beauties of her age, and her career spanned the late Victorian era and Edwardian period. In 1894, Winston Churchill wrote to her asking for a signed photograph.

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