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" I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album. "
Alice Ripley
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" When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram. "
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