"Please don't retouch my wrinkles, it took me so long to earn them!"

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Anna Magnani, you've got to love her. She didn't want her wrinkles retouched and her hair always looked like she just fell out of bed, a natural beauty, one of Italy's finest actresses. Check out Mama Roma, it's classic Magnani.

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