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Occupation: Actress.

Birthday: June 15, 1955.

Birthplace: Cincinnati.

Current home: Manhattan.

Marital status: Divorced.

Working on: ”Noises Off,” with Michael Caine and Carol Burnett. It opens Jan. 31.

Worst job: I was a sales girl in a department store when I was 15, and I was so shy, I kept hiding from the customers. When they asked me how things looked on them, I ran away. I was fired.

The last good movie I saw was: ”Beauty and the Beast.” It was magical.

The book I`ve been reading is: ”A Dangerous Woman,” by Mary McGarry Morris.

Favorite pig-out food: French fries dipped in Big Boy`s tartar sauce. If I don`t have any, I`ll dip them in mayonnaise.

Favorite performer: Judy Holliday. I had always wanted to be in ”Born Yesterday,” and I finally got to do the play in Philadelphia. But no one could ever touch her performance.

Favorite childhood memory: Sitting with my family, watching the Sunday night movie, eating popcorn.

Prized possession: My Boston terrier, Raisin.

Personal hero: Bonnie Lou. She was on ”The Midwestern Hay Ride” in Cincinnati. She used to yodel, and I thought she was really neat.

I wish I could stop: Smoking. I smoke a pack and half a day.

I`ve never been able to: Eat liver.

I`m better than anyone else when it comes to: Cleaning. I like to give my house a really good going over.

My fantasy is: I`m with all my friends and my family in one big room, and we`re all talking. I like to visit.

The one thing I can`t stand is: People who fib.

If I could change one thing about myself it would be: My hips.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: Quiet.

I knew I was a grownup when I: Figured out it was OK to go back home. Now I think it`s swell.

Behind my back, my friends say: ”She should be tougher.”

Three words that best describe me: Sort of quiet.