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Ethel Waters

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

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"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

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"I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me."
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