Show Business: On the Brink

Her hair is just plain brown, and so are her eyes. Her mouth is big and arranged haphazardly, as if it were something new and unfamiliar, possibly hers only on loan. Her bosom is barely discernible, her legs too straight to be alluring, and she walks like a child in her mother's high-heeled shoes. As an actress, Joan Hackett, 28, does not begin to look the part. But. like the good actress she is, there is hardly a part she doesn't manage to look right for.

A Hundred Roles a Day. Joan Hackett is typical...

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