Cleopatra Through the Ages

A contemporary reviewer praised the British actress's
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Helen Mirren
A contemporary reviewer praised the British actress's "spectacularly glamorous" Cleopatra as "continuously exciting both to watch and to hear." Mirren played the role two times, once in 1965 and again in 1982-3.

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