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Jul 2023
21m 36s

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

CBS
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Stephen Colbert talked to one of his most favorite actors, the fabulous Phoebe Waller-Bridge, via Zoom during the pandemic about her hit show "Fleabag" and how she was giving back to the greater Broadway and West End theater communities while theaters everywhere were shuttered (Original Air Date: April 16th, 2020).

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