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Mar 2025
1h 1m

Jean Smart - 'Hacks'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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One of TV's all-time great comedy actresses, a six-time Emmy winner, reflects on why she walked away from her first hit show, 'Designing Women,' mid-run; why she thinks she's had some of her greatest successes over the past decade, at an age at which many actresses can’t find any work; what she finds to be the greatest challenges and rewards of playing stand ... Show More
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