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Learn MorePBS was not a part of the world into which Iris Pollock-Prudhomme was born, but it became an important part of the world she embraced, when – having seen the worst that can happen to a society – she made a new and very full life for herself in America… and made it her priority to enjoy the finer things in that life.
Learn MoreLike actress Audrey Hepburn, Claudia Barquist was petite and striking and had a dancer’s good looks. Her field, however, was English literature.
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