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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
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6 decades

In one of her most famous roles, the 1972 film of The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters combined the acting traits, the characters in films for 6 decades, a mixture of guts and compassion.

How could it be "6 decades" in her 1972 film?

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It's a very poorly phrased sentence. I take it to mean that she had 6 decades of acting experience. In one of her most famous roles, the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters combined her character-acting from 6 decades of film, with guts and compassion?

  • It's a very poorly phrased sentence.
  • I take it to mean that she had 6 decades of acting experience.
  • In one of her most famous roles, the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters combined her character-acting from 6 decades of film, with guts and compassion?
  • it doesn't work all that well as a single sentence.
  • How do you combine acting skills with guts and compassion - I thought those were already part of acting?
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It's a very poorly phrased sentence. I take it to mean that she had 6 decades of acting experience.

In one of her most famous roles, the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters combined her character-acting from 6 decades of film, with guts and compassion? Or something along those lines....it doesn't work all that well as a single sentence. How do you combine acting skills with
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Thank you for your reply, I just found it on the internet by chance. Emotion: smile

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