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Article: 'SUNSET BOULEVARD' LEAD IS FAR FROM EASY STREET ACTRESS LINDA BALGORD RELISHES THE CHALLENGE.

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March 28, 1997
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PHOTO Linda Balgord (above) lays Norma Desmond (right) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Boulevard." Balgord calls the role "wonderful because it uses you up. I think most actors long for those kinds of roles that take everything you have."

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Taking on the role of a tragic silent film star in "Sunset Boulevard'' is both an exhilarating and draining roller coaster for actress Linda Balgord. "It's wonderful because it uses you up,'' she said. "I think most actors long for those kinds of roles that take everything you have.''

Area audiences will get to see what Balgord means when she portrays Norma Desmond in Andrew ...

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