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Article: Actress Olivia D'Abo challenges Brat Pack to forgo young roles

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August 19, 1986
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HOLLYWOOD Look out, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald. To teenage actress Olivia D'Abo, you and other members of the Brat Pack are getting long in the tooth.

Most of the Brat Pack movie stars are in their mid-20s, but to genuine teenagers they are almost ready for retirement.

D'Abo is a 17-year-old English import who stars in the new movie "Bullies," scheduled to open in the Chicago area on Aug. 29. She said Moore, Sheedy, Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson and other Packers have attained the stature of cult figures with youthful moviegoers who don't believe them in teen roles.

"My age group sort of looks up to them like other generations did with Jimmy Dean and Marilyn Monroe," ...

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