By the time I was in the fifth grade, I knew I either wanted to be a nun or a movie star
Madonna applies for an acting job in 1979
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When she wrote to Stephen Lewicki in 1979, keen for a role in his upcoming independent movie, aspiring actor Madonna Cicconi was virtually unknown in the world of showbiz, but the future-Queen of Pop’s distin…
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