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ALMIRA SESSIONS I was sitting in the Garden Room of the Hotel Roosevelt with a bearded publicist from MGM, and Almira Sessions, a veteran character if there ever was one. The room was deserted except for a lady tourist three booths away who was expecting to see a star flutter in. Her ear was cocked in our direction and it was clear from the look on her face, she considered us desperate gigolo’s trying to line up a customer. Almira Sessions is an improbable name for an actress — or almost anyone else for that matter - but then she has had 80 by Frank Taylor years to get used to the idea. She has carved a solid nitche in the crass world of agents, producers, and hungry actors who will do almost anything to get a part without resorting to a glamourous stage name. After nearly 30 years, she is such a well known bit player, the telephone rings continually for interviews and auditions. Almira has enough property to live comfortably without acting, but she refuses to quit. Bit by bit the reason comes out in her conversation. “I wonder sometimes if I should quit show business or let the government take care of me. But who wants to retire? I expect to keep working until 1 drop. That’s my ambition.” “For instance if I retired, what would I do with me? Old people drag themselves to the market, but they don’t drag much back, they don’t have the money when you live on social security. I knew Percy Killbride for years, and one day I had to help him back to his room at the Hotel Montecito He could hardly walk, his legs were so wobbly. All alone and poor. Who wants that? I could go to the Motion Page 4