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'She's the Pied Piper...'

ANd to this day - more than half a century since the inimitable Patrick Dennis gave birth to her, she is still one of the few characters - like Santa Claus - that we hold on to, who IS real.

Ms. Russell's performance STILL leaves us wishing for our own - an wouldn't we feel so lucky, if we DID?

Mame Dennis - Burnside's apartment (would be) a few doors down from me (I DO live on Beekman Place in NYC), and (I don't know why), every winter, I never fail to watch AUNTIE MAME - and, in that cold night afterwards, go toast her on the street.