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October 12, 2006 | By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
JULIE WALTERS had distinct opinions about how her character should look in the new film "Driving Lessons," even if it meant she would have to stop covering up her gray hair with dye. "That was painful," she said, laughing. In the coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old boy, Walters plays an eccentric, dipsomaniac British actress named "Dame" Evie Walton. "I thought she would have long hair because short hair is something people coif," the 56-year-old actress explained.