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Northshore October 2025
Behind Beverly native David Morse's serendipitous  rise to silver screen-and small screen-fame. by David Thomson. Photographs by Diana Levine One of these hit TV series or movies might be the response expected when actor David Morse is asked what he considers to be his big break. Instead, his answer is "Mrs. Ferrini."  Margaret Ferrini was the then-budding actor's theatre teacher at Hamilton-Wenham High School and, according to Morse, she not only changed his life, but also the lives of a lot of other students. Morse was born in Beverly and lived in Essex before moving to Hamilton as he was entering eighth grade.
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