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What role did Woody Allen play in What’s New, Pussycat?

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Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background. — Woody Allen American director Woody Allen attending a press conference for Café Society before the opening of the 69th Cannes film festival, 2016.

In the 1965 film What’s New, Pussycat?, Woody Allen served as the screenwriter and also appeared as an actor in the movie.1