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Women of many parts perhaps (9)

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I believe the answer is:

actresses

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'women' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'many parts perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'many' could be 'c' (C is the Roman numeral for 100) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'parts' could be 'res' (re is a kind of part) and 'res' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for actresses that I've seen before include "they only pretend to work" , "Stage performers" , "Female thespians" , "Starlets" , "Female impersonators" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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