There is some truth to what you say. A lot of the time she played the same kind of role. However, in one of the Atonement interviews that Keira Knightley did, she said: "It's about making films. It's about telling stories truthfully" and I think that's true when you think about actors and actresses. They try to play the character to their best ability. That's the most important thing for them. If their best ability is to play roles that are similar to themselves, then so be it.
We can tell actors/actresses have range when they play roles that are dissimilar from each other, however it doesn't mean that those who play similar roles are a lesser actor/actress that others.
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wmoores
16 years ago
Definitely not her best work. I thought she was quite wooden at times and was cold and unfeeling. She also was loud on occasion...don't know if it was the old sound track or what. The black and white film was clear and not grainy. The clarity of the film beats a lot of things done later and into the forties, even.
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