That's one she had over Crawford.
Some of the roles Joan played in the latter part of her career would have been better served by a younger actress.
I am not saying that an older actress should dry up and die, but a 50 year old woman (who looked every minute of her age) playing a 25 year old is ridiculous.
Davis played "older" or "character" roles long before she had to, because she had no vanity concerning her appearance on the screen as long as she looked like the character was supposed to look.
"Stone-cold sober I find myself absolutely fascinating!"---Katharine Hepburn
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"Ms. Davis gave an interview once saying too many of her peers were still trying to play the ingenue when in reality they should have been playing the Ingenue's Mother. Correct".
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And that's just one of the many, many reasons why I love, admire and respect her so much. I just love how down-to-earth she was, despite being the best actress ever and one of the biggest stars who ever lived.
Animal crackers in my soup
Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop
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She *did* however voice the young Charlotte. And that sounds ridiculous. This husky, cigarette-degraded, alcohol-drenched foghorn voice coming out of that cute young girl is kind of silly.
shareI suppose you're referring to Crawford, so I'd like to know in which movie was she allegedly 50, and allegedly playing 25? Regarding the subject of Dead Ringer, Davis is most definitely playing too young, an error compounded by the fact that she looked so ghastly in 1964, much older than her true age. A contemporary reviewer wrote, "Her face looks like a U-2 photo of Utah, and gloriously uncorseted, her torso looks like a gunnysack full of galoshes." Margaret and Edith could have conceivably been around 25 when they met Frank, which would make them 43 at the time the film takes place. Davis was 56, and looked decades older, so please don't anyone tell me she never played "too young". Nonsense!
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I think that post was made in reference to her guest appearance on the TV soap opera...The Secret Storm, back in October 1968....playing a character named Joan Borman Kane.
Joan's daughter, Christina, was supposed to portray a character who was approximately 25; but had an attack of appendicitis and was hospitalized.
Joan volunteered to step in for Christina, I think she was actually 63 at the time.
I've read where it was utterly embarrassing for Christina who watched her mother's performance from her hospital bed....and it was equally embarrassing for the cast and even the viewership could not believe their eyes! Not only was she waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy to old to play the part....but she consumed alcohol (I guess to calm her nerves); which made it extremely hard for her to remember her lines and hit her marks...poor disillusioned Joan!
"OOhhhooo....I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"
I suppose you're referring to Crawford, so I'd like to know in which movie was she allegedly 50, and allegedly playing 25? Regarding the subject of Dead Ringer, Davis is most definitely playing too young, an error compounded by the fact that she looked so ghastly in 1964, much older than her true age. A contemporary reviewer wrote, "Her face looks like a U-2 photo of Utah, and gloriously uncorseted, her torso looks like a gunnysack full of galoshes." Margaret and Edith could have conceivably been around 25 when they met Frank, which would make them 43 at the time the film takes place. Davis was 56, and looked decades older, so please don't anyone tell me she never played "too young". Nonsense!
You use a word like faves and you're telling me to grow up?
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