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Mrs. Deagle was only 47 years old when this movie was filmed!


Isn't that crazy? She looked like an elderly old woman!

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Really? Wow, Yeah I assumed she was older than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KykC3ocE7wM

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She's still alive!

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Whoa. That's crazy.

Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.

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Although they might've made her look older with make up, costume and hair design..... it is an actor playing a part in a fictional film. I thought the actress was 80+ when I saw this LOL.

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There's an old suspense film -- Seconds -- with Rock Hudson. He's plays a younger version of a man suffering a mid-life crisis who is given a new body and identity by a secret but sinister organization. (Sort of like the recent Self/Less...)

The older version was played by veteran character actor John Randolph (Clark Griswold's dad in Christmas Vacation). I re-watched this movie about three years ago. As I watched Randolph, I chuckled because he was supposed to be about 50, but looked more like 65. A quick lookup on IMDB, revealed that he really was about 50 when he made his movie!

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I thought she was at least 65, but now, looking back, her age doesn't surprise me. As a kid, you don't think about the reality of movies and television. But as an adult, I realized that Mrs. Deagle's character at that age is not uncommon. Whitman Mayo (Grady on "Sanford and Son") and Estelle Getty (Sophia on "The Golden Girls") wore makeup and prosthetics as well, as their respective characters were much older.

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