...portrayed a character with mental disabilities? I can name a few men off the top of my head-- Dicaprio, Bacon and Malcovich-- but I'm unable to think of any women.
"Someday very soon, life's little Twinkie guage is going to go...empty."
- Tallahassee
Juliette Lewis - The Other Sister
Rosie O'Donnell- Riding the Bus with My Sister
There are a few more but I cant remember the titles or the actress's name.
Mary Steenburgen, Kirstie Alley, Meredith Baxter, I think Linda Purl has acted a role too.
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And let's remember June in another of my favorite Johnny Depp films, "Benny & Joon". She was wonderfully played by Mary Stuart Masterson.
Then there's also:
Jessica Lange as the tragic actress Frances Farmer in "Frances"
Charlize Theron as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster". I figure anyone who kills in cold blood cannot be totally sane in my book, anyway.
(Need I also mention Faye Dunaway in "Mommie Dearest"? lol)
"Now, bring me that horizon." --Captain Jack Sparrow
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Well it may not be mental disabilites like retardation, but Helena Bonham Carter is very good at acting out psychotic, or insane mental scenes.
If you look up the scene from Hamlet, where she plays Ophelia who has just gone mad, she does an amazing job.
Elizabeth Shue in Molly.
-- If Ewan McGregor were a lollipop I'd be a diabetic strumpet --
Temple Grandin! (tv movie)
shareMany of the above methioned moview have women playing deranged characters and not autistic/retarded ones.
And the ones that do, s**k. I guess a retarded female is another thing altogether.
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