Aging beautifully and gracefully, then vs now: Who did it better?

[Carl Miller]

Fair enough. Just had to pull that trump card. She's a very beautiful woman, even though she doesn't fit the Hollywood Role of beautiful.

x10

 

[MissMittens]

It's interesting reading about actresses from the Golden Era and how they responded to aging...all of them had to deal with the age barrier in a different way than men did (and that continues to this day). There was plastic surgery back then, too, and I think it would be naive to believe they didn't take advantage of it. Reading Marlene Dietrich's biography written by her daughter was fascinating with the routines and tricks she would use to mask the effects of aging.

I apparently don't look my age; I dye my hair and don't act like a normal boring "grown up". I don't act or dress like an 18 year old either, I just do my own thing. The usual stuff applies as well: I try to eat decently, exercise a lot, wear sunscreen as often as possible, drink a ridiculous amount of water, etc. Is that aging gracefully? Meh, don't know and don't care...as long as I don't end up with blue helmet hair, I think I'll be OK!

RD

God, I remember old ladies with blue hair..........lol

 

[countryclubjoe]

Hi Folks

Barbra Eden from the " I Dream Of Genie" show from years back comes to mind. I saw her doing an interview about a month ago, she still looks great. She was my boyhood fantasy girl.. LOL Long,long time ago.
Best regards
CCJOE

 

[Gregg Axley]

I have to agree, she's really aged well.

 

[Yeps]

God, I remember old ladies with blue hair..........lol

The bluehairs at the Sunday matinee are always the toughest crowd.

 

[HadleyH]

In my book .....there is one... and only one ... I kiss the ground she walks on

only because she looks so well after all these years (I don't give a fig or two what she has done or not.... she looks terrific ...God bless her soul and the souls of all women her age who look like her... in my opinion of course!)

she is late 50s soon to be 60,something like that .... age is a number and she knows it!

in 2012 .... :eusa_clap

 

[MissMittens]

In my book .....there is one... and only one ... I kiss the ground she walks on

only because she looks so well after all these years (I don't give a fig or two what she has done or not.... she looks terrific ...God bless her soul and the souls of all women her age who look like her... in my opinion of course!)

she is late 50s soon to be 60,something like that .... age is a number and she knows it!

in 2012 .... :eusa_clap

I like the Now more than the Then

Never happen, but I'd so totally go there :lol:

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Hadley I agree with you about Christie! I'm sure she has had "work" but it's very natural-looking. And by work I mean anti-aging. The rest of her looks like nature put it there.

 

[hatophile]

Fair enough. Just had to pull that trump card. She's a very beautiful woman, even though she doesn't fit the Hollywood Role of beautiful.

And she's a redhead to boot! Oh my goodness, my downfall...

 

[filfoster]

Candace Bergen had been one of the crushes Mrs. F had allowed but honestly, it's so sad how she has fallen apart in the last several years. Not Mary Travers bad, but you know.

 

[filfoster]

Two words; Christina Hendricks.

Two.......words?

 

[Yeps]

Two.......words?

I see what you did there.

 

[Paul Roerich]

Two.......words?

Pale and voluptuous are good; but so are olive-skinned, slender, and long-waisted. Think Phoebe Cates in the '80s (and she still looks cute today, BTW).

Or, if you prefer, Yasmeen Ghauri in the '90s (and she is now a lovely 41-year-old mother of two).

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I'll second that one. There ain't nothin' to not like about that gal.

And she's a redhead to boot! Oh my goodness, my downfall...

 

[Yeps]

Pale and voluptuous are good; but so are olive-skinned, slender, and long-waisted.

This is what I am saying. Equal opportunity.