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| Al Hirschfeld |
Dancer, actress, philosopher, author extraordinaire, that's Shirley MacClaine.
How many times have we fallen in love with the characters she's played -- suffered with her, prayed for her, laughed at her and with her?
She doesn't play the leading roles anymore. Age, time -- becoming over the hill happens to you and me and happens also to famous actresses. --Susan Sarandon, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, and most certainly iy happened to Katherine Hepburn,
And others -- Goldie Hawn, Melanie Griffith, Faye Dunaway -- hey, you can add to this list quite a few of your favorite female and male celebrities, because the latest, big-money-making films usually feature younger generation stars.
I can't help thinking about the remarkably talented Jane Fonda, who can handle so many different roles. Her highly publicized, recently face-lifted self, I think, gets in the way of our accepting what she's playing in current movies. (We're distracted, checking her out, thinking, gee, she looks great -- gee, she's a lot older than she looks.)
So now, rule-breaking Shirley M, age 79, has been joking about her age, and, not subtly, bragging a lot about how many men she's slept with -- and like Jane with her facelift, Shirley is
Dear Shirley MacLaine,
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4 comments:
Normally I enjoy her, but I did not like her on Downton Abbey.
I love Shirley MacLaine! Watched her in countless movies and enjoyed everyone of them. Nice tribute blog to a great actress and lady. Wish she were in some movies now. Thanks for sharing this post. kam
Great post, Em! I've always loved Shirley, and think if she and I had to opportunity to know each other, we would be friends--we both believe lots of "crazy" stuff! :)
I think it is important that, as women, especially "not young anymore" women, we support and celebrate other women, so thank you for sharing your thoughs on ANOTHER great lady.
I think she is awesome. However, she is a wonderful actress. She is super, great post. I have watched some of her movies, I loved Terms of Endearment. Gee, I cried, cried, loved it, but it was so touching. Great post, thanks for sharing.
Jan
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