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Warpy

(110,903 posts)
3. Actresses in the UK get roles well past middle age
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:15 PM
Feb 2013

while they're generally over the hill by 35 in the US. They're allowed to age gracefully in the UK. Here, they go under the knife and end up looking grotesque.

US movies focus on the ingenue if women are in them, at all. Other countries have better stories and feature people of all ages.

She looks great! boguspotus Feb 2013 #1
I am watching her now on Graham Norton (on last night) CurtEastPoint Feb 2013 #2
I read it was another guest on the Graham Norton show that inspired the pink hair Siwsan Feb 2013 #4
Actresses in the UK get roles well past middle age Warpy Feb 2013 #3
100% Agree Siwsan Feb 2013 #6
Katharine Hepburn found good roles until the end malaise Feb 2013 #16
I like Botox. David__77 Feb 2013 #5
Absolutely there is a valid medical use for Botox Siwsan Feb 2013 #7
You are mistaken. They don't do doses like that anymore. Cleita Feb 2013 #9
I can only go by what I see. If it isn't botox some are using, I dread to think what it is Siwsan Feb 2013 #11
You don't notice most people who use Botox. David__77 Feb 2013 #12
In my own clumsy way, I think that's what I'm trying to say Siwsan Feb 2013 #13
Beg to differ. She has joined it but I see nothing wrong with it when Cleita Feb 2013 #8
There's use and there's over use Siwsan Feb 2013 #10
There are people practicing it that shouldn't be. No reputable aesthetician will overuse it. Cleita Feb 2013 #15
"Excalibur" longship Feb 2013 #14
Excaiibur is one of my all time favorite movies Siwsan Feb 2013 #17
And Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson longship Feb 2013 #20
Excalibur had a phenominal cast, that's for sure Siwsan Feb 2013 #21
Love her personality and she's impeccably dressed always, too. narnian60 Feb 2013 #18
Tom & Lorenzo's blog always manage to find current pix of her. She is truly worthy KittyWampus Feb 2013 #19
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