Cheers to my personal best actress winners (lead or support), who are 80 or older. You moved me, scared me, wowed me, made me laugh and cry
June Squibb (Nebraska) is 93
Joanne Woodward (Three Faces of Eve) is 91
Silvia Pinal (Simon of the Desert) is 91
Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) is 90
Ayako Wakao (Street of Shame) is 89*
Judi Dench (Notes on a Sandal) is 88
Magge Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie & California Suite) is 88
Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) is 85
Jane Fonda (Klute) is 85
Liv Ullmann (Persona) is 84
Margit Carstensen (Fear of Fear) is 82
Kim Hye-ja (Mother) is 81
Madhabi Mukherjee (Charulata) is 80
Outside of that…
Catherine Deneuve (Repulsion) is 79
Hanna Schygulla (The Marriage of Maria Braun) is 79
Geraldine Chaplin (Remember My Name) is 78
Wakao has held onto her (pretend) award the longest, as she won in support in 1957
Sure you know all his hits, but I’m guessing you may not have heard this track before. A marvelous, almost cinematic musical experience.
And speaking of marvelous, Dionne Warwick. I can think of no other singer who could so expertly handle the musical and emotional changes of this song. She is a spry 82.
I still want to know whose idea it was to cast Sean Bean as Mitch Henderson in The Martian so that he was the one to explain the meaning of “Project Elrond.”
Tim Curry is still alive at 77 although not in the best health. Other members of the Rocky Horror Picture Show still with us include Susan Sarandon (77), Barry Bostwick (78) and
Richard O’Brien (80). Sadly, Meatloaf will no longer be served as he passed away.
