LUISE RAINERJanuary 12, 1910
OLIVIA DE HAVILLANDJuly 1, 1916
ZSA ZSA GABORFebruary 6, 1917
CELESTE HOLMApril 29, 1917
JOAN FONTAINEOctober 22, 1917
MAUREEN O'HARAAugust 17, 1920
ESTHER WILLIAMSAugust 8, 1921
DEANNA DURBINDecember 4, 1921
DORIS DAYApril 3, 1922
ELEANOR PARKERJune 26, 1922
LIZABETH SCOTTSeptember 29, 1922
RHONDA FLEMINGAugust 10, 1923
EVA MARIE SAINTJuly 4, 1924
LAUREN BACALLSeptember 16, 1924
DOROTHY MALONEJanuary 30, 1925
ARLENE DAHLAugust 11, 1925
ANGELA LANSBURYOctober 16, 1925
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDAJuly 4, 1927
SHIRLEY TEMPLEApril 23, 1928
NANCY OLSONJuly 14, 1928
ANN BLYTHAugust 16, 1928
JANE POWELLApril 1, 1929
TIPPI HEDRENJanuary 19, 1930
JOANNE WOODWARDFebruary 27, 1930
MAMIE VAN DORENFebruary 6, 1931
JOAN COLLINSMay 23, 1931
CARROLL BAKERMay 28, 1931
LESLIE CARONJuly 1, 1931
MITZI GAYNORSeptember 4, 1931
ANITA EKBERGSeptember 29, 1931
ANGIE DICKINSONSeptember 30, 1931
DEBBIE REYNOLDSApril 1, 1932
KIM NOVAKFebruary 19, 1933
SHIRLEY JONESMarch 31, 1934
SHIRLEY MACLAINEApril 24, 1934
SOPHIA LORENSeptember 20, 1934
Still among us in the 75-and-over category: ten bona fide Oscar winners (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress); multiple Tony winners; and all sorts of fabulous. Carry on, ladies...
Wonderful post
ReplyDeleteLove Louise Rainer's pic!
ReplyDeleteAt a different pole, nobody could ever be sexier than Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida.
Really really nice :)
ReplyDeleteA fabulous post indeed, after Liz's passing yesterday, I was racking my brains trying to think of other Hollywood giants who were still with us. Thank you for answering my thoughts.
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@Dash : I think we all did :)
ReplyDeleteTo your health, ladies.
ReplyDeletebottoms up! and how adorable is Shirley McClain in that photo?!
ReplyDeleteDana Wynter
ReplyDeleteGlynis Johns
Jeanne Moreau
Anouk Aimee
Monica Vitti
Danielle Darrieux - 88 I think?
Daniellle is in fact 94
ReplyDeleteTBC, I have written a post relating to yours. BB as well she is 76.
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Eva Marie Saint - July 4, 1924, also an Oscar winner
ReplyDeleteApologies, TJB, TBC???
ReplyDeleteGreat post and several amazing pictures! Bravo. There was a 30-minute interview with Luise on TCM not long ago and it was terrific despite the fact that her hearing aid broke that day and she could basically only talk, not listen (but that was all right!)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great posting! Thank you for including so many favorites who one does not read about so much anymore.
ReplyDeleteA great post, you captured the best of the screen sirens of yesteryear. Thanks for posting!
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Glorious, comme d'habitude. Just watched "Woman of Straw" starring Gina (I won't bother to try and spell her last name) and highly recommend it! She is up against Sean Connery (doing his damnedest to appear gay, I think) and comes out on top. Fabulous film. On Netflix streaming.
ReplyDeletewell, you knocked it outta the park with that batch of beauties! I'll suggest another of my personal faves: Miss Angie Dickinson! Great work, as always.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? I love you for this. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteNice try, TJB, but none of these lovelies had the magnitude of stardom and celebrity attached to
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Noel Coward once called Great Big Glamour Stars.
Though I'll admit, it did rattle my nerves a bit when
I saw that Deanna Durbin was still among us.
Good Lord! what a wonderful tribute to a bunch of wonderful dames. So nice after the sadness of yesterday, losing the great Elizabeth Taylor. So appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAdd another great lady to your list. Phyllis Thaxter, born Nov 20 1921
ReplyDeleteGreat posting.
A beautiful tribute to our true living legends. As heartbreaking as it was to lose Elizabeth Taylor yesterday, it's wonderful to see and appreciate all of these great ladies of film who are still with us. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous! May I also suggest Tippi Hedren, even if she only made a few memorable films? And just for fun's sake, I'd add Monique van Vooren (who turned 86 yesterday), and Martha Eggerth (who is 99). :)
ReplyDelete@ Mr. Worthington - Oh, my goodness, who among these ladies possibly could equal the magnitude of Elizabeth Taylor's star wattage? (Although, to play devil's advocate, at various stages in their careers, several would have eclipsed Taylor in terms of prestige [de Havilland, Fontaine]; others would have equalled her stardom, but didn't sustain it the way she did [Loren]; and one, in particular, would have been every bit her equal in the box office department during their simultaneous glory years of 1958-1968 [Day]).
ReplyDeleteBut that wasn't the point; Elizabeth's passing puts a spotlight on the bigger picture -- that real, authentic glamour is a dying breed, and what I wanted to do here was celebrate the fact that some of these ladies are still here, and to appreciate them and their work while they're still around to acknowledge the accolades.
Updates: mea culpas to Eva Marie, Tippi and Angie -- still alive and kickin'!
ReplyDeleteMichael, I love most of those Continental ladies you mentioned, but I limited the list to bona fide Hollywood stars (Sophia and Gina having made enough studio pictures during the final heyday of Paramount, MGM and Universal to qualify).
An Open Book - You know I would have loved to include Monique, but that would have descended into farce. Still, I think she'd be fun to have lunch with at Le Veau d'Or, no?
Oh thank you so much for this doll!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post -- a wonderful tonic for the loss of La Taylor (and for the nearly simultaneous loss of my close friend, American theater actress Helen Stenborg Hughes, at 86).
ReplyDeleteWell timed, and beautifully appropriate -- as always.
Many, many thanks.
well, elizabeth smarts.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Thank you so much TJB!
ReplyDeleteYes!
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My goodness, I had no idea these women were so old! Makes me feel like a teenager :-) cuz they are all older than me, and I thought I was really old! They look great still, like Angela Lansbury who has a handsome boyfriend and wins awards on Broadway; and Betty Bacall, who outshines everyone! Hooray for glamour, may it never fade.
ReplyDeleteNice, but you forgot the fabulous Julie Newmar.
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