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Post by bravomailer on Nov 20, 2019 1:47:17 GMT
Serious or comedic. The first to come to mind is Margaret Dumont.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 20, 2019 2:12:13 GMT
Edna May Oliver was born (in Massachusetts, she's not British) to play Miss Pross in Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities.  |
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Post by fangirl1975 on Nov 20, 2019 2:12:47 GMT
Kate Hepburn in The African Queen
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 20, 2019 2:25:14 GMT
Gladys Cooper made a career playing these roles
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 20, 2019 2:35:16 GMT
Gladys Cooper made a career playing these roles  Yet she was a babe in her youth. 
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 20, 2019 2:55:06 GMT
Zasu Piits played the old maid alongside siren Thelma Todd. Well, she wasn't very old I guess. But she was an old maid in her early years!  |
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Post by cynthiagreen on Nov 20, 2019 6:54:54 GMT
three favourites
Constance Collier as the veteran actress in STAGE DOOR (Matron) 
Esma Cannon in HOLIDAY CAMP and several CARRY ONs (old maid.... although "spinster" seems a better fit for Esma) 
Marie Lohr in WENT THE DAY WELL (Dowager) .jpg)
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Post by cynthiagreen on Nov 20, 2019 7:53:36 GMT
one that probably needs no caption,,,,
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Post by teleadm on Nov 20, 2019 8:31:06 GMT
Two nice old maidens with a peculiar hobby:  |
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 20, 2019 14:08:46 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Nov 20, 2019 16:23:52 GMT
Estelle Winwood, Mildred Dunnock, Dame Judith Anderson, and Dame May Whitty, to name just a few.
They're far more interesting than many leading ladies.
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Post by jervistetch on Nov 20, 2019 16:59:22 GMT
Hitchcock mother Jessie Royce Landis was the first matron that came to my mind.   |
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 21, 2019 5:07:29 GMT
Beulah Bondi  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 22, 2019 3:32:29 GMT
I was hoping that Margaret Dumont was 1st or 2nd at least. She should have got an honorary Oscar or the Congressional Medal of Honor for putting up with the Marx Brothers. But they all had the highest praise for Dumont.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 24, 2019 16:21:45 GMT
Una O'Connor in everything she ever did.
The "Pride of Miss Jean Brodie" also comes to mind.
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Post by bess1971s on Nov 24, 2019 16:32:36 GMT
Lucille Watson, Fay Bainter, Spring Byington.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 25, 2019 4:34:10 GMT
Jane Darwell  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 25, 2019 6:28:59 GMT
Pocketful of Miracles …. Apple Annie transforms into Society matron   A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 25, 2019 6:31:37 GMT
Helen Hayes - ANASTASIA   |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 25, 2019 6:36:19 GMT
 The Rainmaker |
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