10-02-2019, 12:20 PM
(10-02-2019, 11:48 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(09-28-2019, 12:53 PM)Marypoza Wrote:(09-28-2019, 09:55 AM)David Horn Wrote:(09-27-2019, 11:04 PM)Marypoza Wrote: RlP lEllie May Clampett. She was 91 yrs old, almost as old as Granny
I assume you mean Donna Douglas who played the part of Elly Mae. She was 82.
-- the obit l saw said she was 91. I thought that was sort of old. But then I thought between make up & good genes maybe she was able 2 play a person on TV much younger than her actual age. Even @ 82 that means she was 30ish some 50 odd yrs ago when that show was on the air
It's hard to think of her as old, let alone dead. She was 82 when she died in 2015.
...and then you realize that Marilyn Monroe would be 93 if she were still living, and Judy Garland would be 97.
It is part of the perception. Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland both died while they still had active careers. Doris Day practically retired from stage and screen and died at age 97 this year. Betty White kept performing until rather recently and we identify her as old... and didn't Angela Lansbury appear in the Mary Poppins? Likewise. Marilyn Monroe never reached middle age; Judy Garland barely reached it...
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