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Must be terrible to age in hollywood for a woman

posted 9 years ago by AndersHede
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Kathleen was a sex goddess in the 80es.

I cant imagine how hard it must be to loose the sexual attention and having people looking at you and thinking "you used to be so goodlooking, what happend?"

The main thing that happend is the fact that she got older. She probably also due to illness lost her figure.

Had she been a man, there is a lot of chance that she still would have been attractive(like Sean Connery was at least til he hit the 80year mark) or at least there would be jobs for her still(like Mickey Rourke, who really lost his looks but still got great roles)

In general it is harder, i guess, for women to grow older, but i imagine it is worst for an actress who the whole world admired for the looks and suddenly there is no admiration, no job calls, nothing.

I still love her performances from the good roles in the 80es. Just her voice was incredible sexy.

I hope she feels well today despite the illness.

[–] Ithilfaen 9 years ago

Must be, it's true. And excessive drinking problems make you unreliable, which costs money when production have to be stopped or delayed.

However, she's a fantastic actress, and thankfully she doesn't have to rely on Hollywood and its limited conception of what beauty and talent are, to be an actress. She's been on stage, and a hit every damn time.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco