Dianne Wiest plays Steve Carrell's mom in Dan in Real Life and she is something like 11 years older than him. Sort of like Sally Field in Forrest Gump. Aren't there like tons of out of work older female actresses who would kill to play a grandma at a realistic age? Elaine Stritch, Betty White or any of the Golden Girls, Marion Ross, any of the sitcom moms from the '70's, basically. They would have grandkids by now.
--- In [email protected], "Randy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mo: "anyone wanna see Sweeney Todd? ... with a very YOUNG angela lansbury ..." > > ---- > > "Murder, She Baked." > > Funny how Miss Lansbury's age is so flexible. Mark of a great actress. > > She played Lawrence Tierney's mom in the original "Manchurian Candidate" and it seemed right, even though she was only 2 years older than him (and *not* in extensive old age makeup). >
