Posted on 05/24/2014 5:01:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Gee whiz, she’s 89? I would have never guessed she was that old. I still think of her as part of that newer, more ‘modern’ Hollywood crowd. 89-year-olds used to be reserved for silent-era folks, like Laura La Plante and Billie Dove and such.
Ping
She was very elegantly gorgeous. Hitchcock was such a letch for blondes - I like that about him.
My husband heard the interview...he couldn’t believe how “with it” she was
As Cary Grant said: “How does a girl like you get to be a girl like you?”
This photo looks like a scene from “North by Northwest”.
And another from “North by Northwest”.
The last time I saw her in a flick she was playing Jackie Gleason’s ill-treated wife and Tom Hanks’ mother in “Nothing in Common”.
In 1973, Alice Cooper named his boa constrictor Eva Marie Snake in her honor.
I, too, was impressed with her alertness and lucidity at 89.
I’m so glad you posted that. I was going to put that below the picture, because that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the article
Oh, it is. That is Roger O Thornhill she’s hugging.
Yep! ROT, himself.
I had a crush on Eva Marie for a while back then.
A nice record considering the mileu of Hollywood when it comes to marital togetherness.
Leni
I’m wondering if there is a direct connection between keeping the mind active (memorizing lines and hitting the stage spots is not as easy as we layfolks would believe) is the key to keeping the body running on more cylinders? At 68 we old guys think about such things don’tchaknow.
There IS such a direct connection. I just read about it the other day on AOL news. It pointed out that the minds of older folks which are regularly utilized in certain exercises such as reading books, creative writing, hobbies requiring more-intense thought processes, activities involving problem-solving....even regular working of challenging crossword puzzles....can be a barrier to the onset of dementia and memory-loss. And tests have borne this out.
Freeping, therefore, would be a salutory benefit to the brain. The reading, analyzing, replying, even the typing itself is almost the prefect all-in-one daily exercise for the little grey cells!
Leni
I didn't take up writing until I was a decade into retirement (retired early). Writing is apparently a good way to keep the brain 'nimble' and the imagination 'pumped'. I also write nonfiction, and the research needed to do a proper job is invigorating.
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