50s celebrities women

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When we were little thinking about what we would look like at 50, we most likely imagined ourselves gray-haired, sitting in a rocking chair with a cat on our lap, next to a fireplace. Back then, we had no idea that we could look radiant and fabulous at that age, as well as successful and empowered, like a celebrity, with a life ahead of us and new goals to achieve.

Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina, 1954

Apart from good plots and talented acting, one of the reasons why we love watching movies made decades ago is the opportunity to see what people (and life in general) looked like back then. People dressed differently, they had different hairstyles and makeup, and it’s interesting to compare the looks of modern actors to the looks of actors from black-and-white movies. A little while ago, we tried to imagine what Old Hollywood actresses would look like if they were alive today, and then we…

At this time of the year I always think about underrated dancer Vera-Ellen. Here is her small obituary from the New York Times on September 2, 1981... HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1— Vera-Ellen, who danced across the screen with such stars as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly during the golden era of Hollywood musicals, died of cancer at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center on Sunday. She was 55 years old. Vera-Ellen's career began in her teens, when she won a radio talent competition…