How old was Crawford's character supposed to be?

Actually Crawford did look young for her age, but as she aged her hairdos and eyebrows got more and more ridiculous and outre. She also insisted on playing roles that were obviously designed for younger women (this one is no more in that category than "Flamingo Road", "The Damned Don't Cry!" or "Torch Song" or "Female on the Beach"). Granted, she didn't have much choice, since there aren't many roles for older actresses.

If Botox were available then, La Crawford would have been buying it in 55-gallon drums.

The contrast between her character in this flick and Harriet Craig which was made 5 years earlier, is marked. She looks younger in Craig which was made in 1950 - very cosmopolitan and soignee. In this film because she has such young children, we are led to believe she should be perhaps mid to maybe late thirties. I gathered that she had to be 30-ish when she married Beauty.

Botox and all these fillers and implants used to make their faces ageless these days to me only make them look like plastic masks. 5 years ago after major weight loss (200+ pounds) pushed me in the direction of a tummy tuck and thigh lipo. The thigh lipo was a nightmare and to this day I am still dealing with the aftermath. It isn't worth it. Anyone who wants me to look like a Barbie doll should spend the $40 instead, LOL.

Whatever happened to aging gracefully? Or to skillful employment of makeup artistry. Surgery or fillers is a quick fix - and what happens when they sag? Ironically my surgeon took some of the fat from the thigh lipo and injected some into the dark hollows under my eyes. They looked great for 2 years, and even now, not too bad, but I'd never go through it again. I'd rather skip to a skin care regimen (nothing costly), and my skin is supple. That's all I can ask at the age of 58. But I can only imagine Crawford and what she'd have done in this modern era.

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Are you talking about Hunter Tylo from B&B? I heard about her plastic surgery. I stopped watching the soap a long time ago. I agree, the amount of tattooes the young celebrities get is ridiculous! There is nothing wrong with getting a little work done, but many take it to far!

I didn't think Crawford looked too old. Plenty of people have late babies. She looked like Joan Crawford playing a bitch! Now check out the parents of the younger sister & brother in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Shadow of a Doubt'(1943). Now they were to old & they looked it! Henry Travers who played the father was born in 1874 ,making him 69 when the movie came out. Patricia Collinge who played the mother was born in 1892 making her 51. Teresa Wright who played older sister Charlie was born in 1918 making her 25.

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