My friend Jack and I feel that she and makeup artist Howard Smit deserved Academy Awards for their work in this film. Do you agree?
Compare the younger and older versions of Mrs. Edgar in this single image:
http://i.imgur.com/kUHHnIJ.jpg
Much of the credit should also go to the great Louise Latham.
"What do you want me to do, draw a picture? Spell it out!"
Thanks, everybody. I had always wondered whether one or two actresses played the part(s).
Now if they could have had Tippi Hedren play both the adult and child Marnie, that would have been quite a feat!
Yes!--I'm glad someone has given Latham the praise she deserved. When she's angry at Connery--the sheer rage she shows is so powerful. And it's heartbreaking, too. In that scene, she says something like: "I don't have to have no filthy man come in my house again!"
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Oh gawd, why do older women want the most UNflattering haircuts for themselves? Her face wasn't that unattractive as an older lady, the problem is all her hairstyle. Those short, tight curls - ugh! I know it was just makeup/wig and she wasn't old in real life, but you also see this happen with people you know in real life.
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That was MAKE-UP?! Deserved an Academy Award indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdUTaRHSSrI
Thanks for replying.
Yes, what amazing jobs by Smit AND by Latham.
See The Trouble with Marnie (the documentary on the Marnie DVD) and read Tony Lee Moral's outstanding book Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie for lots of detailed information on how this was done.
By the way, the YouTube video you linked seems to no longer be there.
I have 7.004 billion brothers and sisters.
You do, too.
Well, since there was no Academy Award for makeup until 1982, if he had won one that would have been one hell of an accomplishment.
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I wasn't aware of that. Thanks!
shareLouise Latham's performance in MARNIE is simply my favorite supporting performance of all time. I've felt that way ever since I saw the film first run back in 1964. However, it wasn't until I saw the documentary "The Trouble With Marnie" that I found out that Latham had played the younger version of Bernice Edgar as well. That unexpected fact just makes her performance even better. It still kills me that Ms. Latham wasn't Oscar-nominated for this film.
shareThanks for a wonderful reply.
I'm pleased and fascinated by the fact that since beginning this thread I've learned of many Hitchcock enthusiasts here and elsewhere who had assumed that the younger Bernice was played by an uncredited performer or have otherwise expressed the amazement at Latham's and Smit's accomplishment which I share. The short time I spent capping those two frames and joining the images together was well spent.
I hope that Latham and Smit heard expressions of admiration from countless fans.
Incidentally, I just moved the image from TinyPic to Imgur, a far better hosting site, and changed the link in my original post. The new link provides a better view; you might want to see it.
Thanks again!
I have 7.004 billion brothers and sisters.
Thanks for going to the trouble of capping those frames.
Like a lot of others even though I know it is the same actress, during the film you tend to forget and think that it is another actress playing the part of the younger Bernice, as she looks so different.
Well done to all concerned.
Thank you!
shareThe actress pictured as the younger Mrs. Edgar is not Louise Latham.
shareWhy do you say that?
The documentary The Trouble with Marnie and the book Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie are each extremely thorough, well researched examinations of the film, and both attest to the fact that Latham plays the younger version of Bernice.
Right. She herself confirms it on the DVD.
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