I saw Mama Mia on Friday and the sense of camaraderie made me cry while I was laughing and chair dancing. It made me think of putting together this post. Here are some women who I would like to grow up to be if I am ever fortunate enough to grow up without getting too adult.
Kelly Bishop

Miss G. and I are going to see MM today-we can't wait! I love Sharon Gless because my grandfather, God rest his soul, thought she was the sexiest woman alive-we were devoted fans of Cagney and Lacey, though I was more a Lacey girl.
ReplyDeleteHow did Holly Hunter allow herself to be in the execrable TV show?
ReplyDeletePeople used to always tell me I was part sharon gless part jean smart. I'll take that. and any of the leftovers of this post that you don't turn into...I will have as well.
ReplyDeletefrankly, though. . . you are quite perfect. just as you are.
Since I can't even dream of growing up to be Helen Mirren, I'll choose Annie Potts. I quote her from Pretty in Pink at least weekly. And it's 2008.
ReplyDeleteI'll also aspire to be Stockard Channing, thank you very much. As Rizzo, or as Mrs. Bartlett.
I aspire for Kathrine Hepburn. But if we are talking current I am all about Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep.
ReplyDeleteMrs. G, let me know what you think about it, please!
ReplyDeleteZ, Sharon Gless & Jean Smart are pretty darned good to be compared to, I think. I've been really enjoying Smart on Samantha Who lately.
JRH, well, you know about my history with Stockard Channing so I'll leave her to you. :)
Oh Hepburn. Sigh.
I loved the show! I loved it. And I felt the girl friend love too and cried the whole movie.
ReplyDeleteThe power of us, women, amazing!
Who are we kidding?
ReplyDeleteI'm so Charlotte Rae it isn't even funny.
Gert, I totally didn't expect that of the movie. It wasn't true of the play really but I felt it so completely in the movie version.
ReplyDeleteOh Chrome, that is a worthy mentor, very worthy. Did you hear about Estelle Getty? God, miss her already.