Art Imitates Politics
Helen Mirren's Best Actress Oscar this week catapults "mature" female leads to a lofty new perch. Mirren was not the only 50-plus actress to be nominatedMirren is 61she was one of three women over 50 among five nominees. The others included 57-year-old Meryl Streep, who played the Cruella De Vil of the fashion industry in The Devil Wears Prada, and Dame Judi Dench, a ripe 72, who played a villainous English schoolteacher in Notes on a Scandal.
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