rick

Hi Smudge,
I actually meant to post the above text as a follow on in the sexiest actresses post but hit the new topic button in error. Too many options on here I think. Yes she s always been one of my favourites. Her first appearence I believe was in a 1958 film "Bachelor Party" set in Cambridge. She plays an upper crust student with an accent not dissimilar to female Terry Thomas !!! Amazing to think of her future roles then. She did have some varied parts but I would like to see more of the Italian made movies. Goodness knows how you d get hold of them though, a real rarity.

Rick

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samkydd

For me some of the sexiest actresses come from the black and white era of British films; Brenda de Banzie the elder daughter in Hobson's Choice and Archie Rice's better half in The Entertainer, and Liz Fraser who appeared sometimes in Hancock's Half Hour and a few Carry Ons, and Shirley Eaton of course.

If European actresses count then the sexiest of all time has to be Luciana Paluzzi (born 1937) the red headed baddie Fiona Volpe in Thunderball!

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smudge

On the European vote ; and in a very similar vein, I would second the nomination for Miss Paluzzi and nominate her Bond babe-in-arms Daniela Bianchi of FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.

Is it me or were those earlier Bond ladies that much more sexy ?

SMUDGE

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samkydd

Well Smudge I think that they looked sexier because the fashions and the hair looked really good in the 1960s. Unlike today when most young women slob about in greasy blue tracksuit bottoms with beer guts flopping over their waist bands, pierced noses, belly buttons and multiple eye brow studs (I asked a barmaid the other day if she'd been shot with an airgun), and more tattoos than the crew of an aircraft carrier! Even the rich and famous actresses today walk around like navvies with their arses hanging out the back of their dirty green cargo pants, and jeans that look like they've been rolled around in builders' sand!

Have you noticed that modern designer dresses suit only the skinniest of women? They're easier to make if you've no shape to fit them to, that's why curvy hips and full busts are out because the designers can't make anything that skilful any more!

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smudge

Yes Sam, you're right there ; sadly that age of elegance and mystique has long since gone.

Now it's all ladettes out on a Friday night, drunk and 'on the pull'.

It usually ends in catfights, tears and arguing in taxis around 2am...

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David Brent

Sounds like the plotline for an upcoming Ken Loach film.

I enjoy a bit of 'ruff' occassionally

Dave.

Gibbie

She was in one of the top episodes of Danger Man - The Man on the Beach.

Gibbie

Samkydd,
You described the answer well.
I think it is more than fashion. People don't have the character that they used to have (that goes for men as well).
Women are not as feminine as they used to be. It is rare to find the deep femininity that used to be in all classes to varying degrees. In various places I have met women from various backgrounds that are not post-postmodern, who still have shades of soft femininity.
How that has changed in the states is that women follow the Hollywood thing too much and actually try to be too much like boys. I think you stated it much better with your example. (Ladies) If you want a critique of guys, just watch one of the contemporary sit coms (Huh!)
True femininity brings out the best in a woman and that's why all this chatter is quite sentimental toward the past.

Gibbie

So Dave, Ga uguin was right about the effect of the South Seas on the European male.

David Brent

Too right Gibbie

From the Leeds Ca nal to the Yangtze, from the Mississippi to Sydney Harbour, from Susan Shaw to Kathy Burke.....I just love feminine women.

Dave.

samkydd

If I can nominate an Aussie actress as the sexiest woman of all time it has got to be Nicole Kidman, very beautiful and a damn good actress too! She's Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn and Bette Davis rolled into one!

I'm not surprised life with Tom didn't work out, she can play any character under the sun while he can only play Tom Cruise! It would have been like an opera diva living with someone who just did a bit of karaoke singing in the pub!

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samkydd

A UK favourite sexy actress of mine is Mel Martin. She pops up on TV from time to time but plays more mature sexy women nowadays. I think her biggest TV role was "Love For Lydia" which I've never seen. She appears regularly in things like Midsomer Murders, Frost, Morse etc

I had an exhibitionist next door neighbour once who was her spitting image, which is probably why I'm such a fan!

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Gibbie

I remember her on Morse. She played her part well and really conveyed her archtype to the T.

Marky B

My favourite film with Nicole Kidman (born in Hawaii) is The Others,an atmospheric spooky film in which she displayed an impeccable English accent.
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Marky B

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