British actors and actresses who have aged gracefully

[torinfan]

Helen Mirren looks fabulous for her age. She's twenty years older than me and has a better body than I do. (I'm jealous!)



Who else has aged gracefully with the years?

[Mark O]

Miss Barbara Windsor is still bubbly and beautiful in her 70's.........

[EllyMack]

Saw Joanna Lumley on BBC Breakfast this morning (she's supporting the Ghurkas' campaign for citizenship rights). She looks gorgeous.



Mark O, is that a Cambridge Jones portrait of Babs Windsor? The big one, I mean?

[francesgumm]

Honor Blackman. Still lovely at 83.

[Nick Dando]

Phyllida Law.

[dogstar]

Terence Stamp, Alan Rickman, Ian McShane and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.

[Steve Crook]

name='Mark O']Miss Barbara Windsor is still bubbly and beautiful in her 70's.........

That photo doesn't do her any favours.

The shadow, plus the brush obscuring part of her chin and lower cheek, makes it look like she's got a huge bulge in one side of her face



Steve

[billy bentley]

Diana Rigg, perpetually gorgeous !

[dogstar]

name='Steve Crook']That photo doesn't do her any favours.

The shadow, plus the brush obscuring part of her chin and lower cheek, makes it look like she's got a huge bulge in one side of her face



Steve

Maybe she was about to audition for The Elephant Man.....

[Moor Larkin]

It appears that the only way to age gracefully is not to become haggard and knackered-looking................



What about the actors who age gracefully as actors - by continuing to act and adapting the roles they play, to the way they look, as older people?



I guess actors like Thora Hird and Timothy Spall have an innate advantage because nobody ever fancied them in the first place.

[Carmel]

If you look after your self have facials weekly and cleanse and tone your skin nightly you can look good no matter what age. Also eat healthy and daily exercise keeps you fit and healthy and young.

[Maralyn]

Jane Asher who is surely in her early sixties doesn't seemed bothered about botex! Watching her on Maestro recently one can see she's older but she has kept her figure and grace and wears clothes well. I wished I looked like her!



Maralyn

[stuart.scot]

agree with the choices mentioned.



Would like to add aging beauties



Judi Dench, who is more attractive now than when younger

The same goes for Doctor Who girl Elisabeth Sladen

Brenda Blethyn

Linda Thorson

Claire Bloom

Julie Walters and Victoria Wood

Julie Christie

Venessa Redgrave

I thought Audrey Hepburn looked great, before her fatal illness struck



As for growing old gracefully I'd say Shelia Hancock, Stephanie Cole and Virginia McKenna

[EHV_Emmetts]

Although she hasn't appeared in a film or TV for nearly 40 years, I think Shirley Eaton, now 72, still looks attractive. I saw her being interviewed last year about her famous role in Goldfinger.

[torinfan]

name='dogstar']Maybe she was about to audition for The Elephant Man.....

LOL

[Moor Larkin]

name='Carmel']

have facials weekly

cleanse and tone your skin nightly

eat healthy

daily exercise



keeps you fit and healthy and young.

Flamin' Nora!

[Mark O]

name='EllyMack']Saw Joanna Lumley on BBC Breakfast this morning (she's supporting the Ghurkas' campaign for citizenship rights). She looks gorgeous.



Mark O, is that a Cambridge Jones portrait of Babs Windsor? The big one, I mean?

It's a Patrick Lichfield.......



I've always liked Joanna too, good too see at least someone campaining for the Gurkha's, after all they've 'done their bit'........

[Mark O]

Honor Blackman......

[bhowells]

name='francesgumm']Honor Blackman. Still lovely at 83.

And brilliant in Cabaret in the West End last year as Fraulein Schneider playing opposite our own Francis Matthews in the role of Herr Shultz

[moonfleet]

John Gielgud

Dirk Bogarde

Sean Connery

Jeanne Moreau

Phillipe Noiret

Bette Davis (an exception, she didn't change !).....