Great at hillbilly characters. How did she get so weathered looking? I do see glimpses of a very pretty woman she must have been.

I just watched a quiet little movie last night that she starred in and got to thinking of her.

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June 30, 2023 7:24 AM

I love her in everything she does. She's like a female Danny Trejo type character.

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June 29, 2023 10:08 AM

The poor man's Beth Grant.

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June 29, 2023 10:30 AM

Great actress, and yes, rough looking. She looks like Diana Scarwid if she'd spent 10 years on a meth bender living in a tent. She is currently 61, but even a decade ago, she looked like she could've been older than that. I suspect she probably had a substance abuse problem in her past.

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June 29, 2023 10:30 AM

I'm sure she did, R3, glad she can parlay that into playing that type of character. I always notice her too and wonder why no one talks about her, I guess cause she's just a character actress but I bet she does well financially from it.

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June 29, 2023 10:32 AM

Speaking of Diana Scarwid, I always thought she was rather plain looking and dumpy in Mommie Dearest. I just looked her up and was flabbergasted to see she was/is very attractive. It must have been her hairstyle and wardrobe in MD that made her so frumpy looking.

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June 29, 2023 12:42 PM

[quote]I just watched a quiet little movie last night that she starred in and got to thinking of her.

Was it A Love Song about her reuniting with a childhood boyfriend? That was a nice little film and she was great in it.

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June 29, 2023 12:52 PM

Yes, R6. It was nice but the ending was so odd. Definitely not the typical Hollywood ending but it was nice to have a movie with dialogue and not loud explosions and action. The cowboy family who kept popping up were humorous.

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June 29, 2023 1:27 PM

She’s an extremely fine actress and, like billions of people on this earth, very plain looking. That doesn’t mean she’s had addiction problems. As far as I know, she never has.

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June 29, 2023 1:30 PM

I saw this minor Del Shores piece on stage in a tiny theater many years ago. Starred a pre-fame Octavia Spencer (as a character named LaSonia, pronounced "lasagna"), Beth Grant, and Dale Dickey. I had no idea they turned it into a movie.

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June 29, 2023 3:38 PM

R8 I don't know if it's that she's "plain" looking. She more looks ravaged in the way that a lot of recovering addicts do (particularly people who were addicted to meth). Of course we'll never know unless he says so herself. It could just be bad genes and a lot of sun exposure, but she certainly resembles someone who has had this problem.

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June 30, 2023 7:24 AM