This handsome woman may not seem immediately familiar, but I'm willing to bet you've seen her in some of old Hollywood's best-loved classics. Willowy, worldly, and for decades one of filmdom's best-dressed ladies, she's long been one of my favorites. Any guesses?
Why it's Miss Irene Dunne, of course. LOVE her!
ReplyDeleteLovely to look at, delightful to hold... Jx
ReplyDeletei wouldn't have known it was her.
ReplyDeleteWhy it's the First Lady of Hollywood!
ReplyDeleteLouella was hardly "willowy"... Jx
DeleteI wonder, though, if Bill - who is an awfully cagy type, after all - isn't on to something. The two ladies most usually associated with that title are indeed Misses Dunne and (shudder) Parsons, but I would argue that this lady has a shot at the title as well...
DeleteIt's a good guess, Peter, and close-ish, as Miss Inconnue did indeed share the screen with Miss Dunne several times; they do have in common a little patrician patina, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteAny more?
Gail Patrick?
DeleteI thought the First Lady oh Hollywood was Clifton Webb.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I just assumed Peter was correct...about Ms. Dunne. Though the Clifton Webb comment is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteMy first look at actually gave me a Mary Astor vibe.
One last shot. The photo looks nothing like her (to me, at least), but this isn't perhaps little Miss Myrna Williams in her pre-Loy days?
ReplyDeleteHelen Twelvetrees, just because.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it always feels like it's going to be Helen Twelvetress, doesn't it? Her or Laura LaPlante. And yet it so very seldom is. And isn't here.
DeleteGood gosh. That's not Ruby Stevens, is it?
ReplyDeletebill may be right.
ReplyDeleteIf it is indeed Miss Stanwyck, that is a really bad photo of her... Jx
ReplyDeleteWell, now that all is revealed, many thanks to all - marvelous guesses all around, and a catty Clifton Webb joke to boot - who could ask for anything more?
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