It is challenging for Hollywood actresses to remain famous and glamorous when they reach fifty and beyond. Luckily, the movie industry has incredibly expanded and made places for senior actresses due to the maintenance and even increase of interesting senior roles. While most old female superstars who used to rule the big screen in the 60 - the 80s' retired and enjoyed their lives with families, several still shine and become legendary role models for generations of actresses and female artists.
Not only are they incredibly talented and successful, but they also prove that beauty is ageless. In addition to their brightening, hale, and hearty looks, they show the world the beauty in their souls with social charities and other meaningful works for the public. After all these years, they never lose their radiance and passion for art, love, and for life.
Here is our small gallery where you can get to know and look at the women of Hollywood who have been rocking it for decades!
#1. Sally Field (born November 6, 1946)
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In 2022, it was announced that Field would be a co-star in an upcoming comedy movie entitled 80 for Brady. Besides being famous for acting, she also released a few singles and an album.
#2. Angela Lansbury (16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022)
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Lansbury made her penultimate film appearance playing her last starring role in the 2018 fantasy film Buttons: A Christmas Tale. Lansbury's final film role was a cameo appearance in Rian Johnson's 2022 detective drama Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
#3. Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946)
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Rampling plays a grouchy grandmother in New Zealand writer-director Matthew J. Saville's 2021 black comedy Juniper. Additionally, in 2015, she released her autobiography, which she wrote in French, titled Qui Je Suis (Who I am).
#4. Maggie Smith (born 28 December 1934)
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In 2009, she was reported to have made a full recovery from breast cancer. She is also a volunteer cooperator in many charity works. In 2021, Smith starred in the Netflix adaptation of the children's book by Matt Haig of the same name, A Boy Called Christmas. After that, she reprised her role as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess Of Grantham in Simon Curtis's 2022 historical drama Downton Abbey: A New Era.
#5. Julie Andrews (born October 1, 1935)
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The Broadway senior star lost her singing voice, but she doesn’t quit. On 9 June 2022, Andrews was honored by the American Film Institute with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Also in 2022, she reprised her role as Gru's mother in Minions: The Rise of Gru.#6. Judi Dench (born 9 December 1934)
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In October 2021, it was announced that Dench would be joining the cast of Allelujah. Plus, Dench has been an outspoken critic of prejudice in the movie industry against older actresses.
#7. Betty White (January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021)
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She was a pioneer of early television, with her career spanning almost seven decades. White was noted for her vast work in the
Entertainment industry and for being one of the first women to work both in front of and behind the camera. She was the first woman to produce a sitcom, Life with Elizabeth.
#8. Carmen Dell’Orefice (born June 3, 1931)
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She retired as the world's oldest working model as of the Spring/Summer 2012 season. Still, she was featured on a few magazine covers, occasionally.
#9. Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949)
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Lately, Streep has served as an executive producer on Sell/Buy/Date directed by Sarah Jones. She also backed the campaign to protect Ukrainian from Russia waging war.
#10. Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942))
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She stepped out of the spotlight as well as her business with
Disney. Sometimes, she appears on stage as a guest star singer.
#11. Blythe Danner (born February 3, 1943)
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She became involved with the nonprofit Oral Cancer Foundation. Plus, Danner has been involved in environmental issues such as recycling and conservation for over 30 years.
#12. Goldie Hawn (born November 21, 1945)
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She founded The Hawn Foundation, which educates underprivileged children. Besides, she played Mrs. Claus again, now in a starring role, in its 2020 sequel The Christmas Chronicles 2.#13. Helen Mirren (born 26 July 1945)
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In 2021, she was announced as the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In March 2021, she was cast as the villain Hespera in the upcoming superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
#14. Diane Keaton (born January 5, 1946))
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In 2019, Keaton starred in the comedy Poms. She also writes books. Keaton wrote her first memoir, Then Again, for Random House in November 2011.
#15. Gloria Stuart (July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010)
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In addition to her acting and art careers, Stuart was a lifelong environmental and political activist, who served as a co-founding member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League. Her final film performance was in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty (2004).
#16. Kathy Bates (born June 28, 1948) - Actresses Over 70
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In 2020, it was reported that Bates would be starring in an Irish drama film, The Miracle Club. Also, she was cast in the coming-of-age film Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Bates has battled ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. Besides, she was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health Heroes "Game Changer" Award for her role in raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic disease.
#17. Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) - Actresses Over 70
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As of Fall 2022, Sarandon stars in the FOX TV drama Monarch. What’s more she is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. She also donated fruit trees to the New York City Housing Authority's Jamaica Houses in 2018. Sarandon visited the housing complex in person to help plant the trees.
#18. Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) - Actresses Over 70
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Fonda filmed the seventh and final season of Grace and Frankie in 2021. In November 2021, it was announced Fonda would be in the second installment of Amazon Prime Video's Yearly Departed. Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War. She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane".
#19. Jessica Lange ( born April 20, 1949) - Actresses Over 70
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In 2022, she starred in a film adaptation of Long Day's Journey into Night. Jessica Lange: An Adventurer’s Heart, her biography by film scholar, historian, and journalist Anthony Uzarowski is scheduled to be released in June 2023. Lange is also a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
#20. Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) - Actresses Over 70
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Close reprises her stage role of Norma Desmond in a film adaptation of the musical Sunset Boulevard and will be starring in season two of the Apple TV+ thriller series Tehran. She will also be starring in the upcoming film Brothers. In 2022, it was announced that Close will be starring in an upcoming exorcism drama for Netflix. Furthermore, she frequently promotes her charitable causes on her Instagram account.
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