The Ultimate Movie Star

[Snarky Oracle!]

That looks more like Collins than Crawford.

 

[ClassyCo]

looks more like Collins than Crawford.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

My thoughts exactly.

Ironically, Collins was named after Crawford. And both Joans brought in the shoulder pads crazes 40 year apart.

Collins was introduced to Crawford at a party in 1953. Crawford regally looked the 20-ish Collins up and down dismissively and said nothing. Collins later described Crawford as "the arch-bitch" who was aging badly, was "hard and painted," and "wasn't beautiful at all." And Crawford was only 50.

Collins went on to play TV's arch-bitch, soft and painted, aged fairly well (for the time), and at 50 was very beautiful from what we could guess from underneath the layers of foundation, red lipstick and eye shadow.

But be careful with what you name a child. It can doom their karma... How many "Bertha"s have ever been under 300 pounds?

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Also there are songs written about her. I was going to post another song but stumbled on one I hadn't even heard before:

Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop stars of today, with lots of kids being into her. If she sings about Elizabeth Taylor it must mean something, right?

Swift should have just done a cover version, but that's not where the publishing rights are.

Claire Maguire's is better, and somehow less about Claire than Swift's is about Swift. Of course.

Swift undoubtedly got the idea from Claire. Maguire should sue.