Spinsters, widows and chars : the ageing woman in British film / Claire Mortimer.

Actresses like Maggie Smith, Cicely Courtneidge and Sybil Thorndike have established the enduring appeal of the ageing actress in British film. Historicising and contextualising this archetypal figure, this book establishes a taxonomy of female ageing in British cinema, from the 1930s to the present...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mortimer, Claire, 1964- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Women in motion pictures.
Older people in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Great Britain > History.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Great Britain.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:vii, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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