...like today's birthday girl, Miss Gladys George! Not bad for 120.
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
I have always had a soft spot for her. She was fab as the widow in The Maltese Falcon (one of my all time fave movies) She was a good actress that never got the recognition she deserved.
ReplyDeletePS; 1st photo - they certainly don't make hats like that any more.
More's the pity - I could do with a black feathery number for the impending arrival of autumn... Jx
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