The first one I came up with is Michelle Williams who has played this sort of woman wonderfully in several movies now. WENDY AND LUCY comes to mind as well as BLUE VALENTINE and SAVE THE WALTZ.
Who else?
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Who Excels at Playing a Not Very Bright Woman
The first one I came up with is Michelle Williams who has played this sort of woman wonderfully in several movies now. WENDY AND LUCY comes to mind as well as BLUE VALENTINE and SAVE THE WALTZ.
Who else?
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Too old now, but Kathleen Wilhoite is one. She played Susan Lewis's sister on ER.
Jeff M.
Janet Margolin was superb as Lisa Brandt in DAVID AND LISA.
Juliette Lewis does a good job as well.
Funny about that film festival. A couple of my good friends were there. I always wonder in those situations if they bumped into you without any of you even knowing it. The world is so very small sometimes.
Maria Bamford. The very late Sharon Tate. Ellie Kemper, among several of the cast of THE OFFICE. Tatiana Maslany.
Uma Thurman in Hysterical Blindness. Maybe a low EQ is closer to the point.
English actress Jane Horrocks (who played Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous) is always playing "dim bulb" types--usually for comic effect, but she did a great job in the movie "Little Voice" as a vocal prodigy dominated and exploited by others.
Deb
Good one, Deb, Erik and Todd. ALthough I don't really remember Maria Bamford.
what happened to Janet Margolin? THe last I saw her was thirty years ago in an early Allen movie.
Patti, she died 20 years ago of ovarian cancer.
Can't believe I forgot Juliette Lewis. Good one, Chris,
Jeff M.
Very sad, Jeff.
Not exactly blue-collar, but: Goldie Hawn; Amy Adams; Carole Lombard.
Oh, good ones. I can't believe I didn't think of Goldie Hawn. And Amy Adams is perfect.
Debra Winger was good at those parts back in the 80s and early 90s.
Yes! I miss her.
Juliette Lewis
Big difference between playing a ditzy babe and a mentally handicapped girl or woman.
Another one came to mind: Drea de Matteo as Adriana in The Sopranos, . . .
Yes, Rick. Very true.
I wonder what happened to her. Have to check IMDB.
Bamford was most visible recently on the new season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, but is more often a standup or voiceover actor than actor. But:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHmNrxkuFU
THE MARIA BAMFORD SHOW.
And, of course, Debra Winger wasn't acting when making stupid arguments for Roman Polanski being given a pass for teen-rape in the '70s...artists such as he, doncha know, need to be forgiven their foibles. But she's still acting, as I'm sure you've found.
Nancy Allen. So great in Blow-Up. A dip with depth.
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