Friday, August 23, 2019

Mystery actor


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The boy on the right — who knows? But the woman on the left — do you recognize her? I knew her voice right away, but couldn’t match it to a person. Which makes me think that someone else will figure this one out in no time at all. Leave your best guess in the comments, and the glory may be yours.

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11:48 a.m.: The answer is now in the comments.

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[Garner’s Modern English Usage notes that “support for actress seems to be eroding.” I’ll use actor.]

comments: 6

Chas McClelland said...

Angela Lansbury.

Michael Leddy said...

Not Angela Lansbury.

misterbagman said...

Perhaps a young Barbara Billingsley?

Michael Leddy said...

Good call. It’s Barbara BIllingsley in The Tall Target (dir. Anthony Mann, 1951). The boy, by the way, is Brad Morrow.

misterbagman said...

IT was a bit of a shot in the dark for me, based as much on your identification of a distinctive voice it was on her face.

Michael Leddy said...

For the splittest of split seconds I thought Lucille Ball was speaking.