Lauren Bacall

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:28am

I adore her, and my friend had no clue who she was. I was shocked. I though everyone knew of this fabulous woman.

Who are celebs you thought everyone knew of but were shocked when someone didn't have a clue who they were?

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:43am

I was in a directing class in college in which some asked of Bernadette: "She's pretty ...who is she?"

What can you say to that? In a theatre class?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:45am

Ugh. How do you not know who Bernadette is if you do theatre?

I once had to explain Brooke Shields to someone.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:50am

It's unfair, really...I recognize so many faces--I have a really good memory for that...even if it's only one time, which has embarassed me more than once. I once waved to Seth Myers from SNL because I thought I had dated him (god knows I would), but when he came up to me, I was like..."Oh...I guess I don't know you.." Hours later, it occurred to me who he was. Oy...I missed a golden opportunity methinks...

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:50am

When I said Rita Hayworth was my all time sexiest actress, and there was not a person who could even picture her.

Not that I really expected everyone to know her (college kids in the 90's), but it was just so sad. I figured they had at least seen "The Shawshank Redemption"

Updated On: 10/17/05 at 10:50 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:53am

For those of you too new to remember, there was a regular poster here who did not know who Julie Harris or Vanessa Redgrave were. No kidding....no, REALLY.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 10:55am

See, that's so weird...when I was a kid, I went out of my way to watch all the old movies--of course it helped that my mom liked them too...so I was watching Hitchcock and Bette and Joan when I was still in my single digits...It has made a huge difference in my theatre education. How can you be an actor if you can't give the director a little Mrs. Danvers when he/she asks you? Or a little Clifton Webb? Or....

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:02am

I'm sure we have many posters on this board who don't know who Julie Harris and Vanessa Redgrave are.

I had to explaing Gwen Verdon to someone in an old thread. They were talking about Sweet Charity as if Applegate was the firs to play the role, and when I wrote about Verdon they wrote: Gwen who?

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:15am

Like it was hundreds of years ago! We're not asking you to know who Katherine Cornell and Laurette Taylor were for chrissakes...although....

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:25am

I may understand how people might not know actors who never became major stars in film or television, but I never understand the phrase "that was before my time", as an excuse for not knowing someone. Films or any recordings, are as current as the moment they are being viewed or listened to. They are only before your time, because you haven't chosen to watch them. If you limit yourself to only watching films that are released in your lifetime, then you are depriving yourself of some wonderful films and performances. I watch more older films than current films, but there are just so many more to see.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:27am

Exactly! That's like saying I don't listen to classical music because that was before my time...Mozart who?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:10pm

bobby, add Lynn Redgrave to that......

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 3:41pm

I didn't know who Julie Harris was initially. Until someone on this board directed me to the IMDB and I realized I saw her in EAST OF EDEN and KNOTS LANDING.

Hell, i had no clue Lorna Luft was Liza Minnelli's half-sister and Judy Garland's daughter.

Yes, there are some of us who don't know these things.

That doesn't make us bad people...

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 3:45pm

That doesn't make anybody bad, but if you see a name you don't recognize, google them and educate yourself...that's what I do...chances are you're missing something great!

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:19pm

Marquise, you are VERY bad. You need to be spanked!

[RobbO]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:22pm

cm2, what i find funny is that YOU don't know the classics of today as evidenced by your ubiquitous phrase "i don't even know who that is..."

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:35pm

A few weeks ago, I saw Lauren Bacall walking her dog in Central Park. I don't think anyone recognized her.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:36pm

Good taste is easy to recognize...

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:39pm

RobbO, name one "classic" of today, that I don't know! I mean, you're not equating the girl that Tom Cruise is banging with Lauren Bacall, are you?!

[RobbO]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:50pm

i am!! i think it's funny that someone of your background and age even knows betty bacall but has no clue who katie holmes is. funny in a good way. i wish i didn't know who paris hilton, nicole richie, lindsay lohan and hillary duff were...

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 5:05pm

Betty Bacall is just more worth knowing. Katie who?

[jimmirae]

Posted: 10/17/05 at 8:23pm

Bacall can do no wrong onstage but is a very rude woman otherwise.