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Successful women of size?
Gothampc
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#25successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:22pmCandy Crowley - CNN
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#26successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:29pmShelly Winters
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DG
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#28successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:39pmkathy bates
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#29successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:41pm
Nell Carter
Della Reese
America Ferrera? -not sure if she'd be considered 'of size.'
And I know some people I named- Sara Rue, etc.- are no longer 'of size,' but I remember for Sara especially when her show first came on the air I read more about "OMG she's a size 10/ size 12 (whatever her size was) and she's got her own show" than I read about the actual show itself, so she was of size at the time she was getting all this success.
Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#30successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:44pm
When I first saw the title of this thread I thought to myself "Marie Dressler is the perfect example". I wondered if anyone would have mentioned her. Opened the thread and three people mentioned her. It is one of the reasons I love this place.
Anyway, Dressler would be a perfect choice. She was the #1 box office star in the age of the glamorous movie star.
#31successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:47pmI love Kathy Bates -- and not just because she's my Mexican equivalent mamá.
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Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#32successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 5:52pm
"Kathy Bates" - Stagemanager
3 words.......MEN DON'T LEAVE!! What a performance!!
#33successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:04pmI vaguely remember watching that way back when. I should definitely check it out. Thanks, Ciaron.
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Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#34successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:08pmStage I dont know if you live in the city but it was being shown on TIme Warner Cable a lot in the summer. It isnt a perfect film but I really like her playing a mother to young children. She carries the film. A great performance.
#35successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:14pmCiaron: Maybe I'm confused, and please feel free to correct me on my correction, but I believe Kathy had a supporting part in Men don't Leave as Jessica Langes boss. Are you thinking of Home of Our Own (or a title like that)?
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
#36successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:17pmYeah, I remember Lange being in it. Isn't MEN DON'T LEAVE the one with Chris O'Donnell and his little brother runs away?
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Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#37successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:19pm
Home of Our Own
haha yes you are right. My bad!! Home of our Own is the one.
#38successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:21pmIn that case, I've never seen it.
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Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#40successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 6:24pmAnd, of course, Men Don't Leave has more stellar work from Joan Cusack as well.
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
#41successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 7:19pm
Yes, Sara was heavy when she started, which was LONG before she had her own show. And America Ferrara definitely counts - remember her breakout role in Real Women Have Curves? She made quite a splash and there was a lot of (positive) talk about her being a heavier girl.
Again, Shelly Winters, Kathy Bates, Kirstie Alley, Delta Burke, etc., so many of these women were not heavy when they found success - their bodies changed later, when they already had a career.
In the same vein, Sally Struthers. And what about Debra Monk? We think of her as a Broadway performer, but she does quite a bit of film and TV, and has an Emmy to go with her Tony.
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Updated On: 1/26/07 at 07:19 PM
#42successful women of size?
Posted: 1/26/07 at 8:12pm
SweetQ---You made my day posting that picture of the "Two Fat Ladies."
I LOVED their show! ...And I miss Jennifer.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#43successful women of size?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 9:09amGILMORE GIRLS features Melissa McCarthy (Sookie) and the "used-to-be-thin" Sally Struthers and Liz Torres.
#44successful women of size?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 9:34amRathy---Even your own lovely Deborah Monk was not a "big" girl when she starred in (and co-created) Pump Boys & Dinettes. Her career got big first, before the rest of her did, if you will.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#45successful women of size?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 9:58amThat's why I put her in the category with Struthers, Burke, etc., darling.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#46successful women of size?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:01amOh! I thought you were shifting gears back to the topic for that last part. Sorry!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#47successful women of size?
Posted: 1/27/07 at 10:03amNo worries!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
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