Dame Edith Evans

The Whisperers (1967) is just as schematic as comparable stateside films, but being British, it is better, and highly prescient, given our current geriatric demographics. This is a reminder that what Evans achieves in this role will come into play, juxtaposed against contemporary films as well, but not On Golden Pond. I have an antithetical relationship to Jane Fonda's on screen chameleon, to paraphrase what she told Charlie Rose. Ironically, I related more to that self-inflicted dig than anything else that came out of her mouth during her controversial reign as America's pussy Communist. (Ouch)