Although this thread died a natural and probably well-earned death some months ago, it was the first one I found appropriate (more or less) for noting that the March/April 2005 issue of AARP magazine has a foldout spread on "Hollywood's Hottest" (old people have great imaginations?) featuring 7 "classic" (and respectable - essential for AARP) ladies.

Not a centerfold, it's the front cover, but there are additional pictures inside. "Glamorous" but fully clothed pictures.

A comment inside notes that a major factor in the photo shoot was finding 7 classy "ladies of mature age" that could be put in the same locale simultaneously without raging ego warfare, but they do look pretty good. (in an AARP sort of way.)

I've been trying to remember the name of the photog who did the same thing many years ago. I believe Smithsonian mag may have noted the earlier one in a nostalgia article a few months ago. Does anyone remember?

The ladies chosen for the AARP spread:

Marcia Gay Harden
Rita Moreno
Joanne Woodward
Kathy Bates
Cloris Leachman
Patty Duke
Shirley Jones

I think the article indicated they've all "given to good causes," which possibly had something to do with the selection. I'll read the details later after I've finished trying to remember who they are - and/or what they used to look like when my mind was less mature.

John