We've come a long way!
I was happy to hear that Major Crimes got a season three renewal, and I started to think of the only other show I knew that had a woman in her sixties as the lead actress: Murder She Wrote. I actually used to watch this in the 90s as I had a thing for mysteries in high school. It's amazing to put the leads of Murder She Wrote and Major Crimes side by side (ok, I know I cheated slightly as one of these is Mary as Mary, not Mary as Sharon).
These two women are the same age (at the time in their respective series'):
I'm wondering if the Jessica Fletcher character was meant to be more 'frumpy' or if this was how older woman were perceived in the 90s? Do women do more now to look younger? Is 60 just not the same as it was?
These two women are the same age (at the time in their respective series'):
I'm wondering if the Jessica Fletcher character was meant to be more 'frumpy' or if this was how older woman were perceived in the 90s? Do women do more now to look younger? Is 60 just not the same as it was?