For decades, the unwritten rule of Hollywood was cruelly simple: a woman’s shelf life expired around the age of 35. Once the first fine line appeared or the calendar turned to a new decade, the industry often relegated actresses to roles as mystical mentors, nagging mothers, or ghostly wives who existed only to further a younger man’s storyline.
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While television led the charge, cinema is catching up rapidly. For a long time, studios believed that young audiences would not buy tickets to see older faces. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) was considered a fluke—a film for seniors. But the last five years have proven that narrative wrong. For decades, the unwritten rule of Hollywood was
