

But the Oscar winner was right up there with the best of them. People kind of forget about Norma Shearer when they think about the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. NORMA SHEARER, 33 years old in Romeo and Juliet (1936).How could 36-year-old Thompson and 20-year-old Kate Winslet play sisters? Because in Jane Austen's original novel, it's explicitly stated that Thompson's character, Elinor Dashwood, is a mere 19 years of age. EMMA THOMPSON, 36 years old in Sense and Sensibility (1995).As Joan of Arc, who was burned at the stake at the age of 19, the actress born Renée Jeanne Falconetti is sensational. It's been called one of the greatest silent films ever made, and I see no reason to disagree. FALCONETTI, 35 years old in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).(She returned in Goblet of Fire at the age of 38 or 39. Considering the care taken in hiring age-appropriate actors to play the young students of Hogwarts, it's odd that Henderson was cast as the ghostly Moaning Myrtle, eternally 14 years old. SHIRLEY HENDERSON, 36 years old in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).After she took a stab at a couple of adult roles, fans clamored for the return of the "Little Mary" that they knew and loved, so she took the lead in this corny drama about a teenage orphan who rescues a kidnapped baby.

Born in 1892, her diminutive size and girlish looks routinely got her cast as adolescents. Pickford was one of the biggest stars of the silent era.

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