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I remembered my idea - but I have nothing to add to this one.
::sits back and waits::

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan

He was 70 when he became president. I don’t think he would have been remembered much for his acting career.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman

He didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders

Sanders was in his 40s when he got into the restaurant biz; in his 60’s when he started the KFC franchise.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman

Spend most of his career in show business working behind the camera as a producer, director, and writer. His appearance in The Paper Chase at the age of 71 was his first real acting role.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child

Didn’t even learn to cook until she was almost 40; didn’t start her famous TV show until she was 50.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
  10. Milly Cooper

Cooper didn’t become a call-girl until she was in her 40s. As of 2011, she was still “receiving” gentleman at the age of 96. I guess that would make her the world’s oldest practitioner of the world’s oldest prefession.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
  10. Milly Cooper
  11. Rabbi Akiva

Rabbi Akiva entered yeshiva, they say, at age 40. You heard of the Talmud? Why the Song of Songs is part of the Bible? Yeah, that guy, he kinda started both.
ETA: who’s Santmyer?

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Helen Santmyer published …And Ladies of the Club, her best-selling debut novel, at age 88. She’s actually who I was thinking of when I picked this category.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
  10. Milly Cooper
  11. Rabbi Akiva
  12. Joshua Millner

British Olympian who won a gold medal, 1000 yard Free Rifle, at the age of 61.

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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
  10. Milly Cooper
  11. Rabbi Akiva
  12. Joshua Millner
  13. Clara Peller

The “Where’s the Beef?” lady got her first acting job at age 80

New category

Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand

  1. Show me the money!
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People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life

  1. Frank McCourt
  2. Grandma Moses
  3. Bill Walsh
  4. Ronald Reagan
  5. Alan Rickman
  6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders
  7. John Houseman
  8. Julia Child
  9. Helen Hooven Santmyer
  10. Milly Cooper
  11. Rabbi Akiva
  12. Joshua Millner
  13. King William IV (started job in 1830, age 64. Oldest yet. Go Bess!)

Films that were really about your father:

  1. The Man Who Would Be King
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::let’s you and me jump him next time::

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Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand

  1. Show me the money!
  2. Houston, we have a problem.
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  1. Show me the money!
  2. Houston, we have a problem.
  3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more.
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who you callin’ “him”? :dubious:

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Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand

  1. Show me the money!
  2. Houston, we have a problem.
  3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more.
  4. You had me at hello.
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Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand

  1. Show me the money!
  2. Houston, we have a problem.
  3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more.
  4. You had me at hello.
  5. Life is like a box of chocolates.

“Houston, we have a problem” was famous way before the movie Apollo 13. The real quote was actually “Houston we’ve had a problem.”