ID the titless wonder

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#1

In his memoir I’D HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING, screenwriter Ring Lardner jr mentions a conversation he had with movie producer Martin Ransohoff about a biopic of Jean Harlow (that was never made?) in which a woman was being cast to play Harlow despite her physical drawbacks:
" ‘And guess who they’re casting as Harlow?’ he exclaimed, naming a popular actress of the sixties whom he described, with evident disgust, as '‘the titless wonder’."

This conversation took place in the summer of 1964, so my question is: which actress was widely enough known at that point as small-breasted? My first thought was “Twiggy” but I think she first became famous a few years later. Jane Fonda, maybe? Seems a bit early for Jane as well. Your guess?

#2

Peggy Lipton?

#3

My mom used to call me the titless wonder. When I saw the thread title, I thought I was being outed!

#4

She’d be later than '64 also –Mod Squad didn’t go on the air till '68.

#5

The movie Harlow was released in 1965 with Carol Baker as Jean Harlow.

I wouldn’t describe Baker as “titless” but there’s no accounting for taste. Some of the other actresses reportedly considered for the lead were Jayne Mansfield and Stella Stevens. Compared to them, I suppose you could consider Carol Baker to be relatively flat-chested.

As for a famous actress of the early 60s who would be considered flat-chested, I think most people would agree on Audrey Hepburn.

#6

A. Hepburn is the first one that came to my mind. Small chested, but in no way could you consider her less than stunning.

#7

Ironically, Harlow herself wasn’t particuarly well-endowed. Men in the 30s were more interested in legs than breasts.

#8

Well I do. I think she’s way less than ‘stunning’. I think she looks like a distended freak, and I always have. Now if you want stunning…

#9

A list of unbelievably gorgeous women who are A-cup or smaller:

Keira Knightly
Angie Harmon
Vanity
Charlize Theron
Most Japanese supermodels

#10

I don’t think many of them were around in '64, though.

#11

Not that it addresss the OP, but the first name that came to my mind when seeing the thread title was Ann Jillian.

#12

Two biopics about Jean Harlow, both titled Harlow, were released in 1965. The big-studio one starred Carroll Baker (35B-24-35), the low-budget one starred Carol Lynley.

#13

Carroll Baker is a bit titless:

Pretty darn cute though.

#14

:eek:

No, I’m not shocked, I’m just ogling.

#15

I thought of Shirley McLane myself.

#16

No, she would be the witless wonder.

#17

That’s cold man. Funny, but cold. :smiley:

#18

Ironically, who was cast to play Hepburn in her film bio? Jennifer Love Hewitt

#19

I read that and I thought: “Dang. The only reason he’s going to get away with it is nobody else is going to get it.” :stuck_out_tongue:

#20

Lynley wasn’t all that endowed, either. Cute, though.