# Jennifer Tilly: Hottest 50 year old ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268 "2008-11-05T14:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/1 "2008-11-05T14:51:24Z")
[http://www.flisted.com/wp-content/uploads/20979\_celebutopia-jennifer\_tilly-deal\_world\_premiere\_in\_las\_vegas-06\_122\_931lo.jpg](http://www.flisted.com/wp-content/uploads/20979_celebutopia-jennifer_tilly-deal_world_premiere_in_las_vegas-06_122_931lo.jpg) Seriously, how the hell is she still that attractive? This is almost supernatural. I know plastic surgery is part of it, but she clearly hasn’t gone overboard and wrecked her face. So what else is going on with her to explain this? Is it the Asian ancestry? Bathing in the blood of virgins? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/2 "2008-11-05T15:21:40Z")
Kim Cattrall could give Tilly a run for her money. She’s over 50 – closer to 55 than 50, I believe: > **[NewChatter.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=newchatter.com)** > > Choose a memorable domain name. Professional, friendly customer support. Start using your domain right away. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/3 "2008-11-05T15:27:01Z")
I’ll see ye those and raise you [Helen Mirren (aged 63)](http://www.zimbio.com/Helen+Mirren/articles/39/Helen+Mirren+Bikini+Clad+GILF). ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/4 "2008-11-05T15:33:36Z")
What assurance do we have that those photos were taken of them at their current age? I’m dubious. (“How’d you do, Dubious? I’m Doctor Krankheit.”) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/5 "2008-11-05T15:35:56Z")
Kim Catrall is stunningly young looking, but Tilly (and this probably is due to the Asian genes) still has that roundness on the edge of the jaw that usually signifies a just-post-adolescent. Kim Catrall, I look at and think, “Wow, she looks GREAT!” Jennifer Tilly I look at and think, “No way, that birth year can’t be right!” and I spend 10 minutes googling and cross-referencing to find an alternate explanation. The best hypothesis so far is that she’s a vampire. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/6 "2008-11-05T15:37:30Z")
I raise you all [Susannah Hoffs](http://www.ultimatecoupons.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2007/08/art023-susanna_hoffs.jpg). Saw her in the flesh this summer, and she’s still got it. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/7 "2008-11-05T15:38:50Z")
[Dana Delany](http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dana-delany-desperate-housewives.jpg) [Holly Hunter](http://www.virginmedia.com/images/holly-hunter-431x500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/8 "2008-11-05T15:43:05Z")
[Bernadette Peters (aged 60)](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01cZbPPfSZ9NI/340x.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/9 "2008-11-05T15:45:56Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’ll see ye those and raise you [Helen Mirren (aged 63)](http://www.zimbio.com/Helen+Mirren/articles/39/Helen+Mirren+Bikini+Clad+GILF). Wow. I wonder how she’d talk dirty? “If I may be so bold to interrupt, I think that my orgasm may be imminent”. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/10 "2008-11-05T15:47:20Z")
I’ve been in love with Jen Tilly for over two decades. She is still the top of the list (although there are some unflattering photos out there - but I forgive her. After all, she is 50). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/11 "2008-11-05T15:50:39Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > [Dana Delany](http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/dana-delany-desperate-housewives.jpg) > [Holly Hunter](http://www.virginmedia.com/images/holly-hunter-431x500.jpg) I second Dana Delaney. Yowza. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/12 "2008-11-05T15:51:44Z")
Michelle Pfeiffer is still way hot. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/13 "2008-11-05T15:57:22Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I raise you all [Susannah Hoffs](http://www.ultimatecoupons.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2007/08/art023-susanna_hoffs.jpg). Saw her in the flesh this summer, and she’s still got it. Vampire. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Bernadette Peters (aged 60)](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01cZbPPfSZ9NI/340x.jpg). Bathes in the blood of young sopranos. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/14 "2008-11-05T16:00:58Z")
Jane Seymour (57) still looks good. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/15 "2008-11-05T16:01:51Z")
The OP is the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/16 "2008-11-05T16:07:36Z")
WOW! I had no idea jennifer tilly was that old, or even close! I thought she was half her age, literally. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/17 "2008-11-05T16:14:45Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > What assurance do we have that those photos were taken of them at their current age? I’m dubious. (“How’d you do, Dubious? I’m Doctor Krankheit.”) The picture of Helen Mirren was taken this last summer. Its a good one in that the bikini is proving that a formal gown in not hiding much, but she has photographed in similarly stunning fashion at red carpet events for the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/18 "2008-11-05T16:19:37Z")
Helen Mirren might have maintained a decent body, but her face is quite old looking, unlike the others named in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/19 "2008-11-05T16:27:00Z")
I suspect some of these women are members of the Howard Families, and that they are slowly easing us into the end of the Masquerade. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/20 "2008-11-05T16:37:14Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Helen Mirren might have maintained a decent body, but her face is quite old looking, unlike the others named in this thread. Actually, going by the title of the OP and not the how-does-she-maintain-her-youth question, I think Helen Mirren was a \*hotter \*50 year old than Tilly is. But that’s \*because \*she looked older than Tilly does. Mirren defies the young=hot, old=asexual rule of Hollywood. Tilly still looks like she might see your manly bits and giggle uncertainly. Mirren looks like she’d know just what to do, and it might be something you’ve never even heard of, young whippersnapper! 😉 See also: Sophia Loren, Bridget Bardot and Fanny Ardent, all of whom are/were, IMHO, hotter in their later years than their years as generic young sweet things. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268.md?page=2)