# 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:** 2
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/21 "2008-11-05T16:46:17Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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. She’s not yet over 50, but Jodie Foster is much better looking now than she was as a teenager–and she was close to being a goddess then. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/22 "2008-11-05T16:50:16Z")
Jennifer Tilly does look pretty amazing, but those boobs scare me. I do not like them at all. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/23 "2008-11-05T16:53:01Z")
> [@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). Aye. And either the top was photoshopped into your photo or the one I saw elsewhere was expunged. Raise indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/24 "2008-11-05T17:06:11Z")
> [@Superfreaknduper](#): > > WOW! I had no idea jennifer tilly was that old, or even close! I thought she was half her age, literally. Agreed. While Kim Catrall and many of the others here look incredibly good for their ages, I see them and say “Wow is she hot for a middle aged woman.” I see Jennifer Tilly and think she’s pretty close to my age. I honestly thought she was in her mid to late 30s. ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/25 "2008-11-05T17:10:49Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Agreed. While Kim Catrall and many of the others here look incredibly good for their ages, I see them and say “Wow is she hot for a middle aged woman.” I see Jennifer Tilly and think she’s pretty close to my age. I honestly thought she was in her mid to late 30s. I’ll sort of agree with you. The thing is, I KNOW how old she must be, as I know how long I’ve been aware of her presence in pop culture. But there’s a huge disconnect between her youthfulness (which is in part due to her personality) and what I know to be true. She’s a Howard, I tell you. Five years from now she’ll be discreetly buying chemicals to add grey to her hair. A few years after that she’ll say “screw it” and fake her death. ---
**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, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/26 "2008-11-05T17:33:16Z")
> [@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 Tilly I linked was from the movie premiere of Deal, which came out this year. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/27 "2008-11-05T17:34:09Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Jennifer Tilly does look pretty amazing, but those boobs scare me. I do not like them at all. Wow, couldn’t disagree more about the boobies. I once watched an entire episode of Celebrity Poker just to stare at those mammas. ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/28 "2008-11-05T17:47:45Z")
> [@Figaro](#): > > Wow, couldn’t disagree more about the boobies. I once watched an entire episode of Celebrity Poker just to stare at those mammas. Keep your hands (and everything else) off. They’re all mine! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/29 "2008-11-05T17:52:12Z")
I’ll take Susanna Hoffs thank you very much! ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/30 "2008-11-05T17:56:15Z")
> [@Figaro](#): > > Wow, couldn’t disagree more about the boobies. I once watched an entire episode of Celebrity Poker just to stare at those mammas. No kidding. They’re, like, perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/31 "2008-11-05T18:00:18Z")
You’re all wrong. Even the people who put together [The 50 Sexiest Women Over 50](http://www.zimbio.com/The+50+Sexiest+Women+Over+50/notes/1/The+50+Sexiest+Women+Over+50) are wrong. The sexiest woman over 50 can be found in the pages of New York Magazine’s recent fashion issue. Her name is Christie Brinkley. [And here’s the proof](http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/43767/christie-brinkley-does-new-york-magazine/). ---
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/32 "2008-11-05T18:06:09Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > You’re all wrong. Even the people who put together [The 50 Sexiest Women Over 50](http://www.zimbio.com/The+50+Sexiest+Women+Over+50/notes/1/The+50+Sexiest+Women+Over+50) are wrong. > > The sexiest woman over 50 can be found in the pages of New York Magazine’s recent fashion issue. Her name is Christie Brinkley. [And here’s the proof](http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/43767/christie-brinkley-does-new-york-magazine/). See, I find Christie Brinkley incredibly hot, but not very sexy. ---
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/33 "2008-11-05T18:11:01Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > See, I find Christie Brinkley incredibly hot, but not very sexy. I think you’re using the word “hot” in a somewhat different fashion than normal. When used as a descriptor of a person, hot generally equals sexy, possibly with the proviso that the person is sexually alluring without having an aesthetically pleasing face because of her or his personality or je ne sais quoi. The young Jodie Foster, for instance, was beautiful but not hot. Jodie Foster circa Panic Room or Inside Man is both beautiful and hot; Ellen Degeneres is hot without being beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/34 "2008-11-05T18:24:36Z")
> [@Figaro](#): > > Wow, couldn’t disagree more about the boobies. I once watched an entire episode of Celebrity Poker just to stare at those mammas. +1, as they say on the internet. Jennifer Tilly’s boobies can do no wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/35 "2008-11-05T23:30:26Z")
> [@Carson\_O\_Genic](#): > > Aye. And either the top was photoshopped into your photo or the one I saw elsewhere was expunged. > Raise indeed. Yeah, I’m no expert, but it does look to me like there’s been some photoshopping there, like along the bottom edge of her bikini top. Which makes me wonder to what extent the rest of the photo may be altered. Googling didn’t turn up anything, though. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/36 "2008-11-05T23:41:02Z")
Let us not forget [Madeleine Stowe](http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8383/00000383952007031218520gz3.jpg), my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/37 "2008-11-06T00:34:25Z")
The only reason Diane Lane isn’t being mentioned here is because she’s only 43. I’m bumping the thread in 7 years to put this argument to rest once and for all. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/38 "2008-11-06T01:19:58Z")
How about [Pat Benatar](http://www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/images/press/patBenatar_hr.jpg)? Yowzer! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/39 "2008-11-06T01:32:24Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > [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? She’s smoking hot, but her armpit looks like a vagina. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268/40 "2008-11-06T01:51:46Z")
I see all your beauties and I raise you [Linda Hamilton](http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/linda-terminator.jpg) Smokin’ Hot!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-tilly-hottest-50-year-old-ever/471268.md?page=3)