# See if you can guess who this famous actress is - 2 pics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973 "2013-12-22T21:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/1 "2013-12-22T21:44:17Z")
Let’s see how good your actress spotting skills are. There was a time when she was huge and beloved by millions! [Pic 1](http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/monkapotamus/Ebay%20Pics/mysterywoman_zps7c488afd.jpg) [Pic 2](http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/monkapotamus/Ebay%20Pics/mysterywoman2_zpsbf1c8241.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/2 "2013-12-22T21:54:06Z")
I thought at first that it was Pola Negri, but I noticed a similar picture. Found it, She is Irene Ryan, better know as Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies. > **[Irene Ryan/Image gallery](https://beverlyhillbillies.fandom.com/wiki/Irene_Ryan/Image_gallery)** > **[Irene Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ryan)** > > Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblitt, Noblett, or Noblette;\[a\] October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress and comedian who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Daisy May "Granny" Moses, mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character Jed Clampett on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). She was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964 for t... ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/3 "2013-12-22T21:58:23Z")
Clue In her most famous role she was a true hellcat, prepared to shoot a man at a moment’s notice. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/4 "2013-12-22T22:20:11Z")
I’m gonna guess Granny, from the Beverly hillbillies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/5 "2013-12-22T22:40:46Z")
Daisy Moses? mmm ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/6 "2013-12-23T01:01:32Z")
Without looking at any other posts: Mary Pickens? ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/7 "2013-12-23T01:07:40Z")
The first pic reminds me of Barbara Stanwyck, but the second bears no resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/8 "2013-12-23T01:13:11Z")
Holy shiz. Never would’ve guessed Granny! She was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/9 "2013-12-23T01:22:10Z")
My God Granny. Gorgeous indeed. Are you still smoking crawdads? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/10 "2013-12-23T01:44:33Z")
[Another 1960’s TV grandma in her flapper days](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/568931365397301994/) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/11 "2013-12-23T02:10:37Z")
ETA: of course, the subject of the OP and “Endora” were both heavily made up for their characters, but when they appeared on talk shows or elsewhere were perfectly attractive Women of a Certain Age. That isn’t so common now with so many plastic surgery victims (witness the sad case of Angelica Huston) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/12 "2013-12-23T15:36:12Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Another 1960’s TV grandma in her flapper days](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/568931365397301994/) Whoa. Wow. That’s the sexiest picture I’ve seen this year. I mean…just…day-UM. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/13 "2013-12-23T17:13:13Z")
I’ve always wished I had been born at least fifty years earlier. The 1920s must have really been something for the young adults who lived through it! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/14 "2013-12-23T18:27:50Z")
My own grandmother was a flapper in her heyday. I have some really cool pictures of her, including her wedding picture, in a wedding dress of head-to-toe fringe. After her death we found an album that included some shots of her in knickers and argyle socks on the back of some guy’s motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/15 "2013-12-24T05:35:09Z")
I can see where Ellie-May gets her good looks from. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-if-you-can-guess-who-this-famous-actress-is-2-pics/676973/16 "2013-12-24T14:47:51Z")
Gloria Stuart had a seventy year career in the movies. Here’s “the old Rose” in her heyday. > **[Gloria Stuart: 'Titanic' & Classic Horror Movie Actress Dead at 100](https://www.altfg.com/film/gloria-stuart/)** > > Gloria Stuart, the pretty, blonde leading lady in the Universal horror classics The Old Dark House (1932) and The Invisible Man (1933), and the elderly Rose