The gaps in the teeth are right, but her skull is too wide. And she’s too old to be Spacek’s daughter, who actually will most likely bear a strong resemblance to this woman in a decade or two.
Three new e-mails from my soon-to-be ex-wife:
1). Blonde hair and green eyes
Voluptuous figure
Deep sultry voice
She is 5’7"
2). Your Straight Doper friends haven’t helped you much.
3). Nope on Jennifer Grey or Sissy Spacek or Kelly McGillis.
New hint: she’s in her sixties.
Valerie Perrine?
Nope.
Elisabeth Shue? Who I doubt is in her 60s!!
No, Shue is younger than I am. Born in 1963, and she’s only 5’2”. That guess set my sprinklers off, though. My wife knows that I’m a huge fan of Nicolas Cage and that Leaving Las Vegas is one of my favorite movies.
Is that Cynthia Rothrock? Looks a little like her…
But I’m guessing it’s not. Cynthia was never that famous… and she’s 56.. not in her 60’s…
Another hint: “She isn’t the only one who got a big break from this famous movie.”
She says if she told me the year it would crack it wide open. But let’s assume that it was made in the 1970s.
Melinda Dillon?
Candy Clark
Dude, I think you got it!
I have no idea who that is (from American Graffiti apparently) but I think you’ve nailed it.
Gotta wait for Mrs. Washoe to make it official.
Bear in mind that I have no idea where my wife was today. She’s 1000 miles away from me right now in southern Washington. She was at some sort of “expo.” She says she had to crop the picture so as not to reveal the surrounding area, which would give it away. She says when somebody guesses right, she’ll send me the uncropped picture.
Candy Clark’s IMDB bio says she’s an avid gardener, and that does look like the handle of a lawnmower behind her.
I’ll bet it’s a car show.
Darn. I was close, though – Richard Dreyfus co-stars.
“I was attending the 57th Annual Portland Roadster Show with my father. I was really surprised to see her there. It was great! I chatted with her a little bit. She still lives in Los Angeles. Most of all, I thought she looked really good for her age.”