Lush Life

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I already wrote in Captain Kirk's Parted Lips about the uncanny resemblance of William Shatner (above, right) to Shelley Winters.

This week, as I contemplate the beauty of flowers just past their peak (peonies, a couple posts back), Simone Signoret comes to mind, as she appeared at forty-four years old in Ship of Fools (1965, above, left). She also looks rather like Mr. Shatner. (And note those parted lips...)

Being plush is not in favor in the West these days, but comfort with sensual pleasure is part of these people's attractiveness. Signoret, anyway, famously got sexier as she aged, like an overblown rose. Rather old-fashioned, in this hard-bodied age.

For what it's worth, I also note that all three come from Eastern European Jewish backgrounds (Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine).