Jane Russell - singing at 84
Jane Russell famously starred in “The Outlaw” in 1943, and moved from a Montecito mansion to a subdivision in Santa Maria in 1999.
“When I moved up here, there wasn’t a lot for seniors to do,” she said. “And we were all so sick of today’s music.” At age 84, she is singing the songs of Cole Porter and others in a review she helped create called “The Swinging Forties.” [LATimes May 1, 2006]
It is assuring to hear that our creative life does not have an expiration date.
Other examples of mature creators include these, from the maturity page:
At 65 Laura Ingalls Wilder published the first of her eight-volume Little House series.
At 68 Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter, joined the Peace Corps and served two years in India.
At 93 Lillian Gish starred in the film The Whales of August.
At 96 Martha Graham premiered her choreographed work The Maple Leaf Rag
