{"id":34713,"date":"2024-11-27T12:37:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=34713"},"modified":"2025-02-23T00:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:19:26","slug":"this-iconic-actress-turns-85-and-proves-age-is-just-a-number-after-facing-industry-criticism-over-her-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=34713","title":{"rendered":"This Iconic Actress Turns 85 and Proves Age Is Just a Number>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2065.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34714\" style=\"width:702px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2065.png 576w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2065-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once told to lose weight and denied roles for being &#8220;too heavy,&#8221; this legendary actress now radiates confidence and beauty at 85. Rising to fame in the 1960s with roles in <em>Midnight Cowboy<\/em> and <em>Once Is Not Enough<\/em>, she battled Hollywood&#8217;s harsh beauty standards while earning an Emmy and multiple award nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her personal life made headlines, especially her seven-year romance with Michael Douglas, marked by a bohemian wedding. Despite career pressures, she confronted insecurities, shedding 37 pounds through UCLA&#8217;s Optifast program. This experience reshaped her perspective on the industry&#8217;s obsession with appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Brenda Vaccaro embraces life with humor, wisdom, and grace. Reflecting on aging, she said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think of age\u2014I feel 15.&#8221; Acknowledging life&#8217;s changes, she emphasizes acceptance while continuing to inspire fans with her timeless elegance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaccaro&#8217;s journey is a testament to resilience, proving confidence and beauty are ageless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=34710\">also read&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once told to lose weight and denied roles for being &#8220;too heavy,&#8221; this legendary actress now radiates confidence and beauty at 85. Rising to fame in the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48585,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34713\/revisions\/48585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}