Althouse: She's Jaqueline Bisset and she's perfect. She's an actress.

January 13, 2014

She's Jaqueline Bisset and she's perfect. She's an actress.

Now, go to hell and don't come back.

39 comments:

Darrell said...: Imagine what would happen if she won an award that wasn't a proven phony operation by the studios/production companies?; 1/13/14, 9:39 AM
MadisonMan said...: I'm thinking that if I ever win, I'll take more than 2 or 3 minutes to get to the stage. This was perfectly done.

She was thinking after her name was announced: Oh my god...I've had sixteen cocktails and now I have to walk up there and talk!!?; 1/13/14, 9:45 AM
ron winkleheimer said...: I thought it was great, funny and genuine.; 1/13/14, 9:50 AM
cubanbob said...: She still looks amazing for her age.

I love that quote of her mother's "go to hell and don't come back." That's a keeper.; 1/13/14, 9:52 AM
traditionalguy said...: Bisset is age 69 and still has "it."

She credits forgiveness of enemies as her beauty tip.

Srlah.; 1/13/14, 10:02 AM
Michael K said...: I liked her in Bullitt. Haven't seen her since.; 1/13/14, 10:07 AM
John henry said...: I don't watch much TV and certainly not shows like this. But my wife had it on and I wandered through as Bisset was speaking.

I didn't know who she was but I couldn't help watching. She was so obviously drunk, high or otherwise impaired that it was like gawking at a car accident. I couldn't help myself but felt dirty for doing so.

On the other hand, she has managed to get a considerable amount of publicity from this "performance" and I guess that is the whole point of the exercise.

And how dare you folks point out that she looks damn good for 69. She does but saying so is SEXIST!!!!!

Are there any recent nude photos of her in Google? Why yes, there do seem to be some. As long as we're being sexist, here.

John Henry

John Henry; 1/13/14, 10:12 AM
kjbe said...: A memorable and very real speech. I liked it. And what she said about forgiveness - very true.; 1/13/14, 10:13 AM
James Graham said...: Once she started to talk I switched channels.

Reason: I've spent too many hours of my life in the company of garrulous drunks; 1/13/14, 10:14 AM
Mark O said...: Is there anything worse than a drunk old lady?; 1/13/14, 10:17 AM
William said...: I could definitely get into celebrating her sixty ninth birthday. Old age would be so much more fun if more old women looked like that. It only takes great natural beauty, daily work outs under a trainer's supervision, a healthy diet prepared by a nutritionist, a skilled plastic surgeon, the proper lighting, hair stylist, and dress maker. I can't understand why more women don't take the trouble to look like her.; 1/13/14, 10:21 AM
jacksonjay said...: The Deep

Jackie's tits or Lena's tits?; 1/13/14, 10:29 AM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/14, 11:27 AM
Anonymous said...: She looked very pretty. Shit faced beyond belief but pretty.; 1/13/14, 11:41 AM
paul a'barge said...: @FullMoon: Oh, I don't know; A catty blog comment?

Nice. Especially the Oh, I don't know part. Which is, of course, totally catty.

Seriously.; 1/13/14, 11:43 AM
lgv said...: I will give her a pass on the speech. Sometimes public speaking doesn't work out as well as planned.

It's Jaqueline Bisset for crying out loud. I refuse to allow the tainting of the fantasy. I even know that Jackie Kilbride was the underwater body in "The Deep". It doesn't matter.; 1/13/14, 12:03 PM
CatherineM said...: I can't listen to this at work, but she looks great. The way they talked about so negatively about her looks this morning on the radio...no, she's not Bisset of "the Deep" fame (every boy I knew in the 5th grade had a screen shot /poster of her in the wet t-shirt), but people who say those kind of things are the people who Never looked as good as she does at any age.

Apparently, not only did she not realize she was going to win, the people who did seating didn't think so either since she was at a table so far away!; 1/13/14, 12:09 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/14, 12:11 PM
FullMoon said...: Mark O said...

Is there anything worse than a drunk old lady?
1/13/14, 10:17 AM

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING:(literally)
Partial birth abortion?
Pneumonia?
Nuclear proliferation?
Radical Islam?
Honey Boo-Boo?
Rush Limbaugh?
Fox News?
Rachel Maddow?
Garage Mahal?
Scott Walker?
SF 49ers?; 1/13/14, 12:20 PM
madAsHell said...: She has a northern European blockhead.
I think she has to buy hats at the men's counter as well.; 1/13/14, 12:31 PM
Titus said...: I like it and she didn't seem drunk to me.

tits.; 1/13/14, 12:46 PM
Will Cate said...: Yeah, I think she was a bit toasted. But still, one of the best acceptance speeches ever.; 1/13/14, 12:55 PM
Jaq said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/14, 1:01 PM
John henry said...: Moon,

What is dirty about nude pictures?

The reason I felt dirty after watching her speech was because of how she made a fool of herself on national TV with her drunken overlong ramble.

Back in the days of Ted Mack they used to have a guy just off stage with a long hooked stick. If you didn't cut the mustard, the guy reached out with the hook and yanked the person offstage.

Could have used that hook last night.

John Henry; 1/13/14, 1:17 PM
Tank said...: John

The secret to watching much of what is on TV is liberal use of the mute button.; 1/13/14, 1:25 PM
John henry said...: Actually, Tank, I find the secret to good TV is watching it on Netflix or downloads from Amazon.

I am always amazed at how short TV shows actually are. Justified normally runs about 41 minutes. Seinfeld about 22.

Far too much time wasted on ads. And most of what is used to separate the ads is pretty much dreck anyway.

Your suggestion would have worked well with Bissett. Nice to look at, a disaster to listen to.

The mute button would have been just the thing.

John Henry; 1/13/14, 1:39 PM
FleetUSA said...: Considering her shock at winning I think she pulled it off with class.; 1/13/14, 1:40 PM
SteveR said...: I can appreciate her beauty, as I have before, but in general these award shows hold no interest for me. There's enough of them, and enough categories, than winning is no big deal.; 1/13/14, 2:19 PM
Wince said...: "Most of all I'd like to thank my nipples, without whom all this would not be possible."; 1/13/14, 2:36 PM
pm317 said...: Oh my -- doesn't anybody remember Truffaut's Day for Night?; 1/13/14, 2:40 PM
Dan Hull said...: She is and was wonderful.; 1/13/14, 2:40 PM
Dan Hull said...: She is and was wonderful.; 1/13/14, 2:41 PM
JoyD said...: I didn't get that she was drunk or otherwise toasted as many other commenters have concluded. I noticed her doing all those stairs in high heels steadily enough. I just thought she was stunned and unprepared. She rallied with a bit of spunk and humor. If one wants to bitch and snipe, then one could comment on her hair... other women could take a lesson from that. Don't try to hang on to brown hair. Excuse me, MEN may take that lesson as well, notably some dark-haired orange-faced politicians and tv news personalities.; 1/13/14, 2:56 PM
furious_a said...: a healthy diet prepared by a nutritionist, a skilled plastic surgeon, the proper lighting, hair stylist, and...

Meowrrrrr...; 1/13/14, 2:59 PM
Titus said...: I have become a Netflix Ipad Whore. I haven't watched much tv in the past few years but now I can watch an entire season in a weekend. Breaking Bad, Dexter, Girls (natch), Homeland, Walking Dead, American Horror Story-there is some good shit on tv/Netflix.; 1/13/14, 3:16 PM
Titus said...: and
tits; 1/13/14, 3:16 PM
RonF said...: "I was nominated 4 times before and didn't win with much better roles, so I figured I'd have a few drinks this time because there was no way I figured I'd win and have to make a speech."; 1/13/14, 4:25 PM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: That was a surprise to everyone involved.; 1/13/14, 8:39 PM
jr565 said...: She's a GILF. Her speech was meandering, but I give her some slack since I thought to myself that she still has it for someone her age.; 1/14/14, 5:07 PM