Tag: Classic Women

Born in Yugoslavia (now Croatia), Silvija Košćina moved over to Italy, where she became Sylva Koscina and an actress.  She was, at the time, Italy’s answer to France’s Brigitte Bardot, but I always thought she was a lot classier than the French totty.

I saw her in some forgettable movie long ago, and developed an insane pre-teen crush on her.  I’m happy to say that with advancing age, nothing has changed.

Here she is in black & white:

Like last week’s Classic, Madeline Smith, I’ll defer Sylva’s color pics to a later date.

Brit beauty Madeline Smith started off as a model, became an actress, starred in a few horror movies from Hammer Films, became a Bond girl and when she became a mother, more or less quit acting to look after her daughter.  And good for her.

Fortunately, there’s pictorial history, first in black-and-white (mostly from her modeling days):

…and come to think of it, we can look at her in color some other time.

What an exquisite creature.

What I find interesting about 50s actress Peggie Castle is that depending on her hair color and pose, she either looks like the girl next door, or else the girl you’re having an affair with — the latter noted by the usual suspects, who say that she was often cast as “the other woman”.  A casual scrutiny of her pics will reveal the dichotomy.

Whichever, still alluring.

Some time ago, I said that we could look at Mitzi Gaynor in color on another day.  Well, seeing as she recently passed away, this is another day.

Black & white, color, whatever the format, she was lovely.