I've split this foreign film thespian info from the (completely inappropriate) Academy Awards thread, (where I had originally posted it a while back.) All of my years watching sexy foreign babes on Australia's infamously liberal-minded SBS network is now paying off as I share my amassed knowledge of these (formerly) sexy babes:

*****
Here is the info to kick-start this thread, copied over:

Danielle Darrieux, very famous in her home country, who was born in 1917 putting her up there with Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Darrieux

Judging from her filmography, she is still active but might be an interesting one to watch.

*****
some vintage Japanese actresses, both born in 1920:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsuko_Hara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiko_Ōtaka

Hara starred in Tokyo Story whilst Otaka was in Kurosawa's Scandal, billed as Shirley Yamaguchi.

*****

Dora Doll, born in 1922, is a well-known German/French actress from gangster and thriller films, such as Touchez pas au grisbi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Doll


*****

Emmanuelle Riva, born 1927, is best known for Hiroshima, Mon Amour, but has also starred in many other films. Still seems to be active, so maybe not a good pick just yet but I'll put her here for future reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Riva

*****

Jeanne Moreau is also starting to get long in the tooth, being born in January 1928 but, like Riva, she is still very active so probably just another one to bookmark for the moment:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau


*****

Once we reach the early 1930s, a whole string of notable foreign actresses are still with us, including Monica Vitti and Lucia Bose but one worth looking at is Anita Ekberg, who has had some health problems:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Ekberg

"Despite her condition not being considered serious, she has been put under observation in the facility", or so says that oracle of all truth, Wikipedia.