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In 2015, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was rejected for a role because, at 37, she was "too old" to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man. Four years later, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reported that of the top 100 grossing films of 2019, only 13% of protagonists were women over 45, compared to 47% for men. These statistics quantify a long-suspected truth: cinema ages women out of relevance decades before men.

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During Hollywood's Golden Age (1920s-1960s), women were often relegated to supporting roles or typecast in stereotypical characters, such as the doting mother, the femme fatale, or the ingénue. Mature women, in particular, were often relegated to playing secondary roles or being portrayed as dowdy, old-fashioned, or unattractive. The few leading ladies of the era, such as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Bette Davis, were often forced to conform to strict beauty standards and were frequently paired with younger, male co-stars.

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