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12 Dec 2007, 12:45 pm

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What about Charlie Chaplin?

I would say no on Charlie. I recently read his autobiography, and he didn't strike me as eccentric (or should I say more eccentric) than any one else. He was brilliant however.

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12 Dec 2007, 12:51 pm

I had always thought Gary Cooper had something going on. His mannerisms were not quite fluid.

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12 Dec 2007, 5:30 pm

[quote="busy91"]I had always thought [u]Gary Cooper [/u]had something going on. His mannerisms were not quite fluid.[/quote]

Your Cooper theroy intrests me. Do you have any other examples of Aspie-esque behavior on Cooper's part ?

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13 Dec 2007, 9:29 am

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Your Cooper theroy intrests me. Do you have any other examples of Aspie-esque behavior on Cooper's part ?

It is hard to determine aspie behavior when they are acting, but if you get to see any documentaries, it is easier to see. His eye contact is not constant and he seemes 'jerky' and stiff a lot.

However, other than that, he didn't seem to lead an overly eccentric lifestyle. Had affairs, but stayed married to one woman for years. So who knows. Hey, he could have just had some neurological thing going on.

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14 Dec 2007, 12:08 am

Anyone see Barbara Stanwyck as a possibility or just me ?

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14 Dec 2007, 4:53 pm

Buster Keaton was brilliant, just amazing with his timed-comedy ...He stood out as a silent -era star, do you suppose he had asperger's?

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14 Dec 2007, 6:09 pm

I'll play along..

James Stewart
Gary Cooper

Apparently, when they were not working, these two would spend hours together making miniature model boats barely uttering a word to each other.

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14 Dec 2007, 11:14 pm

I have a hard time seeing James Stewart as an Aspie.

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14 Dec 2007, 11:15 pm

Can anyone think of anymore woman ? This thread is dominated by men

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15 Dec 2007, 4:40 pm

Greta Garbo?

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Garbo was considered one of the most glamorous movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s. She was also famous for shunning publicity, which became part of her mystique. Except at the very beginning of her career, she granted no interviews, signed no autographs, attended no premieres, and answered no fan mail.

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Garbo kept her private affairs out of the limelight. According to private letters released in Sweden in 2005 to mark the centenary of her birth, she was reclusive in part because she was "self-obsessed, depressive, and ashamed of her latrine-cleaner father."[11]

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Garbo lived the last years of her life in absolute seclusion. She had invested very wisely, was known for extreme frugality, and was a very wealthy woman.

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15 Dec 2007, 6:01 pm

Snoopy wrote:

I have a hard time seeing James Stewart as an Aspie.

I agree, he was very outgoing and...well...normal. LOL!

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17 Dec 2007, 3:00 pm

I was debating about James Dean but it could have simply been he was distraught over the death of his mother as a young child and that is what caused him to be anti-social.

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17 Dec 2007, 3:04 pm

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Can anyone think of anymore woman ? This thread is dominated by men

I can't off the top of my head. Maybe because in the Golden Era it was more acceptable for men to be eccentric than women. If a woman actress was not a superstar and eccentric they might have had problems in Hollywood.

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17 Dec 2007, 9:08 pm

I agree about Gary Cooper possibly having asperger's...I was just reading the Chronicles of the Last Century and there was a small article regarding Gary Cooper..he did not want to be an actor, he was trained to be a political cartoonist....hhhmmmm..his father was a Montana judge..

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17 Dec 2007, 9:13 pm

I also agree that there are very few leading ladies that stand out from the Golden Era...Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis( who was extremely beautiful when she was younger, before booze and smokes aged her)Clara Bow, Mae West, etc. all had something special, but it was not asperger's...Joan Crawford had some serious issues regarding her rage, and she is one who needed some intervention for her problems..I'm straying from the topic, sorry, I am one who really appreciates the olden days....

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17 Dec 2007, 10:44 pm

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It was once speculated that director Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange) had AS.

that's exactly who i thought of when i saw this thread. he was so meticulous and odd.

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