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Jo Van Fleet’s fierce Big Momma steals the show
Culver City-based interview with Jo Van Fleet details her struggle to escape aged roles and her memorable turn as Big Momma in The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. She recalls grueling makeup, cramped makeup room, and preferred choices while noting Oscar-winning East of Eden fame and other notable films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver City
Calif
Jo van Fleet
Flip
van Fleet
Peter Sellers
I Love
You
Alice B. Toklas
Irwin Winkler
Winker
Robert Chartoff
Miss van Fleet
Big Momma
Jerry Orbach
Leigh Taylor-Young
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights
Kid Sally
Baccala
Lionel Stander
Sally
Mario
Robert DeNiro
James Goldstone
Miss Va Fleet
DeNiro
Goldstone
O.K
Kate
James Dean
Susan Hayward
O.K. Corral