: Conducted by the , this decade-long analysis (2010–2020) found that characters over 50 make up less than a quarter of personas in top films, with men outnumbering women in this age bracket 4 to 1. Older Women and Cinema: Audiences, Stories, and Stars
, where Anne Bancroft was cast as the "older woman" in her mid-thirties, despite being only six years older than her co-star Dustin Hoffman. The Current Cultural Shift : Conducted by the , this decade-long analysis