Female Action Stars 50 Years & Older Main Menu Introduction The Why & Why Now Action as a Genre A Brief History of Action as a Film Genre The Action Star The Formation of the Action Star, Hardbodies, & Musculinity Project Scope Insight into this Project Women of Action List of Female Action Stars in their Fifties & Older Looking at the Numbers Data on the Films Women of Future Action Women 45 & Up Who May be the Next 50+ Action Star About The Author & Project

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