@popculturefangurl: McClanahan was about 51 in 1985, the year “The Golden Girls” premiered. She played Blanche Devereaux, the flirty Southern widow, and in 1987 she won an Emmy for the role. Vergara was about 52 when this photo was taken. She is best known for playing Gloria on “Modern Family” and later earned an Emmy nomination for playing drug lord Griselda Blanco in the Netflix series “Griselda.” The comparison shows how much ideas about age have changed in 40 years. In the 1980s, women in their fifties were often styled to look older on screen, with conservative clothing, set hair and heavier makeup. Today, better skin care, sun protection, fitness and very different fashion trends have changed what people expect 50 to look like. McClanahan continued acting for decades after “The Golden Girls” and passed away in 2010 at age 76. Added fact: The ages on “The Golden Girls” were confusing too. Estelle Getty, who played Bea Arthur’s mother, Sophia, was actually about a year younger than Arthur in real life.

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