Ingrid Bergman, again -- she must have been a champion knitter!
Amanda Seyfried.
Bette Davis.
Doris Day.
Dame Judith Anderson in "And Then There Were None."
Lucille Ball, with Desi Arnaz, in a cozy home-life scene that I might have thought the knitting was staged, if it wasn't for ....
Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, or maybe Lucy and Ethel.
Marilyn Monroe.
Merle Oberon, with Laurence Olivier looking over her shoulder, and I think Vivien Leigh?
Myrna Loy, either in or on the set of one of the Thin Man movies presumably, since that's Asta beside her.
Rita Hayworth.
Uma Thurman.
This lady needs no introduction, I think! The "Knitting Madonna" from the Buxtehude Altarpiece by Master Bertram, ca.1400.
I think that every girl in the 19th Century must have been taught to knit. I know that I could knit before I went to Infants' School at the age of five. I wonder how many are taught it today?
I had never heard of the knitting maddona!
Posted by: Toffeeapple | October 17, 2016 at 02:20 PM
When I see older films with someone knitting who is clearly not knitting and mention it, my husband has suggested that I become a stunt knitter.
That Madonna has always struck me as one of the less attractive BVMs in medieval art.
Posted by: Mary Lou | October 22, 2016 at 07:08 AM
My comment isn't relevant to the topic of knitting actresses, however I have been thinking of you this evening, I am watching "Far From the Madding Crowd" on youtube, lots of sheep and working women's tie shawls, if you have not watched it, I would recommend it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEYBiedhVKc
Posted by: wendy | November 08, 2016 at 05:04 PM