TV Actresses: Fighting Ageism and Winning

THE ART OF AGING: Marlo Thomas, Tovah Feldshuh, Carol Kane, and Cheryl Wills, NY1 weekend evening anchor, gave their perspectives on aging during a panel discussion Tuesday night at the Paley Center for Media moderated by Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary and The New York Times bestselling author of “You Don’t Look Your Age and Other Fairy Tales.” The panel, presented with AARP, was titled, “Better Than Ever: Women on Television Are Fighting Ageism – And Winning.” Feldshuh, 63, who has acted in such series as “The Walking Dead,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” and “Salvation,” said she’s busier than ever working in television in New York. She said that she would never get plastic surgery because she has to play different roles and if she chooses to be glamorous it will limit the roles she gets. Nevins, 78, who wrote about plastic surgery in her book, is a proponent. “But you’re not in front of the camera,” said Feldshuh. Kane, 65, who is currently appearing on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” said she wouldn’t do plastic surgery because, “I am really chicken s–t.” Thomas, 79, who has been seen recently in “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later,” and “Ballers,” said she was born in denial and

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