The Couple Takes a Wife poster

Movie · 1972

The Couple Takes a Wife

Released 5 December 1972 More from 1972 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Complications ensue when an overworked couple decides to hire a "wife" — someone who can run the household for them with complete autonomy — but she's a little too attractive for comfort.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Myrna Loy
as Barbara's Mother
67
Helen Kleeb
as Miss Robbins
65
Paula Prentiss
as Barbara Hamilton
34
Valerie Perrine
as Jennifer Allen
29
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
67Myrna Loy — oldest on the call sheet
29Valerie Perrine — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast
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