She did well in her part. She was a rough-hewn Oklahoma country girl, and she acted like one.

She's great. She doesn't pull punches about her looks. I've heard her interviews. She plays the matronly looking older woman in her roles. She isn't really that old.

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No. Never thought it for a second, ever.
Loved her performance!
"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

That thought never entered my mind.
The actress, who played Mattie, is and has been fantastic in every part she has ever played. Whenever I see her in a movie, I have to stop and carefully listen because she always plays a very important figure , even if her part is that of a supporting actress or character actress or a minor part in a movie.
Her voice sounds "feminine strong" to me.
Her looks are not "conventionally Hollywood beautiful", but she does not look like a man for sure & is pleasant to look at. (To me).

Re Margo M I agree she is superbly talented. I believe she won an award for her performance in Justified I will watch almost anything she is in.Just revisit her in this as she pours liquor down her throat and says she is having a cocktail ..

Seriously, do you not know who Margo Martindale is? She's an incredible, award winning actress. She a larger woman, but she certainly doesn't look like a man. Many of the characters she's played have led a 'tough life' (see her in Justified, or in The Americans), she's portraying that role.

^You're the only one.