Success after 50: achieving fame later in life

* Rocco/ABC via Getty Images JOY BEHAR: FULL OF LAUGHS Once a teacher, Behar began performing her comedy routines at various New York nightclubs in 1980, when she was 38. But she didn’t

become a household name until she joined the talk show _The View_ at 54. 1 of 10 * John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images MORGAN FREEMAN: DRIVEN TO STARDOM He won the Academy

Award for best supporting actor for his role in 2004’s _ Million Dollar Baby_, but Freeman’s award-winning movie roles didn’t start pouring in until _Driving Miss Daisy_ in 1989, when he was

52.   2 of 10 * United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection JUDI DENCH: THE DAME An established Shakespearean actress for decades, Dench became an international star at 61, thanks to her

role as M in the 1995 James Bond film _GoldenEye_. 3 of 10 * CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images BETTY WHITE: AMERICA’S SWEETHEART Some of White’s earliest TV appearances were on 1950s game shows

like _I’ve Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth_ and _What’s My Line?_ She catapulted into superstardom at 51, when she took the role of Sue Ann Nivens on _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ in 1973. 4

of 10 * Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection REGIS PHILBIN: TELEVISION RINGMASTER Philbin began his career as a page at _The Tonight Show_ in the 1950s. He became a household name at 57

when _Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee_ debuted in 1988. Philbin also holds the Guinness World Record for the most hours on U.S. television. 5 of 10 * Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

CICELY TYSON: DRAMATIC HISTORY She received an Oscar nomination for best actress for 1972’s  Sounder and then starred in 1977’s _Roots_. But Tyson’s career really took off at 50, when she

won two Emmys for her title role in 1974’s _The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman_. 6 of 10 * Robert Deutschman AARP OFFER: REMEMBER THE PAST, HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE Share your stories and

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He began acting on Broadway in 1969 and won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for 1993’s _The Fugitive_. But his blockbuster stardom came in 1997 at age 51, when he started playing

Agent K in the _Men in Black_ films. 8 of 10 * MTV/Everett Collection SHARON OSBOURNE: HOST WITH THE MOST She helped keep her world-famous rocker husband Ozzy Osbourne’s career going strong

for more than 40 years. But Sharon kick-started her own successful television career at 50, when she costarred in the 2002 MTV reality show _The Osbournes_. 9 of 10 * VIEW MORE SLIDESHOWS *

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