At 94, Academy Award–nominated actress June Squibb is having a career renaissance, stepping into her first leading role in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great . In this exclusive conversation for Idaho Today on KTVB, Squibb reflects on the film’s Oscar-worthy turn as Eleanor Morgenstein, a woman grappling with grief, friendship, and identity as she shares how her own remarkable journey from Broadway to Hollywood prepared her for this moment.

If you live long enough, loss becomes a constant companion, and what endures are the stories we carry. In Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great , those stories become both a lifeline and a dangerous temptation for a grieving woman who borrows her late friend’s past to feel less alone.

Eleanor Morgenstein (June Squibb), an

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