While I agree that this woman was in the wrong to lie about her age, there are legitimate reasons why people would want to protect their privacy. Avoiding discrimination in the workplace is one of those reasons, and I would imagine that acting is fraught with age discrimination because the entertainment industry is about image.

As for a person's right to know about public figures, shouldn't the public's right to know depend upon what that person does? Shouldn't what they have the right to know also depend upon what that person does? For instance, people have a right to know a fair bit about the life of a politician because they are making public policy decisions. These are decisions where otherwise private information may influence the public good. The same may be said for public figures, including actresses, who use their influence to sway government policy.

Yet that isn't what we're talking about here. Knowledge of her age will not change the course of everyday life, for better or for worse. Yet knowledge of here age may have a detrimental influence upon her ability to earn a livelihood, either because of age discrimination or celebrity gossip.

Like I said, I don't respect her lying about her age. Yet I do respect her right to privacy.