# Actresses whose looks have scarcely faded **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806 "2006-09-07T17:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/1 "2006-09-07T17:57:31Z")
Courtney Thorne-Smith is every bit as hot as she was 20 years ago. Yowza. I can’t believe that she’s nearly 40 now. Dawn Wells has clearly aged somewhat, but dang! At 60+ years old, she still looks hotter than most twentysomethings that I know. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/2 "2006-09-07T17:58:37Z")
And for some reason, I accidentally posted this in **GD** instead of **Cafe Society**. _Mea culpa_. The old brain cells, they ain’t what they used to be. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/3 "2006-09-07T18:01:01Z")
Not holding up as well as your admired actesses? Off to **CS**. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/4 "2006-09-07T18:03:17Z")
Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren still look almost as good as they did in their Hitchcock days. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/5 "2006-09-07T18:04:46Z")
At 40-something, Heather Locklear still looks like she just stepped off the _Dynasty_ set. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/6 "2006-09-07T18:05:43Z")
There was a thread about this a year or two ago, and I’ll reiterate what I posted then - that Cyd Charisse is still a stunner. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/7 "2006-09-07T18:12:03Z")
Jodie Foster? Rrrreooow. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/8 "2006-09-07T18:12:06Z")
Jacqueline Smith of Charlie’s Angels fame is still just gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/9 "2006-09-07T18:28:07Z")
Jane Seymour. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/10 "2006-09-07T18:30:18Z")
Based on the headshots on her website, [Cheryl Ladd is still quite hot](http://www.cherylladd.com/headshots_large_cherylladd.html). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/11 "2006-09-07T18:32:05Z")
Lauren Bacall isn’t exactly hot, but she looks bloody amazing for her age. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/12 "2006-09-07T18:35:15Z")
Sophia Loren and Ann-Margaret. My my my… ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/13 "2006-09-07T18:36:42Z")
Sigourney Weaver and Susan Sarandon still look amazing. I think that Jamie Lee Curtis is prettier now than she was in her twenties. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/14 "2006-09-07T18:38:01Z")
I don’t know how they look now, but the following women looked pretty good the last time I saw them: **Jill St. John** (on “Diamonds are Forever” DVD special feature) **Terry Moore** in remake of "Mighty Joe Young (and was on cover of Playboy at 60!) **Sophia Loren** in “Grumpier Old Men” She looks older, but I still think **Diana Rigg** looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/15 "2006-09-07T18:39:37Z")
As of 1999, when she appeared in _Man on the Moon_, Marilu Henner was every bit as hot as she had been on _Taxi_. Since then, I’m not sure–she might be overdoing it with the dieting and the overly-red hair. The other thread talks about Jan Smithers. I wonder what she looks like today. So far as I know she hasn’t acted in anything in ages. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/16 "2006-09-07T18:42:10Z")
Based on [these](http://laura-linney.com/gallery/albums/appearances/1995/prem_congo95/prem_congo005.jpg) [two](http://laura-linney.com/gallery/albums/appearances/2006/is_awards/021.jpg) pictures, taken 11 years apart, Laura Linney hasn’t gotten older, just better. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/17 "2006-09-07T18:54:22Z")
Mary-Louise Parker. Despite being twelve years later, I think she looked _younger_ in **Angels in America** than she did in **Fried Green Tomatoes**. ---
**Author:** ![Flea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@Flea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/18 "2006-09-07T18:56:12Z")
Diane Lane is amazing, and Kim Cattrall was even hotter in _SATC_ than she was in _Mannequin_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/19 "2006-09-07T18:56:22Z")
Though I’ve not seen recent photos, several that had remarkable staying power for years included Jane Seymour, Anne Archer, Catherine Denuve, Grace Kelly and Natasha Kinski, to name a few. Now if only time will treat Jessica Alba so well… ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806/20 "2006-09-07T19:01:11Z")
**Michelle Pfeiffer** in [1982](http://www.geocities.com/michellecovers/grease.jpg) and in [2003](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1928/Events/1928/DavidEKell_Mazur_947462_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Pfeiffer,%20Michelle). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actresses-whose-looks-have-scarcely-faded/371806.md?page=2)