# Celebrities' look-alike kids or parents **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402 "2012-01-13T16:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/1 "2012-01-13T16:26:40Z")
How many celebs have look-alike kids (or, look-alike parents)? [Here](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&biw=1053&bih=1136&tbm=isch&tbnid=HP66KWtBWmGW9M:&imgrefurl=http://www.examiner.com/asia-headlines-in-national/bette-midler-s-daughter-is-a-sinophile&docid=qcjPkWH41qbQBM&imgurl=http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/midler-minis.jpg&w=550&h=262&ei=n1kQT_mgJumw2wWQiIDNAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=763&sig=115393832862358866273&page=1&tbnh=86&tbnw=180&start=0&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=149&ty=24) is Bette Midler (right) and her daughter Sophie (left). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/2 "2012-01-13T16:33:13Z")
[Susan Sarandon](http://cdn.showbizspy.com/static/ALO-0583982.jpg) [Eva Amurri](http://www.hairfinder.com/celebe/eva-amurri2b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/3 "2012-01-13T16:48:11Z")
Before seeing _ **Stand By Me** _, I had no idea who Kiefer Sutherland was. But as soon as I saw his character in the movie, I thought “He looks just like a young Donald Sutherland.” Similarly, before I saw _ **The Frighteners** _, I never knew Gary Busey had a son. But as soon as Jake Busey’s charater first appeared in that movie, I knew he had to be Gary’s son. And Isabella Rosselini sure looks like Ingrid Bergman. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/4 "2012-01-13T17:03:30Z")
[Alan Hale](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Alan%20Hale.jpg) [Alan Hale, Jr.](http://famousdeadmormons.com/images/56.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/5 "2012-01-13T17:04:59Z")
George Harrison’s son [Dhani](https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7mMQT-HAJOfc0QG_sIW3Aw&ved=0CEEQvwUoAQ&q=dhani+harrison&spell=1&biw=1600&bih=670). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/6 "2012-01-13T17:05:38Z")
The one that I always thought was uncanny is Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train) and Robert Walker Jr (Star Trek TOS, Charlie X). Looking them up on the internet sometimes I can’t tell which one I’m looking at. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/7 "2012-01-13T17:06:33Z")
[John Lithgow](https://www.google.com/search?q=john+lithgow&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Ecl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=3mMQT9KOJ7G70QHXpvW0Aw&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=879) and his son, [Ian Lithgow](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ian+lithgow%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=YI6&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HWQQT8PeL8X40gH977ygAw&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=879). The son is actually a doctor, but does some acting on the side. I saw him in a play last year and was surprised at how much he looks like his dad, only with a full head of dark hair. They sound extremely alike too. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/8 "2012-01-13T17:09:37Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > George Harrison’s son [Dhani](https://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7mMQT-HAJOfc0QG_sIW3Aw&ved=0CEEQvwUoAQ&q=dhani+harrison&spell=1&biw=1600&bih=670). And for that matter Julian and John. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/9 "2012-01-13T17:11:02Z")
Before I knew they were mother and daughter, I could tell that [Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson](http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20190744_20189750_20436034,00.html) looked very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/10 "2012-01-13T17:20:32Z")
I saw [this guy](http://www.rsdoublage.com/acteurs/auberjonois_remy.jpg) on some TV episode a while back and thought, that guy has got to be related to [Rene Auberjonois](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/). It’s his son Remy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/11 "2012-01-13T17:25:25Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I saw [this guy](http://www.rsdoublage.com/acteurs/auberjonois_remy.jpg) on some TV episode a while back and thought, that guy has got to be related to [Rene Auberjonois](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/). > It’s his son Remy. That’s easy when you’re a shape-shifter. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/12 "2012-01-13T17:31:44Z")
Just thought of another one. Illinois’ current Lieutenant Governor is [Sheila Simon](http://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/sheila-simon-e1295559047393.jpg?w=257), daughter of the late Senator [Paul Simon](http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/voting-booth/paulsimon_cdm.jpg). It’s kind of scary, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/13 "2012-01-13T17:54:37Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Just thought of another one. > Illinois’ current Lieutenant Governor is [Sheila Simon](http://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/sheila-simon-e1295559047393.jpg?w=257), daughter of the late Senator [Paul Simon](http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/voting-booth/paulsimon_cdm.jpg). It’s kind of scary, actually. They’re even wearing the same earrings. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/14 "2012-01-13T18:16:09Z")
I don’t have a link, but I knew that Mamie Gummer was Meryl Streep’s daughter right away when I first saw her in a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/15 "2012-01-13T18:22:39Z")
I think Harlan Ellison who once said that Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen don’t resemble each all all that much but they both resemble their father Martin Sheen. [http://sheensonscreen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sheen-estevez-family.jpg](http://sheensonscreen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sheen-estevez-family.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/16 "2012-01-13T18:32:52Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And Isabella Rosselini sure looks like Ingrid Bergman. I came in to say this–I saw \*Death Becomes Her \*(yes, _I’m_ the one who saw that!) and when Isabella entered done up in period hair and makeup, there was a \*gasp \*in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/17 "2012-01-13T20:15:41Z")
[Madonna and Lourdes](http://www.papermag.com/uploaded_images/materialgirl2.jpg) deserve a mention. Well, original recipe Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/18 "2012-01-13T20:29:42Z")
Child Resembles Parent Shock! More at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/19 "2012-01-13T21:52:12Z")
> [@LaurenIpsum](#): > > [John Lithgow](https://www.google.com/search?q=john+lithgow&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Ecl&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=3mMQT9KOJ7G70QHXpvW0Aw&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=879) and his son, [Ian Lithgow](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ian+lithgow%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=YI6&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=HWQQT8PeL8X40gH977ygAw&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=879). Trying to look at pics - work keeps blocking the closeups - but I don’t think he looks exceptionally like his dad. I’m trying to figure out where the line is between “Yeah, sure, kid resembles parent” and “that’s an eerie similarity”. [James Caan](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm351058432/nm0001001) and [Scott Caan](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004790/) [Jamie Lee Curtis](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1211469312/nm0000130) and [Tony Curtis](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm258194176/nm0000348) [Michael Douglas](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm312378624/nm0000140) and [Kirk Douglas](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2722017280/nm0000018) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402/20 "2012-01-14T02:20:44Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > [Jamie Lee Curtis](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1211469312/nm0000130) and [Tony Curtis](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm258194176/nm0000348) At least she got [her mom’s figure.](http://www.celebs101.com/gallery/Janet_Leigh/47648/janet_leigh_photo_53.jpg) (Should be SFW considering how much material went into '50s-style underwear.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-look-alike-kids-or-parents/609402.md?page=2)