# Celebrities that look better with age **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362 "2003-05-29T20:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/1 "2003-05-29T20:45:47Z")
My thread is inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160227), in which a number of posters said that they prefered “old” Sean Connery to “young” Sean Connery. This got me to thinking–are there any other celebrities that look better now than they did in their younger years? My vote goes to Elvis Costello. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/2 "2003-05-29T20:49:45Z")
The Olsen Twins. What? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/3 "2003-05-29T20:52:43Z")
Whoopi Goldberg. Man, was she ugly in _The Color Purple_. She’s not exactly easy on the eyes now but she’s _easier_. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/4 "2003-05-29T20:54:35Z")
An amazing number of rock stars look much better today than they did when they were younger, although most of them seem to be British. Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood were doofuses back in the 60s but have achieved icon stature today. Though almost everybody looks better without 70s hair and 80s clothing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/5 "2003-05-29T20:57:19Z")
Sean Connery. _Whoopi Goldberg_, :dubious:. ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/6 "2003-05-29T21:08:42Z")
I second Sean Connery (this seems to be universal). My vote goes to Clint Eastwood ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/7 "2003-05-29T21:09:00Z")
Pierce Brosnan and Robert Redford were almost too pretty when they were younger. I like their looks better now, but with Redford it’s only the looks. Most of his movies(not all) I don’t care for much. Remember _The Sting_ in 1974? It was _Newman_ I wanted! Rowr. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/8 "2003-05-29T21:11:06Z")
Stockard Channing. Back in the days of **Grease** , I thought she was pretty hard on the eyes. But on **The West Wing** , I think she looks pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/9 "2003-05-29T21:14:43Z")
David Bowie, without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/10 "2003-05-29T21:19:33Z")
Audrey Hepburn had a classic beauty that never faded away. ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/11 "2003-05-29T21:30:38Z")
Pierce Brosnan, totally. Bono Dennis Quaid. I just prefer the way he looks now. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/12 "2003-05-29T22:58:10Z")
Another vote for Clint Eastwood. Paul Newman. I’ve got to disagree with Baker (my secret twin) on Redford – if you see a picture without gauze or vaseline, he looks like he was rode hard and put away wet. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/13 "2003-05-29T23:17:33Z")
Judy Davis. This may be just me. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/14 "2003-05-29T23:27:51Z")
Helen Hayes was a very plain young woman, but what a terrific-looking little old lady she was! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/15 "2003-05-29T23:38:10Z")
Notice how the vast majority of these choices are men? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/16 "2003-05-30T00:58:44Z")
I’ll second Stockard Channing, and fourth Sean Connery. And add Donald Sutherland. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/17 "2003-05-30T02:06:36Z")
Another vote for Sean Connery. Also, George Clooney and Gregory Peck. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/18 "2003-05-30T02:14:46Z")
Ozzy Osbourned looked incredibly bad in the 80s, with his big hair and bigger gut. Now he looks kinda classy, in a Rock Star Emeritus way. I think Michelle Pfeiffer looked great in White Oleander. Back when she did Grease II, she wasn’t ugly, but she wasn’t as gorgeous as she is now. Cher and Tina Turner have both aged extraordinarily well. I know Cher has had surgery; I like to think Tina hasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/19 "2003-05-30T02:45:27Z")
Joe Perry looks 100% better than he did in the late 70’s. Bernadette Peters is just as hot as she used to be…maybe more so. ---
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362/20 "2003-05-30T03:03:53Z")
Michelle Pfieffer (excuse my spelling) She has always been beautiful, but she seems to keep improving. By the time shes 100 she’ll be a goddess! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-look-better-with-age/178362.md?page=2)