# celebrities who (naturally) look better as they get older **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164 "2000-06-30T15:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/1 "2000-06-30T15:06:10Z")
Ok, I was watching old Knight Rider reruns this morning, and Geena Davis was in the episode. It occurred to me that she looks MUCH better now, than when she was younger. I can think of some others who get sexier as they get older, as well. Sharon Stone Kim Basinger Sigourney Weaver Michelle Pfieffer Cybill Shepard Kirstie Alley Meg Ryan Susan Sarandon people who got ugly: Madonna Melanie Griffith Farrah Fawcett Kathie Lee Gifford ---
**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:** [June 30, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/2 "2000-06-30T15:27:32Z")
My wife swears that Sean Connery has gotten better as he got older. She hates the way he looks in the earliest Bond films. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/3 "2000-06-30T15:31:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > My wife swears that Sean Connery has gotten better as he got older. She hates the way he looks in the earliest Bond films. > \*\* I’m a man, and even I think that “Mr. Bond,” is quite dashing in his latter years. I only hope that I look that good when I get his age. ---
**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/4 "2000-06-30T15:31:54Z")
Gotta go with Sean Connery too. Mmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![ponch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@ponch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponch)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/5 "2000-06-30T15:32:45Z")
Eric Estrada! ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/6 "2000-06-30T15:33:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > My wife swears that Sean Connery has gotten better as he got older. She hates the way he looks in the earliest Bond films. > \*\* I don’t get this. Maybe it’s just me, but … I think the only thing still sexy about Sean Connery is his voice. ::runs before being stoned for blasphemy:: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/7 "2000-06-30T15:39:19Z")
Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes and Kate Hepburn all aged well . . . I think the main point is, they aged gracefully, which isn’t being done much anymore. As for men, Sam Neill has not reached the point yet where age has hurt his charms. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/8 "2000-06-30T15:43:25Z")
Goldie Hawn! I swear, she must work out like a DOG to keep that figure! And her hair…why, it’s just as shiny and gold as it was when she was dancing in a bikini on LAUGH IN. And her youthful features have barely changed, either. Must be that healthful Southern California air. And chamomile shampoo, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/9 "2000-06-30T15:48:33Z")
Catherine Deneuve! End of discussion. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/10 "2000-06-30T15:50:43Z")
Harrison Ford is MUCH more attractive now than he was 20 years ago. He’s got that ruggedly handsome look, much like Sean Connery. Aged badly? Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford. Yet another reminder to stay out of the sun, folks. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/11 "2000-06-30T15:56:38Z")
Raquel Welch! I have never seen anyone her age look so good. I have a strong oedipus complex with her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/12 "2000-06-30T15:59:40Z")
Renee Russo. She’s gorgeous! Barbara Streisand just does it for me. I don’t care if she’s old enough to be my mother. And for the record, although it’s a minor league hijack, I think that [Maureen O’Hara](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/1230/gallery.htm), especially in _The Quiet Man_, was the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/13 "2000-06-30T16:11:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Raquel Welch! I have never seen anyone her age look so good. I have a strong oedipus complex with her 🙂 > \*\* She’s your mom? Wow, a star’s child on the SDMB? How impressive 🙂 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/14 "2000-06-30T16:31:43Z")
Ike, did you ever see that episode of “The Critic” where they showed a very brief clip of Willard Scott on TV with a picture of a skull behind him, wishing Goldie Hawn a happy 100th birthday? Priceless! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/15 "2000-06-30T16:43:20Z")
Raquel Welch _could_ be my mom and looks _way_ better than my mom. That’s why I chose her for my oedipus complex 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/16 "2000-06-30T17:13:22Z")
Don’t know if this counts, but I think Cary Grant went from being a suave, handsome young man to being a debonair, classy-looking old man. Like Kate Hepburn, he aged well and wore his age with grace. I also second Geena Davis, Goldie Hawn and Harrison Ford. It’s not that they’ve maintained their youthful good looks, but that age hasn’t made them look decrepit. You can throw Dick Van Dyke in there, as well. For a guy who’s hovering around 70 (if he hasn’t gone round that bend) he looks and acts pretty damn young. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/17 "2000-06-30T17:50:34Z")
The only two words that really matter on this topic - Sela Ward. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/18 "2000-06-30T17:55:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Renee Russo. She’s gorgeous! Just yesterday, the San Francisco Examiner had an article entitled, “Rene Russo: ‘I’m 46 – get over it’” ---
**Author:** ![Agentakbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Agentakbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agentakbar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/19 "2000-06-30T20:47:07Z")
Raquel Welch, of course has been mentioned. (she’s the classic example of looking better with age.) How old is she now? 50? 60? Another one which comes to mind is Sophia Loren-not getting better, but still staying pretty damn good. Bri ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164/20 "2000-06-30T21:12:49Z")
Kathleen Turner You know, the one from all the Romancing the Stone movies?She just keeps getting sexier, plus she’s got that _voice_.Never before have Burger King commercials had such an effect on me. Whew. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-naturally-look-better-as-they-get-older/24164.md?page=2)