# Celebrity crushes you'd forgotten all about **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444 "2006-06-12T16:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/1 "2006-06-12T16:53:25Z")
A few weeks ago, TVLand ran a Benson marathon. Catching a few episodes of it, I noticed a woman I hadn’t thought of in twenty years: **Caroline McWilliams** , for whom I could find no better picture than [this cast photo](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/644/14549benson.jpg). She played Marcie, the governor’s secretary, and though the show rarely acknowledged it, she had terrific chemistry with Robert Guillaume. (The closest they ever came to mentioning said attraction was in her last episode; she’d just told Benson she was getting married and the two of them were exchanging a friendly hug; the Governor, walking in on the hind end of the conversation, thought Benson & Marcie were planning to wed, and was completely UNsurprised and very pleased at the prospect.) Anyway–I was astounded that I’d forgotten Caroline M. for so long. She was SUCH a cutie. Not breathtakingly hot, I’ll admit, but lovely and healthy and real. She looked not like a model or obvious sexpot in the manner of _Gilligan’s_ Ginger or _WKRP’s_ Jennifer; she was more a Mary Ann/Bailey type. I had a huge crush on her back in the day. Anyone have similar experiences of long-forgotten crushes to share? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/2 "2006-06-12T18:34:53Z")
A _Room 222_ rerun reminded me of how hot I thought (and still think) Karen Valentine was. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/3 "2006-06-12T18:53:49Z")
Hmm, a thread asking people what they’ve forgotten may have limited replies. But, while we’re at it, **Caitlin O’Heaney** (the original Snow White on _The Charmings_) was staggeringly cute. It can’t be easy to be that wholesome and sexy at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/4 "2006-06-12T19:15:57Z")
I never forgot Judi Bowker. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/5 "2006-06-12T22:44:15Z")
I’d all but forgotten about the crush I’d had on Jewel Staite back in the late 90s, when she did _Space Cases_ on Nickelodeon, when I saw her in _Firefly_. Of course, that was mildly rekindled :). ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/6 "2006-06-12T23:56:23Z")
[Monte Markham](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MM/pix/MMPlayersDir.jpg&imgrefurl=http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MM/MM.html&h=220&w=341&sz=16&hl=en&start=30&tbnid=mWQ6dGvKqTtiwM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMonte%2BMarkham%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN), the Hugh Jackman of the late '60s, early '70s. It wasn’t really an _NBC Movie of the Week_ unless it had Monte Markham and/or Salome Jens! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/7 "2006-06-13T00:18:26Z")
> [@Angel of the Lord](#): > > I’d all but forgotten about the crush I’d had on Jewel Staite back in the late 90s, when she did _Space Cases_ on Nickelodeon, when I saw her in _Firefly_. Of course, that was mildly rekindled :). Y’know, I actually saw a photo from just a coupla years back with the now grown-up Ms. Staite wearing Space Cases makeup. Ah, [here it is.](http://users.ev1.net/~alternity/abadeo/jewel_staite/photos/on_the_set/cat.jpg) Thought you might like t’see that. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/8 "2006-06-13T00:39:46Z")
_Marilyn Hassett_, plucky seventies heroine and victim of countless sordid direct-to-video thrillers. Those eyes, those teeth, those, uh, hair. Where is she now? Incognito. She had the misfortune to play the lead in a crummy adaptation of a Sylvia Plath book. It killed a budding starlet career, and 20 years later she was still getting death threats from angry militant feminists. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/9 "2006-06-13T00:41:28Z")
[Marilyn’s eyes, teeth, hair](http://www.dacre.org/stills/webh/Has1054.jpg) [Marilyn’s IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0368472/) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/10 "2006-06-13T00:48:34Z")
My brother-in-law was in town recently, and I suddenly noticed that he looks very much like David McCallum. I had this gynormous crush on David McCallum in the early '60s. I had a scrapbook in which I pasted hundreds of photos and articles. Hadn’t thought about my McCallum obsession in years. I know that David McCallum is still around, but things have changed. He’s a senior citizen, and I’m no longer an immensely horny adolescent. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/11 "2006-06-13T05:36:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > [Monte Markham](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MM/pix/MMPlayersDir.jpg&imgrefurl=http://todaysunderratedstars.20m.com/MM/MM.html&h=220&w=341&sz=16&hl=en&start=30&tbnid=mWQ6dGvKqTtiwM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMonte%2BMarkham%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN), the Hugh Jackman of the late '60s, early '70s. It wasn’t really an _NBC Movie of the Week_ unless it had Monte Markham and/or Salome Jens! Aah, Monte Markham! I had SUCH a crush. Ever seen “Death Takes A Holiday,” the precursor to “Meet Joe Black?” I was in love with death! ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/12 "2006-06-13T05:55:15Z")
I sort of forget that I had/have a crush on [Holt McCallany](http://imdb.com/name/nm0564697/) until threads like this come along. David Fincher doesn’t release movies often enough, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/13 "2006-06-14T02:54:36Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Y’know, I actually saw a photo from just a coupla years back with the now grown-up Ms. Staite wearing Space Cases makeup. Ah, [here it is.](http://users.ev1.net/~alternity/abadeo/jewel_staite/photos/on_the_set/cat.jpg) > > Thought you might like t’see that. 😃 Yes, very much so. Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/14 "2006-06-14T03:21:14Z")
Joanna Cameron–she played The Mighty Isis on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/15 "2006-06-14T04:30:59Z")
Monday night I watched the repeat of the series premiere of _[Windfall](http://www.nbc.com/Windfall/)_, and was pleased to be reminded of what a hottie [Jason Gedrick](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001263/) is. 😃 (But I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since _Iron Eagle_! :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![banjo\_picking\_fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@banjo\_picking\_fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjo_picking_fool)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/16 "2006-06-14T04:38:01Z")
Dorothy Hamill, the American figure skater who won gold at the 1976 Olympics. I was all of 13 years old, and I can remember going to bed just _aching_ to be near her. And of course she was the first thing on my mind when I awoke each morning after seeing her the night before… ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/17 "2006-06-14T04:57:45Z")
One does recall fondly [Genie Francis](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290163/), Laura of Luke and Laura from General Hospital. If you were watching in the late 1970’s you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/18 "2006-06-14T11:29:03Z")
Randolph Mantooth - Johnny Gage on “Emergency!” 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/19 "2006-06-14T12:19:35Z")
[Dirk Benedict](http://www.dirkbenedictcentral.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=3&sid=1a4116960bd96c56b055e82dfc4066bd) Yowser. Anything that had Battlestar Galatica on it I was a sucker for. Curse You Tigerbeat! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444/20 "2006-06-14T12:52:49Z")
I’d forgotten all about my childhood, [It’s Your Move](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086737/) era crush on [Jason Bateman](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0000867/HH/0000867/iid_1032100.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Bateman,%20Jason) until Arrested Development aired. Even at 12 I had excellent taste in men! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-crushes-youd-forgotten-all-about/360444.md?page=2)