# Current personalities who look like older personalities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527 "2016-01-18T21:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527/1 "2016-01-18T21:39:14Z")
In the active thread **Forgettable, Mediocre Actors and Actresses Who Were Nevertheless Successful** I posted [these comments.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19026444&postcount=52) I decided to start the game myself here. Who (active today) reminds you most of any (or all) of these actresses of the past: > **[Karen Steele - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824606/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)** > > Karen Steele. Actress: Star Trek. Karen Steele was born on March 20, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A former cover girl and model, she was one of the most strikingly beautiful actresses to ever work in film and television. She went to the University of... Karen Steele (I) (1931–1988) > **[Fay Spain - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816670/?ref_=nv_sr_1)** > > Fay Spain. Actress: The Godfather Part II. Fay Spain was was your typical B-movie drive-in bad girl - sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette, always bodacious. A tease, a taunt, and a temptress throughout most her career, Fay Spain was born in Phoenix,... Fay Spain (1933–1983) [Lola Albright - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017030/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (crummy picture) Lola Albright (1925 - ) [Picture of Lola Albright](http://www.listal.com/viewimage/5253074) (nice picture) ==================================== Feel free to point out others of that era who resemble these three. The idea here is to point out resemblances, so don’t be stymied by the specific period or even if it’s TV vs. Movies or Whatever. **Who _now_ looks like somebody _then_?** ---
**Author:** ![Salad\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Salad\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salad_Smell)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527/2 "2016-01-18T21:55:59Z")
More than a bit of Taylor Swift in Fay Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527/3 "2016-01-18T22:00:48Z")
I see Margot Robbie in Fay Spain. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527/4 "2016-01-18T22:52:41Z")
Miss Spain is a blend of Sophia Loren and Gwyneth Paltrow. Miss Albright favors James Bond’s “Golden Girl”, Miss Shirley Knight. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-personalities-who-look-like-older-personalities/743527/5 "2016-01-18T23:00:46Z")
[Good resemblance!](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT8Dfbp1WBb0Ah91XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Margot+Robbie&fr=yfp-t-901-s) > [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](#): > > I see Margot Robbie in Fay Spain.