# Famous Ugly People **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366 "2010-10-07T16:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/61 "2010-10-08T03:10:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Phyllis Diller based her comedic personality on a lack of good looks. Phyllis Diller is so ugly that when she was born, the doctor slapped her mother! Phyllis Diller is so ugly that she was 30 years old before her mother stopped trying to have an abortion! People tell Phyllis Diller that no photo ever taken of her does her justice…they all look exactly like her! (Sorry I couldn’t resist.) Anyway, as for ugly celebrities, I nominate: [Ayn Rand](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01363/ayn_rand_1363372c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4965345/Ayn-Rands-Atlas-Shrugged-climbs-up-charts-during-recession.html&usg=__Kk_LnV9CjxTBIwMJU4bQusKh0Gg=&h=288&w=460&sz=58&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=MqJpK6_wpF9RJM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAyn%2BRand%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D391%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=124&ei=qIquTIDtG8WqlAeMkdjMAg&oei=nIquTIYVhqCUB9aD7eQP&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0&tx=80&ty=59). And “star” of numerous early John Waters films - [Edith “Mama Edie” Massey.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cbgb.com/shrine/photos/ebetroberts/Edith%2520Massey.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cbgb.com/shrine/shriners/edithmassey.htm&usg=__-vsOS4MHj6_jpUBSsbboz7W9neA=&h=588&w=424&sz=51&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=mlqOYugi2_Am6M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEdith%2BMassey%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D391%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=124&ei=ZouuTLi1MoTGlQfqnPj2BA&oei=ZouuTLi1MoTGlQfqnPj2BA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=62&ty=79) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/62 "2010-10-08T03:34:16Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > **WARNING** : the link on the last word goes to a very graphic image of a seriously disfigured kitty who is apparently happy and healthy, since his disfigurement was when he was a few weeks old and he’s now all grown up, but it is truly shocking to look at. He is a truly ugly kitty. Yikes. That kitty looks like his mom had a run-in with a particularly ugly bug. What’s the story on him? Sorry for the hijack, but you can’t show us something like that, tell us he’s happy, and then not give us the rest of the story. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/63 "2010-10-08T03:39:16Z")
One has come to mind as I’ve been watching the baseball playoffs tonight. Tim Lincecum. Great pitcher. He is, to be charitable, goofy-looking: [![](https://potsnobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tim-lincecum2.jpg) ](https://potsnobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tim-lincecum2.jpg) [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/slideshow/2008/baseball-salaries/images/tim\_lincecum.jpg](http://www.canadianbusiness.com/slideshow/2008/baseball-salaries/images/tim_lincecum.jpg) [http://sox4life13.mlblogs.com/tim-lincecum-keith.jpg](http://sox4life13.mlblogs.com/tim-lincecum-keith.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/64 "2010-10-08T03:51:25Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Anyway, as for ugly celebrities, I nominate: > > [Ayn Rand](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01363/ayn_rand_1363372c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4965345/Ayn-Rands-Atlas-Shrugged-climbs-up-charts-during-recession.html&usg=__Kk_LnV9CjxTBIwMJU4bQusKh0Gg=&h=288&w=460&sz=58&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=MqJpK6_wpF9RJM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAyn%2BRand%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D391%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=124&ei=qIquTIDtG8WqlAeMkdjMAg&oei=nIquTIYVhqCUB9aD7eQP&esq=3&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0&tx=80&ty=59). Well… ugly on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/65 "2010-10-08T03:57:57Z")
Aunt Bee? No way Where’s Cosmo Kramer? ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/66 "2010-10-08T05:29:57Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > **WARNING** : the link on the last word goes to a very graphic image of a seriously disfigured kitty who is apparently happy and healthy, since his disfigurement was when he was a few weeks old and he’s now all grown up, but it is truly shocking to look at. He is a truly ugly kitty. :eek: I think I peed myself! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/67 "2010-10-08T05:58:02Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > **WARNING** : the link on the last word goes to a very graphic image of a seriously disfigured kitty who is apparently happy and healthy, since his disfigurement was when he was a few weeks old and he’s now all grown up, but it is truly shocking to look at. He is a truly ugly kitty. :eek: That looks like the creature from the end of Cronenberg’s **The Fly**! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/68 "2010-10-08T06:34:46Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Man, you people are incredibly harsh!! You interpret “ugly” VERY VERY loosely, as “not Hollywood-level attractive” in most cases! Good thing I don’t work in Hollywood, or you’d all put me on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/69 "2010-10-08T06:52:06Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > > [@Stoid](#): > > > > **WARNING** : the link on the last word goes to a very graphic image of a seriously disfigured kitty who is apparently happy and healthy, since his disfigurement was when he was a few weeks old and he’s now all grown up, but it is truly shocking to look at. He is a truly ugly kitty. > > Yikes. That kitty looks like his mom had a run-in with a particularly ugly bug. What’s the story on him? Sorry for the hijack, but you can’t show us something like that, tell us he’s happy, and then not give us the rest of the story. 🙂 He’s Chasenoface, the kitty with [no face](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Chase_'No_Face')! (even more vivid, close up photo) He also has only three legs. Here’s his [blog](http://chasenoface.blogspot.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/70 "2010-10-08T08:39:03Z")
Actor Gabino Diego is Feldman’s long-lost Spanish brother. Poor dude has been used as an example of “with apologies to his mother, anyone calling him handsome hasn’t looked at him” (as in those DJs, VJs and similar who call any actor or singer handsome/beautiful). And speaking of eyes, the rest of her wasn’t that bad, but Bette Davies definitely wasn’t a “classical beauty”. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/71 "2010-10-08T10:10:58Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Steve Buschemi is always the first person I think of when coming up with actors who’ve succeded despite being fairly ugly. > > (and I call shenanigans on the linked list, some of those people are fairly good looking, and a few are simply older folks who were fairly good looking when they came to prominence). I don’t think Steve Buschemi is ugly. He has a really interesting face. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/72 "2010-10-08T14:53:04Z")
Has something happened to Sandra Oh’s looks since I last saw her on TV (admittedly about 5 years ago)? Surprised to see her on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/73 "2010-10-08T17:11:50Z")
I’m surprised the list mentioned Orson Welles and Carol Burnett. I thought both of them were very attractive when they were younger. I’m surprised to see Patti Smith, Carly Simon and Mick Jagger in this list. Admittedly, Jagger hasn’t aged well, [but he was pretty dreamy as a young man](http://whi.s3.prod.lg1x8.simplecdn.net/images/826836/tumblr_kqwfygX9t61qzr4zco1_500_large.jpg?1255130714). Admittedly, I find voluptuous features very appealing, so I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Edited for more content: Rondo Hatton was famous for his features, brought about by a medical condition. I hate using the phrase ugly, since by all accounts he was a fine upstanding person, but physically he was not attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366/74 "2010-10-09T05:37:10Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Has something happened to Sandra Oh’s looks since I last saw her on TV (admittedly about 5 years ago)? Surprised to see her on the list. I don’t think she’s ugly, but I don’t think she’s remotely pretty, either. Which is one of the things I love about her and her success. She’s very real looking for a leading woman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-ugly-people/556366.md?page=3)