# Heart Throbs/Sex Symbols in their prime **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410 "2021-08-11T02:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/1 "2021-08-11T02:27:19Z")
As an alternative to slugging it out with logic etc., post links to hotties from those halcyon days. I’ll start. Linda Ronstadt, back in the day: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c718aryLEmM/hqdefault.jpg "Rare Linda Ronstadt 1970s interview talks about The Eagles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c718aryLEmM) Mrs. L. totally had a thing for this fellow: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0qRsym4DHVo/maxresdefault.jpg "Jackson Browne before a concert in late 80's.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRsym4DHVo) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/2 "2021-08-11T03:23:36Z")
I give you Megan Fox in the first Transformers movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OKz2SriZvaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Megan Fox Sexy Scene in Transformers 1080p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKz2SriZvaU) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/3 "2021-08-11T11:45:48Z")
David McCallum aged well in to his 70s and 80s-- Ducky in NCIS-- but in **the** 1970s, he was gorgeous. Interesting factoid: McCallum’s wife Jill Ireland left him to marry Charles Bronson-- contrasting types, eh? [![](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pantagraph.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/be/ebe4a4b4-9421-54e0-85fd-b6bbd1c9bd10/55ddfb20068b0.image.jpg?resize=500%2C738) ](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pantagraph.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/be/ebe4a4b4-9421-54e0-85fd-b6bbd1c9bd10/55ddfb20068b0.image.jpg?resize=500%2C738) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/4 "2021-08-11T11:49:40Z")
Here’s one for both predilictions…I was changing channels on a lazy afternoon last Sunday and found ‘Viva Las Vegas’ playing. Had to watch through at least the on-stage dance scene-- Elvis and an early 20s Ann-Margret get up on stage and dance together, and I have to think it was about as hot as it got on a 1964 movie screen. It’s no surprise they had a long-term affair as a result. When they fall to the floor on stage in each other’s arms laughing at the end, it was clear they weren’t two actors just pretending to like each other. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XH2K9N16VMY/maxresdefault.jpg "Ann-Margret hot dance with Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas (4K)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH2K9N16VMY) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/5 "2021-08-11T11:58:04Z")
Just a reminder: Threads like this are OK as long as they’re restricted to actors, models, and other professionals whose appearance is relevant to their job (which everyone so far is doing fine on). Politicians, businesspeople, and others for whom appearance isn’t a primary job qualification, however, are not. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/6 "2021-08-11T11:59:17Z")
WHEW! That was fantastic! Both of them absolutely in their prime. 👏🏽 Ann-Margret was the incarnation of the term “sex kitten.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/7 "2021-08-11T12:06:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ann-Margret was the incarnation of the term “sex kitten.” Yeah, right? Though more of a tigress in that scene 🐅 ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/8 "2021-08-11T12:44:37Z")
I think the phrase you’re looking for is “kitten with a whip”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/9 "2021-08-11T14:12:10Z")
Check out the hot babe on the right. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bd/c2/f9/bdc2f95f557d74c3c45efa2cfc2163d4.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bd/c2/f9/bdc2f95f557d74c3c45efa2cfc2163d4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/10 "2021-08-11T14:53:25Z")
[![](https://www.trbimg.com/img-5a15fb8d/turbine/sd-me-karla-cassidy-20171122) ](https://www.trbimg.com/img-5a15fb8d/turbine/sd-me-karla-cassidy-20171122) David Cassidy’s face adorned my walls when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/11 "2021-08-11T15:26:41Z")
Eh, when I hear “kitten with a whip”, my mental image is of the kitten being comically inept at whipping. Actually, comic ineptitude is my image of kittens in general. The association of “kitten = sexy” just doesn’t click for me. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/12 "2021-08-11T17:54:03Z")
I’ve pointed this out before. For a movie with three people in the prime of their youthful attractiveness, check out _Blood And Sand_. It stars Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, and Linda Darnell. Tyrone in toreador pants, Rita playing the Spanish guitar, and Linda in beautiful lacy Spanish dresses. They and the technicolor movie are a treat for the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/13 "2021-08-11T18:42:30Z")
Re: Ann-Margret and “kitten with a whip”: > **[Kitten with a Whip (1964) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058267/?ref_=tt_mv_close)** > > Kitten with a Whip: Directed by Douglas Heyes. With Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown, Patricia Barry. A rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent. – Re: heart throbs - Tuesday Weld: [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-90lIkknbc9g/XCJpVNKmWoI/AAAAAAABukk/KaD515wscfQ3NY_7G-XlJoryitL2nJmIgCLcBGAs/s1600/Tuesday%2BWeld%2Bin%2Bthe%2B1960s%2B%25281%2529.jpg) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-90lIkknbc9g/XCJpVNKmWoI/AAAAAAABukk/KaD515wscfQ3NY_7G-XlJoryitL2nJmIgCLcBGAs/s1600/Tuesday%2BWeld%2Bin%2Bthe%2B1960s%2B%25281%2529.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/14 "2021-08-11T20:25:33Z")
AKA Thalia Menninger. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/15 "2021-08-11T21:01:58Z")
Yep. That’s who she’s always been for me. Although I was a barely-conscious ten-year old, I was irritated at Dobie for lusting after Thalia while Zelda, the real prize, openly adored him. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/16 "2021-08-11T21:11:43Z")
😣 😣 “Now cut that out!” “It’s a reflex.” 😍 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/17 "2021-08-11T21:15:01Z")
Unfortunately, my Tuesday Weld/Yvette Mimieux/Carol Lynley/Jill Hayworth differentiator fuse doesn’t function as efficiently as my Donna Douglas/Melody Patterson fuse ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/18 "2021-08-11T22:07:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Now cut that out!” > > “It’s a reflex.” Poopsie. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/19 "2021-08-11T22:17:23Z")
Maureen O’Sullivan [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/b0/49/ebb0493b85958e108019dad7906e22a1.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/b0/49/ebb0493b85958e108019dad7906e22a1.jpg) Erin Gray [https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Erin-Gray-hot-pic-2-1.jpg](https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Erin-Gray-hot-pic-2-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410/20 "2021-08-11T22:23:47Z")
Young Anne Francis: Google it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410.md?page=2)