# Names of Two Actresses That Are Mistaken For Each Other **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669 "2006-10-24T03:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/41 "2006-10-24T23:19:05Z")
Brooke Burns & Brooke Burke. They don’t look alike, & I’m not sure B. Burke is even an actress, but the names, the names! Tilda Swinton & several other redheaded actresses, esp. Cate Blanchett, as above. The Naomi Watts/Nicole Kidman/Poppy Montgomery resemblance has been discussed in this forum before. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/42 "2006-10-24T23:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen [/QUOTE] [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7895715&postcount=8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7895715&postcount=8)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/43 "2006-10-24T23:32:09Z")
Vicki Lewis and Kathy Griffin ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/44 "2006-10-24T23:37:32Z")
Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnette. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/45 "2006-10-24T23:38:25Z")
[QUOTE=foolsguinea] Brooke Burns & Brooke Burke. They don’t look alike, & I’m not sure B. Burke is even an actress, but the names, the names! [/QUOTE] In that case, I should also mention Heather Locklear and Heather Thomas. (Way back when, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/46 "2006-10-24T23:47:33Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] In that case, I should also mention Heather Locklear and Heather Thomas. (Way back when, of course.) [/QUOTE] [Pssssst.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7897118&postcount=25) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/47 "2006-10-25T00:01:46Z")
Not that they look alike, but I’m always confused between Mena Suvari and Mira Sorvino. In fact, when I just went to look up an image, I typed Mena Sorvino. Gah! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/48 "2006-10-25T01:18:09Z")
I dunno. Rita Hayworth and Eleanor Parker? I honestly mistook Julianne Nicholson for Molly Parker for the first hour of the movie _Tully_. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/49 "2006-10-25T01:24:20Z")
And Jennifer Jason Leigh, properly coifed, is a dead ringer for Jean Harlowe. (Although Ms. Leigh is definitely a natural blonde.) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/50 "2006-10-25T19:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] And Jennifer Jason Leigh, properly coifed, is a dead ringer for Jean Harlowe. (Although Ms. Leigh is definitely a natural blonde.) [/QUOTE] I have also found that, depending on how her hair is styled, Jennifer Jason Leigh strongly resembles Lee Remick. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/51 "2006-10-25T19:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnette. [/QUOTE] This was going to be mine, as was Helen Hunt/Leelee. But if actors are okay: Willem DaFoe and Denis Leary. In fact, Leary did a little bit on The Daily Show where he said his role was actually played by DaFoe, and their deal was that Leary would do all the publicity. He added that sometimes he signs autographs with DaFoe’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/52 "2006-10-25T20:10:59Z")
Helen Hunt, Jodie Foster, and Leelee Sobieski all look shockingly similar to me. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/53 "2006-10-25T20:20:15Z")
Jennifer Jason Lee / Elizabeth Shue…? ---
**Author:** ![Slapbin\_Waddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Slapbin\_Waddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slapbin_Waddle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/54 "2006-10-25T20:52:36Z")
Kenneth McMillian and Charles Durning ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/55 "2006-10-26T03:20:39Z")
Vicki Lawrence can be confused with Carol Burnett? By who? I’m not great at distinguishing similar faces, but I would never confuse them at any age. Different eyes, noses, face shapes at least. Now that I’ve said that, feel free to mock me: Louise Fletcher is sometimes confused with another actress, but I can’t remember who! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/56 "2006-10-26T13:36:11Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Vicki Lawrence can be confused with Carol Burnett? By who? [/QUOTE] At least two people so far. While we’re not saying they’re identical, you can at least acknowledge the [similarities](http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/carol-burnett-10045782.jpg) between [them.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vicki_lawrence.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/57 "2006-10-26T13:48:14Z")
Many people have noted a similarity between Kate Mulgrew (Captain Janeway from _Star Trek: Voyager_) and Katherine Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/58 "2006-10-26T14:58:24Z")
I have a hard time distinguishing between Margaret Colin and Elizabeth Perkins. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/59 "2006-10-26T15:41:31Z")
I don’t know if they are mistaken for each other, but I think Calista Flockhart and Elizabeth Mitchell bear a strong resemblance to each other. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669/60 "2006-10-26T16:02:12Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] Vicki Lawrence can be confused with Carol Burnett? By who? I’m not great at distinguishing similar faces, but I would never confuse them at any age. Different eyes, noses, face shapes at least. Now that I’ve said that, feel free to mock me: Louise Fletcher is sometimes confused with another actress, but I can’t remember who! :smack: [/QUOTE] > **[Vicki Lawrence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Lawrence)** > > Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad; March 26, 1949), sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She played the title character Mama (Thelma Harper) in the NBC sitcom Mama's Family. The Mama character originated from one of the characters Lawrence played on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978, and was one of many she created for the variety show. Continuing the Mama character's evolution, Lawrence has hosted an untelevised stand-up ... If you read the wiki article about Vicki Lawrence, you see that the reason she was hired by The Carol Burnett Show was because of her resemblance to Carol. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-two-actresses-that-are-mistaken-for-each-other/377669.md?page=2)