# Nude actresses across the decades **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682 "2009-01-17T01:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/1 "2009-01-17T01:29:15Z")
MrSkin has a Top 10 list of ten actresses who have appeared nude in movies in four different decades. A couple of hints: seven of the actresses appeared nude in the decades of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s; two were in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s; and one was nude in all five decades. There are four American actresses, two British actresses, two French actresses, one Anglo-American actress and one German actress on the list (but all have appeared in American movies). Can you name all ten actresses? And for bonus points, name at least one movie from each decade in which they’ve made a nude appearance? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/2 "2009-01-17T03:06:15Z")
Helen Mirren for sure - I think she might be the 5-decade one. ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/3 "2009-01-17T03:18:19Z")
Helen Mirren Racquel Welch Diane Lane Jennifer Jason Leigh Natassia Kinski Dorothy Lamour . . . that’s all I could come up with. That’s five of them, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/4 "2009-01-17T03:33:39Z")
> [@shallora](#): > > Helen Mirren > Racquel Welch > Diane Lane > Jennifer Jason Leigh > Natassia Kinski > Dorothy Lamour > > . . . that’s all I could come up with. That’s five of them, anyway. ERASE Dorothy Lamour. But she WOULD have been one of them for sure had they done nude scenes back then! Helen Mirren Diane Lane Jennifer Jason Leigh Natassia Kinski . . . .Okay so all I can come up with is four. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/5 "2009-01-17T03:51:45Z")
Diane Lane is 43 and Jennifer Jason Leigh is 46 so neither of them were doing nude scenes back in the seventies. And while Raquel Welch has been making movies long enough and is a sex symbol, she’s never done any actual nude scenes. Mirren and Kinski are correct. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/6 "2009-01-17T03:58:16Z")
Jane Fonda? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/7 "2009-01-17T06:53:28Z")
I’m going to toss Catherine Deneuve and Sally Kellerman into the pile as guesses. Can’t name movies from each decade, but I remember them not seeming to mind losing clothing. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/8 "2009-01-17T06:59:20Z")
While we’re on the Sally Ks, how about Sally Kirkland? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/9 "2009-01-17T07:08:11Z")
Charlotte Rampling? She’s getting up there in age. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/10 "2009-01-17T07:38:02Z")
I just remembered that “10” came out in the late 70s, so Bo Derek? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/11 "2009-01-17T07:42:23Z")
Susan Sarandon and Melanie Griffith seem to be nude a lot. Maybe Jodie Foster or Mary Steenburgen? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/12 "2009-01-17T07:46:15Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Charlotte Rampling? She’s getting up there in age. This was going to my nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/13 "2009-01-17T13:18:26Z")
Brooke Shields? ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/14 "2009-01-17T19:09:57Z")
Glenn Close? ---
**Author:** ![shallora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/15 "2009-01-17T19:19:36Z")
Goldie Hawn? Kim Cattrall? Julie Andrews? Barbara Hershey? Jaime Lee Curtis? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/16 "2009-01-17T19:27:41Z")
Brooke Shields? Many more have done it than should, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/17 "2009-01-17T20:02:02Z")
Ann Margret and Bo Derek were so good at it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/18 "2009-01-18T05:28:25Z")
Correct guesses so far: Kim Cattrall, Catherine Deneuve, Melanie Griffith, Goldie Hawn, Barbara Hershey, Natassia Kinski, Helen Mirren, and Charlotte Rampling. Sally Kellerman and Sally Kirkland have done nude scenes in four different decades so they are correct guesses. But they weren’t on the original list of ten. So there’s still two more to go. On some of the other guesses: Julie Andrews - appeared nude in three movies in the 70’s and 80’s Ann-Margret - appeared nude in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s Glenn Close - appeared nude in three movies in the 80’s Jamie Lee Curtis - appeared nude in the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s Bo Derek - appeared nude in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s Jane Fonda - appeared nude in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s Jodie Foster - appeared nude in three movies in the 80’s and 90’s (her apparent nude scenes in early and recent films were body doubles) Susan Sarandon - appeared nude in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s Brooke Shields - has appeared nude in only two movies, one in 1978 and one in 1981 Mary Steenburgen - has appeared nude in only two movies, one in 1980 and one in 2001 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/19 "2009-01-18T05:41:23Z")
How about Jack Nicholson since they all are actors nowadays? Actresses no longer exist. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682/20 "2009-01-18T05:45:13Z")
That’s going to screw up the Oscars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-actresses-across-the-decades/481682.md?page=2)