# Nude scenes by actresses you don't expect to go nude **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876 "2003-11-18T08:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/41 "2003-11-18T21:58:55Z")
Helen Mirren gets nude often in “Caligula,” an otherwise loathsome movie. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/42 "2003-11-18T22:03:20Z")
I wouldn’t expect Jessica Tandy to do a nude scene. Mostly because she’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/43 "2003-11-18T22:13:29Z")
Didn’t Tandy run nude into the ocean in “Cocoon?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/44 "2003-11-18T22:22:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*I’ll see your Kathy Bates and raise you **Ruth Gordon** in Rosemary’s Baby. Arrgghhhh. \*\* :eek: KILL. ME. NOW. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/45 "2003-11-18T22:58:40Z")
For unexpected nudity, three words: The Hot Spot. Jennifer Connelly - Best. Hooters. Ever. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/46 "2003-11-18T23:28:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Since when was Minnie Driver a “natural redhead”? Minnie Driver is debatable. I’d like to settle the question empirically, but that’s not likely. My theory may need more work before I publish. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/47 "2003-11-18T23:32:00Z")
Speaking of hooters… There was Aunt Magda in _There’s Something About Mary_. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/48 "2003-11-18T23:35:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*Didn’t Tandy run nude into the ocean in “Cocoon?” \*\* EWWWW!!! \<\< Runs home to scrub out brain. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/49 "2003-11-18T23:37:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Helen Mirren when younger did a full nude scene I’ve see stills of -I was astounded by her big beautiful natural rack and curvy body, as I had only seen her as an older, somewhat frumpy detective in “Prime Suspect”. \*\* Have you guys never seen Helen Mirren in “The Cook, The Theif, His Wife, and Her Lover”? She’s not a young woman in that film, and she spends a HUGE portion of it TOTALLY naked. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/50 "2003-11-19T00:25:13Z")
**Helen Mirren** has done more nude scenes than most. Not so much an unexpected nude scene, but the scenes in ‘Sirens’ with its super-model cast are quite memorable. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/51 "2003-11-19T01:01:30Z")
Not that she’s a bad actress/person but here’s one to make you shudder. Shelley Duvall in the Robert Altman film, **Thieves Like Us**. I was forced to watch this in a film class. She’s naked in a bath for several minutes. There was much hooting and cheering when she finally put her clothes back on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/52 "2003-11-19T01:08:16Z")
Marina Sirtis (the future _Star Trek: The Next Generation_’s Deanna Troi) gets naked, tied up and killed (!) in [_Blind Date_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0086978/) (which also has a flash or two of Kirstie Alley, another _Star Trek_ actress), and is not to be confused with the lightweight Bruce Willis/Kim Basinger comedy of the same name that came out a few years later. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/53 "2003-11-19T01:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*Didn’t Tandy run nude into the ocean in “Cocoon?” \*\* No. You’re thinking of _Camilla_ (1994), with Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/54 "2003-11-19T02:08:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Mariachi Loco \* > **And one scene with Maura Tierney of Newsradio, although I forget which film.** What the hell is that all about? You don’t drop a bomb like “Maura Tierney did a nude scene” and then just casually say “I forget which film.” Which film, dammit? **For the love of God** , _ **which film?!?** _ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/55 "2003-11-19T02:29:24Z")
It was **Primary Colors** , apparently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/56 "2003-11-19T02:30:15Z")
Hey **SolGrundy** , take the advice of **Max Torque** earlier in this thread, and check out the Celebrity Nude Database: [Celebrity Nude Database](http://www.cndb.com/) for the answer. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/57 "2003-11-19T03:10:40Z")
I saw Primary Colors, and while Maura was in bed for a love scene, I didn’t really see anything more than some naked arms and shoulders. Try _Dead Women in Lingerie_…if you can find it…for Maura Tierney. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/58 "2003-11-19T03:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bughunter \* > \*\*Did Julianne Moore ever do a nude scene? \*\* Perhaps the better question is did she ever do a scene in which she _wasn’t_ nude. 😉 –Cliffy P.S. _Boogie Nights_ ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/59 "2003-11-19T03:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by syncrolecyne \* > **Also Angie Harmon (of “Law in Order”)… but I didn’t think she’d do nudity. But her boobies are out briefly in the film _Lawn Dogs_.** Must. See. _Lawn Dogs_. Angie Harmon… _duhrool, duhrool_ I love Kate Winslet (as an actress!), but I think it’s more of a shock when she _doesn’t_ strip down. After _A Kid in King Arthur’s Court_ one is tempted to call out “What, not even a quick flash of nipple?!” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876/60 "2003-11-19T04:09:31Z")
I suspect the young Helen Mirren movie alluded to earlier is _The Age of Consent_, her first. Pure soft-core, but my god what a bod. As I read somewhere once, the kind of body that drives novitiate monks to suicide. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876.md?page=4)