# People who have aged well **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867 "2007-03-28T17:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/21 "2007-03-29T01:45:09Z")
Angela Bassett: Her IMDB page says her birthdate is 8/16/58 (a Virgo like me), so it’s not so much that she’s aged well (48), but she’s smoking hot nonetheless. Her commercial for “Regenerist” shows way too little of _just her_. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/22 "2007-03-29T02:38:45Z")
My dad. He’s in his late 60’s, but looking at him you’d probably guess an age in the 50’s. He has very little gray hair, and the only damage to his hair line is a small bald spot. God, I hope I got his hair genes. I do take after him 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/23 "2007-03-29T03:09:36Z")
Lauren Bacall, always [stunning,](http://www.bartcop.com/lauren-bacall.jpg) [classy](http://static.flickr.com/45/135503249_43c06efb39.jpg),[aging elegantly](http://www.loqueyotediga.net/files/BacallVoguePortrait1957.jpg), and into her eighties, [Here’s lookin at you, kid.](http://www.brynmawr.edu/hepburn/images/bacall.jpg) She’s my bellweather of how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/24 "2007-03-29T04:13:41Z")
Ageing elegantly? I gotta figure out how to do this. I have one clue, though, based on one of my friends: inner peace helps a _lot_. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/25 "2007-03-29T05:12:01Z")
[Lee Radziwill](http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/partypictures/2003/2.13.03/AlexHLeeRadziwill.jpg) at age 70 (she’s 74 now, I believe). & [Gloria Vanderbilt](http://www.style.com/slideshows/parties/090904SFWP/40f.jpg) at age 80 (82 or 83 now). I’ve seen both on television lately and while I’m not usually attracted to women old enough to be my mother, I have to admit that I found both of these women to be very attractive and alluring. Money aside (_cough,cough_) I would happily explore a romantic relationship with either–provided that they were interested in me and not already dating one of their usual multi-billionaires, that is. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/26 "2007-03-29T05:50:08Z")
Emmylou Harris has aged beautifully, both in her look and her voice. (She’s about to turn 60.) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/27 "2007-03-29T06:21:30Z")
Alec Baldwin - 49. Gwen Stefani - 38. Saw her on Idol last night, she looked 21. Jeff Goldblum - 55. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/28 "2007-03-29T06:28:05Z")
[Mary Woronov](http://www.factorymade.org/video/index.html) is 63 and still mesmerizing. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/29 "2007-03-29T06:44:26Z")
Carly Simon has kept herself looking mighty fine: [2005 Tour](http://www.carlysimon.com/ai/naples/Ritz2.html) (She’s 60 years old there. Wow 🙂 ) The actress Theresa Russell is 50 this year and still looks great. She keeps herself in great physical shape as I also believe Mary Woronov does. Yes I second **Beware of Doug’s** nomination of her. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/30 "2007-03-29T12:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] Emmylou Harris has aged beautifully, both in her look and her voice. (She’s about to turn 60.) [/QUOTE] I have to disagree with you. I do think she looks beautiful with age, but her beauty doesn’t belie her age. If anything, I thought was she older, well into her 60s. I’d have to say, Diane Lane: [In 1979](http://www.rgj.com/blogs/film/uploaded_images/Time-710921.jpg) (as a 14 year old) [In 1989](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Robert_Duvall_Diane_Lane_1989.jpg) (so says the Wikipedia cite, age 24) [Now](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5118/Events/5118/DianeLane_Vespa_10142588_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Lane,%20Diane%20(I)) (age 42). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/31 "2007-03-29T13:01:44Z")
[Michelle Phillips](http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dmichelle%2Bphillips%2Bpics%26ei%3DUTF-8&h=200&w=150&imgcurl=gfx.filmweb.pl%2Fp%2F58481%2Fpo.67204.jpg&imgurl=gfx.filmweb.pl%2Fp%2F58481%2Fpo.67204.jpg&size=14.0kB&name=po.67204.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmweb.pl%2FPerson%3Fid%3D58481&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmweb.pl%2FPerson%3Fid%3D58481&p=michelle+phillips&type=jpeg&no=3&tt=605&fr=slv8-hptb). She is in her 60’s, the only surviving member of the Mamas & the Papas and looks _marvelous_ ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/32 "2007-03-29T13:14:04Z")
No mention of Michelle Pfeiffer? She’s almost 50. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/33 "2007-03-29T13:39:36Z")
[Patti Labelle](http://www.foxtheateronline.com/event_files/image_swf_main/91-1158716670.jpg) is 62. I think she looks terrific. I’m surprised [Iman](http://www.amny.com/media/photo/2006-09/25590717.jpg) hasn’t been mentioned. If I look like her at 52, I’ll be one happy woman. [Oprah](http://www.diario.com.mx/imagesnotas/2007/01/ESC272670RO.jpg) also looks pretty damn good. She wears a ton of makeup, but she doesn’t have any wrinkles. And she wears her makeup well. Pam Grier is also a badass. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/34 "2007-03-29T14:24:48Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] I have, apparently. Just this afternoon, I was talking to a construction worker, who called me “young man.” I said, “Young man? How old are you?” He replied, “27. You?” “48.” I have no lines or wrinkles, no middle-age spread, and my hair is still mostly brown. Others have expressed shock when they learn my age, too. I look thirty-something. It’s not all that great when some kid says to you, “Wow, I had no idea you were so old!” But it’s the thought that counts, right? [/QUOTE] “Bill’s 32. He looks 32. He looked it five years ago. He’ll look it 20 years from now. I hate men.” From _All About Eve_, of course… ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/35 "2007-03-29T14:31:21Z")
[Phoebe Cates](http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Phoebe%20Cates-1.JPG) Whoof! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/36 "2007-03-29T15:46:10Z")
I came in here to nominate Claudia Schiffer, having recently seen her on a commercial and thinking she has aged well over the past 15 years. Turns out she is only one year older than me… so not that old. But still very nice on the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/37 "2007-03-29T16:06:45Z")
Catherine Deneuve and Carolina Herrera Kitty Carlisle Hart VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/38 "2007-03-29T16:29:34Z")
[Bernadette Peters](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4891/Events/4891/Bernadette_Mazur_8986151_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Peters,%20Bernadette). Born 1948. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/39 "2007-03-29T16:34:28Z")
**Sophia Loren.** Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867/40 "2007-03-29T16:57:20Z")
Can’t find a recent picture, but Lena Horne is 90. Around 10 years ago she still looked hot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-have-aged-well/397867.md?page=3)