# The best looking woman born 1922-1942. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544 "2010-07-04T19:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/1 "2010-07-04T19:10:07Z")
Hola! Marilyn Monroe. That’s everyone’s first choice. Besides her… I pick Mary Tyler Moore… [![](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mary+tyler+moore&FORM=BIFD#focal=8a440b753fdd3645488914a018362701&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fbertc.com%2Fsubsix%2Fstars%2Fimages%2Fmoore1t.jpg) ](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mary+tyler+moore&FORM=BIFD#focal=8a440b753fdd3645488914a018362701&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fbertc.com%2Fsubsix%2Fstars%2Fimages%2Fmoore1t.jpg) Your choice? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/2 "2010-07-04T19:37:07Z")
Does born _in_ 1922 count? If so- [Ava Gardner](http://img.listal.com/image/505788/600full-ava-gardner.jpg) (more pics [here](http://themave.com/bijou/50/galry/galry-ava.jpg)and [here](http://www.celebritiesnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Ava_Gardner.jpg)) in my opinion rides circles around Marilyn. If not, I’ll bid Sophia Loren, who was beautiful in her [20s](http://www.google.com/images?q=sophia%20loren&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi) but then only got more radiant and gorgeous. She still looks good at [76](http://www.google.com/images?q=sophia%20loren&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/3 "2010-07-04T20:37:51Z")
Raquel Welch (born 1940). Still a knockout. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/4 "2010-07-04T21:37:27Z")
Grace Kelly ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/5 "2010-07-04T22:02:48Z")
I was going to say Dolly Parton but she was born in 1946, then I thought okay, I’ll say Cher, but she was also born in 1946. I’ve always found Yoko Ono attractive (born in '33) and she still looks basically the same as she did in her younger years. Loretta Lynn (born '35) is gorgeous in a very “normal” way, which went well with her everywoman image. She too still looks good today. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/6 "2010-07-04T22:05:00Z")
I always had the hots for [Julie London](http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/7/3/7/5/995737_356x237.jpg). Why she married those two mutts, I’ll never know (Bobby Troupe and Jack Webb). Second choice: Sophia Loren. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/7 "2010-07-04T22:12:26Z")
If you’re having trouble thinking of ladies from that era, there are a couple of three-year-old threads where lots of names were tossed out: [Which Over-40 Actress Is Prettier Than Michelle Pfeiffer?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429171) started 07-17-2007, 08:44 AM [List your “Top Five Beautiful Actresses Over 40”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429322) started 07-18-2007, 09:33 AM I believe my notion of the best looking of that crowd is [Ann-Margret](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000268/) followed closely by [Raquel Welch](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000079/) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/8 "2010-07-04T22:13:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I always had the hots for [Julie London](http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/7/3/7/5/995737_356x237.jpg). Why she married those two mutts, I’ll never know (Bobby Troupe and Jack Webb). > > Second choice: Sophia Loren. I’m with you on Julie! Gal could flat sell some cigarettes! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/9 "2010-07-04T22:23:57Z")
[Yvette Mimieux](http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/yvette-mimieux-pictures.htm) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/10 "2010-07-04T22:26:44Z")
[http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/560/445560-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm](http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/560/445560-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm) [http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/543/445543-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm](http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/543/445543-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm) [http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/088/738088-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm](http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/088/738088-yvette-mimieux-picture.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/11 "2010-07-04T22:30:39Z")
Audrey Hepburn. Next. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/12 "2010-07-04T22:30:48Z")
I watched some godawful movie on TCM the other day. All I can remember about it is [Rita Hayworth](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://colunistas.ig.com.br/curioso/files/2009/07/rita-hayworth.jpg&imgrefurl=http://rita_hayworth.images6.com/rita_hayworth.html&h=507&w=388&sz=19&tbnid=GVDS-z4WdUOB_M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drita%2Bhayworth&hl=&usg=__rIvWni7r0bh2RLKOAnGuzao1O0M=&sa=X&ei=DAsxTPzNDtnpnQeJ18GBBA&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw). For me, it’s a toss-up between Hayworth and [Gene Tierney](http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/BIPOLAR/Gene-Tierney.jpg). Rita’s got the sexpot thing going. Tierney’s beauty is classic. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/13 "2010-07-04T22:50:12Z")
Maureen O’Hara was born in 1920, so she’s a couple of years older than you’re asking for, but I’ll include her anyway: [![](https://perfumequeen.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/maureeno27hara-loveletters.jpg) ](https://perfumequeen.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/maureeno27hara-loveletters.jpg) [http://images.allposters.com/images/MMPH/170440.jpg](http://images.allposters.com/images/MMPH/170440.jpg) [http://www.meredy.com/maureenohara/mobw01.jpg](http://www.meredy.com/maureenohara/mobw01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/14 "2010-07-04T22:55:42Z")
And then there’s. . .[her](http://bl-libg-weblab.ads.iu.edu/wordpress/libref/files/2009/11/bergman111.jpg). Smiles don’t get any brighter than [this](http://www.leninimports.com/ingrid_bergman_gallery_9.jpg). Sigh. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/15 "2010-07-04T22:58:30Z")
I was watching a Soviet war movie _The Cranes are Flying_ on Youtube a while back, and was surprised by how attractive I found the lead actress, [Tatyana Samojlova](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t1kAzRelvyI/Sf5MOPju38I/AAAAAAAAAMI/35RfadULdzI/s400/ta+sa.jpg), since I usually find glamorous women distracting (ex-models who found jobs at the NYC DA’s office on _Law and Order_, etc.) The movie was a big international hit, even though Khrushchev called her character a whore, and the Soviets wouldn’t let her move to Hollywood. Today she looks like a 75 year-old Russian woman; not like she would if she’d been allowed to come here and take care of herself like Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen O’Hara. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/16 "2010-07-04T23:20:39Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I watched some godawful movie on TCM the other day. All I can remember about it is [Rita Hayworth](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://colunistas.ig.com.br/curioso/files/2009/07/rita-hayworth.jpg&imgrefurl=http://rita_hayworth.images6.com/rita_hayworth.html&h=507&w=388&sz=19&tbnid=GVDS-z4WdUOB_M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drita%2Bhayworth&hl=&usg=__rIvWni7r0bh2RLKOAnGuzao1O0M=&sa=X&ei=DAsxTPzNDtnpnQeJ18GBBA&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAw). > > For me, it’s a toss-up between Hayworth and [Gene Tierney](http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/BIPOLAR/Gene-Tierney.jpg). Rita’s got the sexpot thing going. Tierney’s beauty is classic. The latest movie with Rita looking good was _Pal Joey_ but Kim Novak was too much prettier for her to shine through. Ladies from the Gene Tierney era who always had my attention were: Hedy Lamarr Jean Peters Jeanne Crain Jean Simmons Rhonda Fleming Yvonne De Carlo And I still think Elizabeth Taylor can look good if she’s fixed up to show off. But there was a day (_Butterfield 8_ and _Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_ and _A Place in the Sun_) when there was no better looking woman on the planet. But let me second > [@Chefguy](#): > > And then there’s. . .her. Smiles don’t get any brighter than this. Sigh. Even with close-cropped hair in [For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035896/) Ingrid was achingly beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/17 "2010-07-04T23:24:49Z")
. [Veronica Lake](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E1CBBAiwYac/SabAjQciwCI/AAAAAAAAAWg/Jlhnom8aB24/s1600-h/veronica_lake+2.jpg) [Lauren Bacall](http://educatedpony.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/lauren-bacall.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/18 "2010-07-04T23:27:16Z")
[Brigitte Bardot](http://pregame.com/forums/blogs/rj-bell/039_25511~Brigitte-Bardot-Posters.jpg) [Sophia](http://194.249.196.220/proj07/r10/seminar2b10/Sophia%20Loren.jpg) [Loren](http://metablitz.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sophia-loren-body.jpg) 1934 was a very, very good year. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/19 "2010-07-04T23:28:25Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Audrey Hepburn. > > Next. She had a beautiful face and intriguing persona, but she’s a bit of waif and I’m not one to normally complain about that. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/20 "2010-07-04T23:46:20Z")
As an admirer of the more current Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, and Audrey Tautou, I obviously do not mind waifs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544.md?page=2)