# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/41 "2010-07-05T22:07:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Spoke** , I certainly can’t argue with your pick of Barbara Eden, but I’m not sure if I would agree if that picture were all I’d seen of her. I mean, she looks nice there, but it doesn’t come close to doing her justice. [Any of the pics of her as Jeannie](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=i%20dream%20of%20jeannie&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi) are better. Yeah, I was trying to make the point that (even though she had a terrific body) she didn’t have to show skin to be beautiful. Same with Bettie Page. In fact, I think Barbara Eden was at her most beautiful in the episode of _The Andy Griffith Show_ entitled The Manicurist, where she hardly showed any skin at all – just some leg. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/42 "2010-07-05T22:41:24Z")
I was going to suggest Rita Hayworth, but she was born in 1918. Therefore, I’ll go with Raquel Welch. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/43 "2010-07-05T23:28:57Z")
[Betty](http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bacalll16.jpg) [Joan](http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/lauren-bacall-1.jpg) [Perske](http://www.gothamjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/img/bacall-harpers.jpg) [Constance](http://www.seraphicpress.com/images/Veronica%20Lake%20-%205.jpg) [Ockleman](http://lesuperbe.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/veronica-lake-this-gun-for-hire.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/44 "2010-07-06T00:35:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Alas, Donna Reed was born in 1921, a year too early for this thread: > [http://www.eeweems.com/capra/\_imagery/\_wonderful\_life/wonderful\_donnareed\_470.jpg](http://www.eeweems.com/capra/_imagery/_wonderful_life/wonderful_donnareed_470.jpg) Great call! I think she is one of the most beautiful women ever. And always underrated when it comes to lists like these. Though it’s hard to argue with Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, and Audrey Hepburn. I also think that one of the great beauties is [Capucine,](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thegoldenyears.org/amzcom_capucine01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thegoldenyears.org/capucine.html&usg=__9Iwe8UfEqK87NOLCU3JKZougD4M=&h=160&w=128&sz=5&hl=en&start=38&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=UAAJV7FDuABRFM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=78&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcapucine%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1) though I can’t find many good pictures of her. [There are a couple here.](http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/capacine-c-pictures.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/45 "2010-07-06T00:52:04Z")
I am really surprised I am the only person that nominated Audrey Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/46 "2010-07-06T00:58:05Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Audrey Hepburn. > > Next. Yep. Shall we do the gents next? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/47 "2010-07-06T01:28:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Look closely: she [Bridget Bardot] was wall-eyed and could eat corn through a picket fence. And, although you couldn’t tell from the photo, she has sharp knees.😛 Actually, my only objection to Bardot is the fact she’s chosen to spend her golden years spewing racist Neo-Nazi political rhetoric. [QUOTE=Not a Platypus] I’ve always liked Angela Lansbury. [/QUOTE] I’ve said this before but if you compared a photo of a young Angela Lansbury with one of Nicole Kidman, you could be easily convinced they’re related. I don’t know if this will ever happen (Lansbury’s in her 80s) but I’d like to see a project that features Lansbury playing Kidman’s mother or grandmother. [QUOTE=OttoDaFe] Even though the thread has been declared over — more than once, it would appear — I’d still like to submit Jean Simmons. (IIRC, I spent a good part of The Big Country wondering what possessed Gregory Peck to prefer Carroll Baker. Fortunately, he came to his senses by the time they rode off into the proverbial sunset.) [/QUOTE] I wondered about that myself the first time I saw the movie on TV when I was 13. Sure, Baker’s character was pretty but she was also a vapid rich girl who probably would’ve ended up being absolute hell to be married to. (Of course, that was probably the movie’s intent.) Incidentally, it’s too bad this thread wasn’t set up for voting. ---
**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 6, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/48 "2010-07-06T02:14:42Z")
OP could use this thread for nominees and start a new thread with a poll. Don’t leave any out. Even those without pic links should get a fair shot. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/49 "2010-07-06T02:37:16Z")
Oh, dear. I see Grace Kelly has won. I can’t disagree. However, I do humbly submit three lovely ladies who are all tied for second, IMHO. [Mamie Van Doren](http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/betty_brosmer01.jpg) [Lee Remick](http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/life/1224-1.jpg) [Katherine Ross](http://drinkthis.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c650b53ef01310f332a4f970c-500wi) ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/50 "2010-07-06T04:20:12Z")
> [@Captain\_Midnight](#): > > Hola! > > Marilyn Monroe. That’s everyone’s first choice. Besides her… > > I pick Mary Tyler Moore… > > [mary tyler moore - Search Images](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? Alas this young lady is out of the zone, being born in 1950. However I am surprised that a recent photo taken last year would have only hints of the woman I once knew back in the 70’s with other young lads my age. [It was once a war between her and the young lady that played cassiopeia on BSG, that vied for my undying love, lol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Gray) Seriously , I sorta expected that she would have aged more finely. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/51 "2010-07-06T04:57:08Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > [It was once a war between her and the young lady that played cassiopeia on BSG, that vied for my undying love, lol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Gray) Just for the record, [Laurette Spang](http://media.photobucket.com/image/Laurette%20Spang/ThinWhiteDuke/Memorabilia/LauretteSpang.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/52 "2010-07-06T06:25:36Z")
As a film noir fan, I’ll cast my vote for [Jane Greer](http://media.social.msn.com/images/blogs/test/41_1747_20100317012053_JaneGreerLife04.jpg), born 1924. Especially as she appeared in the classic film [Out of the Past](http://cinetvymas.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/out-of-the-past-ii.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/53 "2010-07-06T11:21:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 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 That’s HEDLEY!! Oh, wait…wrong movie! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/54 "2010-07-06T12:27:37Z")
I would go with Grace Kelly ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/55 "2010-07-06T13:30:49Z")
1. Have to go with Sophie. 2. One who was always a killer, killer babe, and held up so incredibly well, looks- wise, but so rarely comes to mind, and, IMHO, even tops Jeannie, is Suzanne Pleshette. [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/01/20/gal\_suzannepleshette\_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/galleries/suzanne\_pleshette/suzanne\_pleshette.html&usg=\_\_w3ll4kIi0PbeYkjwObUmjeOeyuU=&h=450&w=365&sz=39&hl=en&start=15&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=wv7Qw4oCSBHRLM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsuzanne%2Bpleshette%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4RNTN\_enUS374US374%26tbs%3Disch:1](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/01/20/gal_suzannepleshette_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/galleries/suzanne_pleshette/suzanne_pleshette.html&usg=__w3ll4kIi0PbeYkjwObUmjeOeyuU=&h=450&w=365&sz=39&hl=en&start=15&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=wv7Qw4oCSBHRLM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsuzanne%2Bpleshette%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4RNTN_enUS374US374%26tbs%3Disch:1) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/56 "2010-07-06T22:28:50Z")
> [@Captain\_Midnight](#): > > Hola! > > Marilyn Monroe. That’s everyone’s first choice. Besides her… > > I pick Mary Tyler Moore… > > [mary tyler moore - Search Images](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? I must endorse your views on this matter. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/57 "2010-07-07T06:58:50Z")
What, no Anita Ekberg? [![](http://www.jsrpages.co.uk/scanse/ekberg/Anita%20Ekberg%20se3.jpg) ](http://www.jsrpages.co.uk/scanse/ekberg/Anita%20Ekberg%20se3.jpg) NSFW: [sealing wax and string | gimcrack hospital (PG)](http://nursemyra.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/sealing-wax-and-string/) Fourth picture down – click for a bigger copy. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/58 "2010-07-07T07:06:24Z")
> [@In\_Winnipeg](#): > > Fourth picture down – click for a bigger copy. Third picture, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/59 "2010-07-07T14:20:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just for the record, [Laurette Spang](http://media.photobucket.com/image/Laurette%20Spang/ThinWhiteDuke/Memorabilia/LauretteSpang.jpg). A beautiful girl, but that photo really doesn’t do her justice. A better one, IMHO: [http://cariart.tripod.com/Laurette\_Spang.jpg](http://cariart.tripod.com/Laurette_Spang.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544/60 "2010-07-07T17:21:18Z")
I’m on Team Grace Kelly. In college I took a film class and the first shot of the future Her Serene Highness in _Rear Window_ brought out the only audible gasp of the entire semester. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-woman-born-1922-1942/545544.md?page=4)