# What were your parent's crushes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384 "2015-07-06T06:20:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/1 "2015-07-06T06:20:26Z")
We’ve had a lot of childhood crush threads on the Dope. [Inspired by this thread](http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/27293/Actors-Your-Parents-Thought-Were-Hot?page=2#.VZodQvlViko), what were your _parent’s_ big celebrity crushes? (Or for that matter, grandparents?) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/2 "2015-07-06T06:58:32Z")
My mother was ga-ga over James Stewart, back when they still referred to him as Jimmy. Dad could have been a cousin of his. Appearances of Cyd Charisse on the telly would trigger yells of “Daaaaaaaaaaaad!” so he could come turn into a pool of goo. Mom is both a brunette and a female member of the human species but there ends the resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/3 "2015-07-06T07:31:24Z")
For my mom it was Tom selleck. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/4 "2015-07-06T09:57:51Z")
For my mom, Sinatra. For my dad, Grace Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/5 "2015-07-06T10:10:55Z")
I had an aunt who never married and, to my knowledge, never dated much. She was very involved with my brothers and sister and I as we were growing up (she and my mother had that best friends kind of sibling relationship). By far the most sexually charged thing I ever heard her say was that she liked watching _Spencer for Hire_ because she thought Robert Urich was “very handsome”. Anyone else? Ladies, Robert Urich fans? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/6 "2015-07-06T10:23:02Z")
My mom was hot for Richard “Jon Boy Walton” Thomas. She’s also a George Harrison fan and a fan of Richard Chamberlain, whom she remembers as Dr. Kildare. My dad had the hots for Elke Sommers. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/7 "2015-07-06T10:27:09Z")
When my mom was a teenager, she thought Elvis was the bee’s knees. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/8 "2015-07-06T10:53:38Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > My mom was hot for Richard “Jon Boy Walton” Thomas. She’s also a George Harrison fan and a fan of Richard Chamberlain, whom she remembers as Dr. Kildare. > > My dad had the hots for Elke Sommers. EVERYBODY had the hots for Elke Sommers! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/9 "2015-07-06T11:15:29Z")
**Mother:** Dana Andrews, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, _ **Trek** _-era William Shatner. **Father:** Doris Day, Virginia Mayo, _ **Avengers** _-era Diana Rigg. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/10 "2015-07-06T11:21:57Z")
My grandmother loved Tom Jones. We watched his show every week and she never let a chance go by to remind us that he could “eat crackers in her bed” any time he wanted. My dad was a big Rachel Welch fan. Oh, and Angie Dickinson too. I know my mom must have had some crushes, but she pined for a real life ex so much, that that’s all I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/11 "2015-07-06T11:30:31Z")
Mom: Johnny Cash and Bobby Vinton Dad: Bridgette Bardot ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/12 "2015-07-06T12:16:36Z")
My father dated Anne Meara. And he had a celebrity crushing on him – Benjamin Britten. My mother once mentioned crushing on Frank Sinatra. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/13 "2015-07-06T12:19:12Z")
Mom loved [Errol Flynn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Flynn). Dad thought [Rosalind Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Russell) was pretty hot, and Marilyn Monroe, of course. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/14 "2015-07-06T13:08:05Z")
My mom was also hot for Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell, until he went more into pop music. My dad had a thing for Natalie Wood, too. But hey, who didn’t? :o ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/15 "2015-07-06T14:15:36Z")
The first crush I knew about on my mom’s part was Englebert Humperdinck. Never Tom Jones - he was “too sweaty”. Later, I remember her crushing on Frank Langella. She even went to see Dracula with me, and she was not into that sort of thing at all. I don’t think my dad ever mentioned any celebrity crushes, unless maybe he told my brother. He did watch a lot of The Love Boat; maybe he had a thing for Charo. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/16 "2015-07-06T14:19:22Z")
All I can remember is mom expressing swooning admiration for Cesar Romero! She thought he was so so handsome, back in the day. late 40’s, early 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/17 "2015-07-06T14:37:22Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > For my mom it was Tom selleck. My Mom too. She cried when Thomas Magnum shot Ivan. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/18 "2015-07-06T14:47:28Z")
My mother loved Fred Astaire. She used to joke that she gave up a dancing career with Fred to marry my father. At least I think it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/19 "2015-07-06T14:56:24Z")
Back in the Sixties, when I was a kid, My Dad watched \*\*\*The Avengers \*\*\*religiousl. It took me a while to realize Diana Rigg was the main reason! And my Mom loooooved her some Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/20 "2015-07-06T15:29:17Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Back in the Sixties, when I was a kid, My Dad watched \*\*\*The Avengers \*\*\*religiousl. It took me a while to realize Diana Rigg was the main reason! I figured that one out because we stopped watching after Diana Rigg left the show. I recently bought a set of all the Emma Peel episodes on DVD. Damn, she was something. I have no idea who my mom’s crushes might’ve been. Maybe I’ll ask her the next time I see her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384.md?page=2)