# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/41 "2015-07-06T21:07:11Z")
My mum was utterly distraught when Elvis Presley died. I didn’t understand at the time, because I was only a kid, but now I think I do. Elvis was a huge look into another world, my mum having grown up in poverty, and a massive war etc. He just hit at the right time for her. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/42 "2015-07-06T22:09:50Z")
Mom: Monte Markham, Cliff Robertson, she loved _Hotel_, maybe because of James Brolin Dad: Loved _Three’s Company_, I always suspected it was because of Suzanne Somers. Years later he asked me whatever happend to her (he had no knowledge of _Step by Step_, _She’s the Sheriff_, her Vegas shows or exercise and nutrition products) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/43 "2015-07-06T22:15:14Z")
My mom used to watch Friday Night Boxing every week, because she had a crush on Joe Lewis, the Brown Bomber. My dad never admitted to ever being attracted to anyone other than my mom, I suspect because his crushes were probably male. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/44 "2015-07-07T13:35:49Z")
Sinatra, Bacall. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/45 "2015-07-07T14:18:30Z")
Dad: None I know of. Mom: Sergio Franchi. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/46 "2015-07-07T16:35:27Z")
My mom’s biggest celebrity crush, which lasted decades, was on Robert DeNiro. He was _it_ in her eyes. She also had a thing for Mark Harmon and Kevin Kline. My dad has never mentioned one, nor do I remember my mom ever teasing him about one. I can tell you who he thinks is terribly **un** attractive though – Meryl Streep and Glenn Close. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/47 "2015-07-07T18:22:43Z")
Dad: Shirley MacLaine Mom: ??? ---
**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 7, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/48 "2015-07-07T18:50:44Z")
> [@Hopeful\_Crow](#): > > Pops had a crush on Mary Tyler Moore. The Laura Petrie edition, or the Mary Richards version? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/49 "2015-07-07T19:01:10Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > EVERYBODY had the hots for Elke Sommers! I didn’t and either did my parents they really had no crushes , my mom liked Betty Davis movies . Dad never talked about any movies stars he liked , I think that was a smart move. ---
**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 7, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/50 "2015-07-07T19:10:38Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > I didn’t and either did my parents. I remember seeing Elke in _ **A Shot in the Dark** _ when I was nine. I hadn’t squirmed in my theater seat the way I did since I saw Marilyn Monroe in _ **Some Like It Hot** _ when I was four!\* \*I was a _very_ precocious child! :o ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/51 "2015-07-07T20:11:28Z")
Dad thought Sophia Loren was the fox of all time. I think he also had a thing for Raquel Welch, whose name he affectionately pronounced “Ra-kwell.” Mom thought Peter Falk was sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/52 "2015-07-07T22:28:29Z")
I remember mom having crushes on [John Davidson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203384/?ref_=nv_sr_2) and (I think) [John Saxon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768334/?ref_=nv_sr_1). Dad had a thing for Joan Collins. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/53 "2015-07-07T22:44:28Z")
When my mom was young, she loved Gene Autry. In the 70’s, she lusted after Eric Estrada from CHiPs. Enough so that I bought her a big poster of him… and she hung it up in her closet. Dad came home from work that night, opened the closet door and yelped, it startled him so badly. In the 80’s, her fancy turned to Tom Selleck. Dad adored Doris Day. And later…Cher. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/54 "2015-07-08T15:14:30Z")
Mom- Pat Boone, and later Jan-Michel Vincent Dad - Jean Simmons and Maureen O’Hara ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/55 "2015-07-09T00:55:59Z")
My father had quite a crush on Lena Horne. So much so, in fact, that he never quite forgave Ava Gardner for playing the part of Julie in _Showboat_ even though MGM never had any intention of giving Horne the role. My mother never mentioned a specific crush, but she had a lot of record albums featuring handsome baritone singers. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/56 "2015-07-09T06:04:42Z")
Many different ones over the years but they both agreed that Juliet Prowse was hands down & forever the best ‘legs’ out there. Several times they bought up front seats at live shows so they could watch her, see her sweat and grunt while wearing a big smile ( all the dancers really ) because they appreciated the effort it took to do what they did. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/57 "2015-07-09T12:31:06Z")
Mom loved Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink. Both of whom I find very vaguely creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/58 "2015-07-09T15:25:14Z")
I don’t know any of my mom’s crushes, but I know my dad thought Elizabeth Montgomery and Goldie Hawn were hot. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/59 "2015-07-09T15:30:29Z")
Gregory Peck for my mom, at least according to my dad. My mom said she just liked the name. That didn’t stop her, when she actually met Gregory Peck many years after I was born, from telling him, “I think I named my son after you.” He replied, “Yes, I hear that quite often.” 🙂 ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384/60 "2015-07-09T16:18:48Z")
My dad liked Judi Dench… and even dated her briefly in the Fifties! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-parents-crushes/724384.md?page=4)