# Which Over-40 Actress Is Prettier Than Michelle Pfeiffer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122 "2007-07-17T13:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/21 "2007-07-17T15:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Bad plastic surgery has taken her out of contention. Specifically, goofy-looking [fish lips](http://www.babak.ca/portfolio/Meg%20Ryan.jpg). [Before and after.](http://literature.sdsu.edu/nericcio/1megr.jpg) [/QUOTE] Agreed. And I never could move up the scale any higher than “cute” for her anyway. Now not even that. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/22 "2007-07-17T15:12:24Z")
[QUOTE=Isosleepy] [Turning 48 next month: Rebecca de Mornay](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000360/) [/QUOTE] Why does this make me think of trains? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/23 "2007-07-17T15:13:16Z")
Sela Ward > **[Sela Ward | Actress, Producer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000688/)** > > Known for: Independence Day: Resurgence, Gone Girl, The Fugitive Brian ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/24 "2007-07-17T15:16:17Z")
Okay, folks. Here’s the list so far, in the order they have been mentioned. For those who’ve already posted (and who feel up to it) how about selecting your Top 5 from this list? Others yet to post may either list other candidates or select a Top 5 from the already listed. I’ll add any new names to the list and post it at the top of the next page – if that happens. ====================================== Michelle Pfeiffer Kim Basinger Susan Sarandon Demi Moore Juliette Binoche Julianne Moore Heather Locklear Monica Bellucci Salma Hayek Helen Hunt Helena Bonham Carter Pam Anderson Madeline Stowe Sandra Bullock Halle Berry Rebecca de Mornay Elisabeth Shue Sharon Stone Halle Berry Maria Bello Diane Lane Kyra Sedgwick Jane Seymour Meg Ryan Debrah Farentino ETA: Sela Ward ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/25 "2007-07-17T15:29:04Z")
A lot. Lena Olin: [Lena Olin - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000565/) Jennifer Tilley: [Jennifer Tilly - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000236/) Maura Tierney: [Maura Tierney - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005491/) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/26 "2007-07-17T15:44:09Z")
I could only get through the Narnia movie by staring at Tilda Swinton. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/27 "2007-07-17T16:05:39Z")
Lynda Carter – she is 55 and still looks great! Morgan Fairchild – 57 and still attractive! Sally Field – she is 60 and somehow still looks “cute”! I have not seen recent pics of Deborah Shelton (born in 1948) or Tracy Scoggins (born in 1953), but I do know that maintained a high level of attractiveness in their late forties/early fifties! I will probably think of more later! ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/28 "2007-07-17T16:16:17Z")
Until **N9IWP** posted, I’d’ve thought you all had defective vision. Anyway, for a Top 5: 1. Sela Ward 2. Michele Pfeiffer 3. Lynda Carter (although the portrait in her attic probably looks wrecked) 4. Halle Berry 5. Salma Hayek A decade ago, Tina Turner still looked amazing, but haven’t seen any recent pictures. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/29 "2007-07-17T16:22:28Z")
[Angela Bassett](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/144/50974~Angela-Bassett-Posters.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/30 "2007-07-17T16:28:35Z")
I don’t know if you’d call either of them “actresses” (although both have acted, or at least “acted”), but I think [Christie Brinkley](http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20060929/244.brinkly.christie.092706.jpg) (53) and [Cindy Crawford](http://media.naplesnews.com/img/photos/2006/12/17/Cindy4__t450.jpg) (41) are both still very lovely. They don’t even seem to be aging. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/31 "2007-07-17T16:33:49Z")
[Jaclyn Smith](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000646/) still looks fantastic. I’d put her in the same kind of non-aging category as Lynda Carter. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/32 "2007-07-17T16:35:42Z")
Let me add: [Elizabeth Hurley](http://www.wedlog.org/images/elizabeth_hurley_lis_hurley_celebrity_weddings_1.jpg) - 42 [Sheryl Crow](http://thesuperficial.com/2006/10/sheryl_crow_performs_in_her_bi.html) - 45 [Jaclyn Smith](http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20061007/244.smith.jaclyn.100606.jpg) - 59 (or maybe 61) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/33 "2007-07-17T16:47:34Z")
Paula Trickey – 42 Nia Peeples – 45 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/34 "2007-07-17T16:52:48Z")
Mary Tyler Moore is 70 now, but she looked hot for a _long_ time. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/35 "2007-07-17T16:58:03Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] Mary Tyler Moore is 70 now, but she looked hot for a _long_ time. [/QUOTE] As long as we’re mentioning the older gang for “used to be” status, these were some well-above-average beauties earlier on: Judi Dench Helen Mirren Rhonda Fleming Jean Simmons ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/36 "2007-07-17T16:59:26Z")
Sigourney Weaver? Probably a lot of people don’t think of her because of her “alien” image, but she was pretty hot in Galaxy Quest… ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/37 "2007-07-17T17:04:01Z")
Barbara Bach – 59 Lindsay Wagner – 58 Kate Jackson – 58 ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/38 "2007-07-17T17:04:39Z")
Isabella Rossellini. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/39 "2007-07-17T17:10:45Z")
Lena Horne for the win? 🙂 ETA: Whoops, not a actress… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/40 "2007-07-17T17:14:42Z")
[QUOTE=Iggins] Lena Horne for the win? 🙂 ETA: Whoops, not a actress… ☹ [/QUOTE] Well, she was at least in a movie. Singing _Stormy Weather_ which was at least as good a job of acting as I have seen some of the teeny-boppers do. A Stone Fox, to boot, especially for an older lady. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122.md?page=3)