# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/41 "2007-07-17T17:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=Suburban Plankton] I’ve always had a thing for Jane Seymour, who turned 56 earlier this year. [/QUOTE] Agreed. In the 1970s, she just looked waifish, but she seems to be improving with age. I had a DVD set of _Little House on the Prairie_ TV movies and one of the special features was an interview with Melissa Sue Anderson. I was just dreading the anticipation of what time had done to this woman, considering I have seen her in nothing in about 25 years. Turns out, she still looks amazingly hot. For old school MILFy goodness, I was always quite smitten with Dolores Costello in \*The Magnificient Ambersons. \* And up to this point, Emmylou Harris is the only woman who has managed to make grey hair hot. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/42 "2007-07-17T17:22:15Z")
A recent member of the over-40 club: [Nicole Kidman](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/celebdatabase/nicolekidman/nicole_kidman1_300_400.jpg) And I have to say, every time I see Sally Field in a commercial I notice how pretty she still is. Yes, she’s still ‘cute’. Only the presence of a couple facial lines makes her look different than she did 20 years ago. And she’s 60! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/43 "2007-07-17T17:27:26Z")
Gong Li/Li Gong. ---
**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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/44 "2007-07-17T17:32:54Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Gong Li/Li Gong. [/QUOTE] Damn straight! Nice one. ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/45 "2007-07-17T17:34:59Z")
And I have to say, every time I see Sally Field in a commercial I notice how pretty she still is. Yes, she’s still ‘cute’. Only the presence of a couple facial lines makes her look different than she did 20 years ago. And she’s 60! [/QUOTE] Yeah, I never thought that Sally Field was sexy/beautiful, despite her attractiveness. However, she simply personified the word “cute”, and, amazingly, still does! ---
**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, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/46 "2007-07-17T17:35:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Damn straight! Nice one. [/QUOTE] Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh, for that matter. And Mira Sorvino, for a different matter. I’d like to clarify something: I haven’t meant to say, with any of the women I’ve named in this thread, that any of them are _ **more** _ beautiful than Michelle Pfeiffer. I think she’s stunning, and while there are many who are her equal, I don’t think she is surpassed by any woman of any age. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/47 "2007-07-17T17:35:52Z")
No one is prettier than Michelle Pfeiffer. Mods, please close this thread. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/48 "2007-07-17T17:45:12Z")
Holly Hunter Allison Janney ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/49 "2007-07-17T17:46:47Z")
Just making it at 40 years, 6 months is Tia Carrere. Also, **control-z** , if you are going to mention one of my all-time favorites, Jennifer Tilly, you need to include Gina Gershon. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/50 "2007-07-17T17:47:20Z")
Speaking of Pams…what about [this Pam](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000427/)? ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/51 "2007-07-17T17:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh, for that matter. And Mira Sorvino, for a different matter. I’d like to clarify something: I haven’t meant to say, with any of the women I’ve named in this thread, that any of them are _ **more** _ beautiful than Michelle Pfeiffer. I think she’s stunning, and while there are many who are her equal, I don’t think she is surpassed by any woman of any age. [/QUOTE] Well, two that I just now checked for age, and who have stepped over the 40 line, are (in my own eyes) at least as beautiful as Michelle: Sherilyn Fenn Virginia Madsen These ladies have been two of my favorites for years and another one – [Frederique Van Der Wal](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886479/) – steps into the over-40 territory next month. I’m not sure Michelle will make my own Top 5 list. I’ll post the summary file on the next page and we can see how many Dopers will include her. ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/52 "2007-07-17T17:55:09Z")
Here’s that updated list, minus the duplicate Halle Berry that I missed before. Let’s get serious now about Top 5 lists. Keep adding names if you feel like it, but try to get a Top 5 selection, too. ========================================= 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 Maria Bello Diane Lane Kyra Sedgwick Jane Seymour Meg Ryan Debrah Farentino Sela Ward Lena Olin Jennifer Tilley Maura Tierney Tilda Swinton Lynda Carter Morgan Fairchild Sally Field Deborah Shelton Tracy Scoggins Angela Bassett Christie Brinkley Cindy Crawford Jaclyn Smith Elizabeth Hurley Sheryl Crow Paula Trickey Nia Peeples Mary Tyler Moore Sigourney Weaver Barbara Bach Lindsay Wagner Kate Jackson Isabella Rossellini Lena Horne Melissa Sue Anderson Dolores Costello Emmylou Harris Nicole Kidman Sally Field Gong Li/Li Gong Maggie Cheung Michelle Yeoh Mira Sorvino Sherilyn Fenn Virginia Madsen Holly Hunter Allison Janney Tia Carrere Gina Gershon Pam Grier ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/53 "2007-07-17T18:06:30Z")
Olivia Newton John Still smoking. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/54 "2007-07-17T19:08:01Z")
Bo Derek ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/55 "2007-07-17T19:20:55Z")
Linda Fiorentino is pushing 50 and she is pretty good looking. At least was good looking, there doesn’t seem to be any recent pictures of her on IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/56 "2007-07-17T19:24:13Z")
While every single one of the women listed is, indeed, absolutely beautiful (by the way, you forgot my husband’s girlfriend, [Brooke Shields](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5295/Events/5295/BrookeShie_Cohen_11118073_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Shields,%20Brooke), who I am informed by said husband is exceptionally exquisite in person), I don’t think any of them are prettier than Michelle Pfeiffer. It simply isn’t possible. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/57 "2007-07-17T19:50:50Z")
Lori Saunders, who played Bobbie Jo in _Petticoat Junction_, was 62 years old when [this photo](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vegetarianwomen.com/images/LoriFlowers_sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.vegetarianwomen.com/&h=267&w=200&sz=71&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=bgr7YIfGeE5p4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLori%2BSaunders%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) was taken a few years ago. I can’t imagine that anyone older than her is also more attractive. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/58 "2007-07-17T20:05:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Lori Saunders, who played Bobbie Jo in _Petticoat Junction_, was 62 years old when [this photo](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.vegetarianwomen.com/images/LoriFlowers_sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.vegetarianwomen.com/&h=267&w=200&sz=71&hl=en&start=16&um=1&tbnid=bgr7YIfGeE5p4M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLori%2BSaunders%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) was taken a few years ago. I can’t imagine that anyone older than her is also more attractive. [/QUOTE] Ha, ha, ha! I clicked on your link and the first thing I saw was a cow. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-over-40-actress-is-prettier-than-michelle-pfeiffer/412122/59 "2007-07-17T20:08:06Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] While every single one of the women listed is, indeed, absolutely beautiful (by the way, you forgot my husband’s girlfriend, [Brooke Shields](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5295/Events/5295/BrookeShie_Cohen_11118073_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Shields,%20Brooke), who I am informed by said husband is exceptionally exquisite in person), I don’t think any of them are prettier than Michelle Pfeiffer. It simply isn’t possible. [/QUOTE] Pfeiffer isn’t even in my top 25. ---
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