# Who was the celebrity?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-celebrity/298567 "2005-04-09T16:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tower\_Dweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tower\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tower_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-celebrity/298567/1 "2005-04-09T16:33:38Z")

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On Distraction (silly game show on comedy central) one of the guests claimed that he slept with a celebrity. He wouldn’t say who, but he gave a hint: she starred in a movie in the 80s that should have won Best Picture, and she’s been in Playboy twice.

Anybody have any guesses?

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-celebrity/298567/2 "2005-04-09T18:25:19Z")

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Assuming the contestant meant that the movie the actress was in was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but did not win:

1. Nastassja Kinski, _Tess_. She had at least two pictorials in _Playboy_.
2. Cathy Moriarty, _Raging Bull_.
3. Susan Sarandon, _Atlantic City_.
4. Jessica Lange, _Tootsie_.
5. Charlotte Rampling, _The Verdict_.
6. Debra Winger, _Terms of Endearment_. Subject of a “20 Questions” interview in _Playboy_.
7. Meg Tilly, _The Big Chill_. Not really a starring role, though.
8. Sonia Braga, _Kiss of the Spider Woman_. She had two pictorials in _Playboy_.
9. Kathleen Turner, _Prizzi’s Honor, The Accidental Tourist_. She was the subject of a _Playboy_ interview.
10. Barbara Hershey, _Hannah and Her Sisters_. Subject of a “20 Questions” interview in _Playboy_.
11. Helena Bonham Carter, _A Room With a View_.
12. Sigourney Weaver, _Working Girl_.
13. Melanie Griffith, _Working Girl_.
14. Geena Davis, _The Accidental Tourist_.
15. Michelle Pfeiffer, _Dangerous Liaisons_.

I’ve passed over the less likely actresses, e.g., Peggy Ashcroft, Whoopi Goldberg, Jessica Tandy.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-celebrity/298567/3 "2005-04-09T20:15:32Z")

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The most obvious movie in the 1980’s that didn’t win best picture but should have was _Raging Bull_. Googling shows that Cathy Moriarty appeared in _Playboy_ at least once, although apparently not in any major layout. I think she’d be the most likely one.