# Who was the most beautiful celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564 "2016-03-19T20:15:44Z")\ **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:** [March 20, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/21 "2016-03-20T00:00:34Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > It’s weird ranking women who are old enough to be your mother or grandmother. That being said, I’ll suggest a few for nomination that haven’t been mentioned yet. > > [Jean Simmons](https://www.google.com/search?q=Jean+Simmons&espv=2&biw=1413&bih=443&tbm=isch&tbo=u&oq=Jean+Simmons&gs_l=img.3..0l10.3109.5659.0.5833.12.10.0.2.2.1.355.953.8j1j0j1.10.0....0...1ac.1.34.img..2.10.730.6dhfwxSzHOk). > > [Debra Paget](https://www.google.com/search?q=debra+paget&espv=2&biw=1413&bih=443&tbm=isch&tbo=u&oq=debra+paget&gs_l=img.3..0l10.53116.56290.0.56513.11.10.0.1.1.0.71.504.9.9.0....0...1ac.1.34.img..1.10.510.CVZTXDof8aY) > > [Ann Margret](https://www.google.com/search?q=ann+margret&hl=en&gbv=2&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE-J3z-c3LAhUW3GMKHbs7CPEQsAQIFA) I am so glad you mentioned these! I was planning to if nobody else did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/22 "2016-03-20T00:10:20Z")
Katherine Ross (Damn you, Sam Elliott) ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/23 "2016-03-20T00:14:43Z")
Italian actress [Pier Angeli](http://m.cdn.blog.hu/sz/szinesznok-az-aranykorbol/image/Pier%20Angeli/936full-pier-angeli.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/24 "2016-03-20T00:15:56Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Photographic beauty isn’t necessarily the same thing as genuine beauty. Audrey Hepburn is a good looking woman, for sure, but in still photographs, she’s really not all that. No, still photos from **Breakfast At Tiffany’s** exist. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/25 "2016-03-20T00:25:20Z")
Here’s the list so far. Keep 'em coming… ============================================ Pier Angeli Barbara Bain Brigitte Bardot Julie Christie Catherine Deneuve Donna Douglas Jane Fonda Ava Gardner Francoise Hardy Audrey Hepburn Grace Kelly Hedy Lamarr Sophia Loren Jayne Mansfield Ann Margret Marilyn Monroe Elizabeth Montgomery Nichelle Nichols Debra Paget Diana Rigg Katherine Ross Jean Simmons Elizabeth Taylor Natalie Wood ============================================ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/26 "2016-03-20T00:25:27Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The patron saint of the SDMB, [Hedy Lamarr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr). That’s [Hedly Lamarr](http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/wp-content/uploads/hedley_02.jpg) Yeah – I know. But I included the link. 🙂 I always go more for Gina Lollobrigida when this subject comes up. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/27 "2016-03-20T00:48:51Z")
If I forget to vote in the poll, click Marilyn Monroe for me, please. 😉 Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire’s favorite dancing partner, will be a top choice when you do the 1940’s. But although _Salome_ came out in 1953 (and she made movies even in the 1960’s and 1970’s) Ms. Hayworth was probably past her pulchritudinous prime by 1950. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/28 "2016-03-20T00:50:54Z")
How about Ingrid Bergman? I think she’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/29 "2016-03-20T00:56:41Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > If I forget to vote in the poll, click Marilyn Monroe for me, please. 😉 > > Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire’s favorite dancing partner, will be a top choice when you do the 1940’s. But although _Salome_ came out in 1953 (and she made movies even in the 1960’s and 1970’s) Ms. Hayworth was probably past her pulchritudinous prime by 1950. I’ll try to remember about Marilyn! 🙂 I saw Rita in several of her late-1950s things. [Rita Hayworth (1918–1987)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000028/?ref_=nv_sr_1) shows several where she was still quite the femme fatale. _Pal Joey_ especially. In any case, I’ll add her to the list. Others may see their way clear to vote for her. But I’m thinking one vote per Voter is the way to do this poll. Multiple choice polls get hard to control. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/30 "2016-03-20T00:57:49Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How about Ingrid Bergman? I think she’s beautiful. Amen! No doubt. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/31 "2016-03-20T01:22:22Z")
[France Gall](http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/94/40/75/20140413/ob_58e273_france-gall-les-sucettes.jpg) [Sabine Sinjen](http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/2/Open/EU%20Theatrical%20Releases/Das%20weite%20Land/_derived_jpg_q90_500x500_m0/das-weite-land-03.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) [Sylvie Vartan](http://40.media.tumblr.com/7a456cab6ad5e2ccf9635cddd7b5d427/tumblr_mqqzgdvNnt1qe3697o1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/32 "2016-03-20T01:28:04Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > [France Gall](http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/94/40/75/20140413/ob_58e273_france-gall-les-sucettes.jpg) > [Sabine Sinjen](http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/2/Open/EU%20Theatrical%20Releases/Das%20weite%20Land/_derived_jpg_q90_500x500_m0/das-weite-land-03.jpg?partner=allrovi.com) > [Sylvie Vartan](http://40.media.tumblr.com/7a456cab6ad5e2ccf9635cddd7b5d427/tumblr_mqqzgdvNnt1qe3697o1_500.jpg) I got a Norton block on [France Gall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Gall) But I’ll add her to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/33 "2016-03-20T01:33:25Z")
We’re up to 30 names now. If we go a whole 24 hours with no new candidates, or when we get to 50, I’ll put up a poll. One vote per voter! Make your new nominees matter, please! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/34 "2016-03-20T01:43:39Z")
No love for Raquel Welch? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/35 "2016-03-20T01:44:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > No love for Raquel Welch? Thanks for the mention! She’s another I was going to mention if nobody else did. Your basic Stone Fox! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/36 "2016-03-20T01:46:43Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > How about Ingrid Bergman? I think she’s beautiful. I identify her mostly with the 1940s. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/37 "2016-03-20T01:54:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I identify her mostly with the 1940s. I tend to agree, especially when her looks were the main attraction, but [Ingrid Bergman (I) (1915–1982)](http://http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000006/?ref_=nv_sr_1) was still good looking on into her 50s as the list of her movies would suggest. For my money she was one of the very few who kept her looks on into her older age. Classic beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/38 "2016-03-20T01:54:35Z")
Jean Seberg is another one I don’t see mentioned yet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/39 "2016-03-20T01:56:10Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Jean Seberg is another one I don’t see mentioned yet. Yep! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/40 "2016-03-20T02:00:38Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > [Audrey Hepburn.](https://www.google.com/search?q=Audrey+Hepburn+1955&espv=2&biw=1413&bih=443&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVmZLGzc3LAhVC2T4KHfJBDKYQsAQIGw) No contest, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564.md?page=3)