# 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:** 4
**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, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/61 "2016-03-20T10:24:37Z")
Goldie Hawn might just squeak in, breaking through in the late '60s. ---
**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, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/62 "2016-03-20T10:39:22Z")
And Charo started appearing on TV in the mid-60s. ---
**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, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/63 "2016-03-20T11:17:37Z")
How about some early Mary Tyler Moore? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/64 "2016-03-20T11:25:19Z")
Where are the men? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/65 "2016-03-20T11:53:36Z")
I’d add [Jane Russell](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Russell,%20Jane/Annex/Annex%20-%20Russell,%20Jane_12.jpg) but her career started in the 40s. ---
**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, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/66 "2016-03-20T12:44:59Z")
Many thanks for all the participation so far! Here’s the list (51) that I’ll be posting in a ONE VOTE poll shortly: ============================================ Pier Angeli Barbara Bain Brigitte Bardot Ingrid Bergman Capucine Claudia Cardinale Charo Julie Christie Dorothy Dandridge Catherine Deneuve Donna Douglas Jane Fonda France Gall Ava Gardner Lesley Gore Francoise Hardy Goldie Hawn Rita Hayworth Audrey Hepburn Grace Kelly Hedy Lamarr Gina Lollobrigida Sophia Loren Jayne Mansfield Ann Margret Marilyn Monroe Elizabeth Montgomery Mary Tyler Moore Nichelle Nichols Maureen O’Hara Debra Paget Suzy Parker Michelle Phillips Vanessa Redgrave Diana Rigg Diana Ross Katherine Ross Jane Russell Jill St. John Romy Schneider Jean Seberg Edie Sedgwick Jean Shrimpton Jean Simmons Sabine Sinjen Elizabeth Taylor Marlo Thomas Sylvie Vartan Raquel Welch Natalie Wood Dana Wynter ============================================ \*\* Any additional names will be dealt with in some other fashion. \*\* If you want to post your own TOP FIVE in this thread, maybe something can be done with that list as well. Thanks again, gang! 😃 ---
**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, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/67 "2016-03-20T12:54:59Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Where did the OP say that only _female_ celebrities are to be considered? Does the use of the word “beautiful” imply that only females need apply? > > The 1960’s was the era of “The Beautiful People” after all. > [@Zeldar](#): > > The OP did not say! The responses have been genderless as far as the OP is concerned. Name some dudes if you wish. 🙂 > [@panache45](#): > > [Vanessa Redgrave](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/17/05/8e/17058e2a6cdba009b69d5be139718d43.jpg). > > And we need another thread for the guys. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Amen to that! Would you like to start that other thread? If so, please do. 🙂 > [@Leaffan](#): > > Where are the men? **Please, anybody, start a Most Beautiful Men thread.** Any time period or All Time. Any genre. Whatever you wish. ---
**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, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/68 "2016-03-20T13:19:25Z")
Poll now up at > **[Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=787748)** > > See … Who was the most beautiful celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? … for background of this poll Comments welcomed here or in that other thread. ONE VOTE – anonymous – in this poll. The list: Pier Angeli Barbara Bain Brigitte Bardot Ingrid... Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? 03-20-2016, 08:04 AM Zeldar ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/69 "2016-03-20T13:20:57Z")
Not sure if you’ve closed nominations but I’ll toss [Virna Lisi, 1965](https://pp.vk.me/c624717/v624717900/42231/DjadjsBtgFw.jpg) out there. ---
**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, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/70 "2016-03-20T13:26:04Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Not sure if you’ve closed nominations but I’ll toss [Virna Lisi, 1965](https://pp.vk.me/c624717/v624717900/42231/DjadjsBtgFw.jpg) out there. Good one for a (perhaps) follow-up poll/discussion. Thanks. Good choice, IMHO. 🙂 ---
**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, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/71 "2016-03-20T13:36:53Z")
Just as an example of a **Top Five** from the list above, here would be my picks: **Ava Gardner Sophia Loren \<\<\< Debra Paget Elizabeth Taylor Raquel Welch** (\<\<\< = my vote) Add your own in a “just for kicks” exercise that _may_ lead to a follow-up poll if there’s enough interest/participation. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/72 "2016-03-21T01:28:32Z")
All right, a few men : - [Anthony Perkins](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/15903404906780149/) of course – also his sometime boyfriend [Tab Hunter](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/tab-hunter-out-of-the-hollywood-closet-and-in-his-own-words-20150706) - [Yuri Gagarin](http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2011/03/Yuri_Gagarin4) - [Sal Mineo](https://www.pinterest.com/adamissac/sal-mineo/) - [William Shatner](http://strangersandaliens.com/2013/10/shadow-and-substance-twilight-zone-episodes-nick-of-time-and-nightmare-at-20000-feet-ep-94-christian-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) (especially in his black-and-white period) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/73 "2016-03-21T01:34:29Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > All right, a few men : > > - [Anthony Perkins](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/15903404906780149/) of course – also his sometime boyfriend [Tab Hunter](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/tab-hunter-out-of-the-hollywood-closet-and-in-his-own-words-20150706) > - [Yuri Gagarin](http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2011/03/Yuri_Gagarin4) > - [Sal Mineo](https://www.pinterest.com/adamissac/sal-mineo/) > - [William Shatner](http://strangersandaliens.com/2013/10/shadow-and-substance-twilight-zone-episodes-nick-of-time-and-nightmare-at-20000-feet-ep-94-christian-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) (especially in his black-and-white period) As I have suggested earlier, I have no problem with anybody else setting up similar polls for men. (See Post #67.) ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/74 "2016-03-21T02:50:08Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > As I have suggested earlier, I have no problem with anybody else setting up similar polls for men. (See Post #67.) Ah, sorry, I was just obeying post #44… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/75 "2016-03-21T03:02:30Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Ah, sorry, I was just obeying post #44… :smack: Gotcha. All I’m saying is that since this thread led to an all-female poll (that actually said that in its title) the need/wish for a male counterpart has now been suggested by several people (as noted in the post above). I don’t have any objections, and in fact I would love it, for someone/anyone to take the initiative and start that thread and develop a list of names for a poll of all-men. Things just developed to be all-female in this particular phase of the game/search. There’s quite a bit more polling and such to get to a definitive female and I’m focusing on that. Then there are the other time periods to explore like 70s-80s, 90s-2000s, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/76 "2016-03-21T03:55:29Z")
Before calling it a night I wanted to post what I hope is the list of names (from both threads) that were not in the poll: ================================= “Overflow from 1950s-1960s Female Celebrity threads” Jaqueline Bisset Barbara Feldon Susan Hayward Virna Lisi Yvette Mimieux Jennifer O’Neill Krysten Ritter ================================= If there are others from the 50s and 60s that are worthy of being included please say so. Thanks! ---
**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:** [March 21, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/77 "2016-03-21T05:46:01Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Krysten Ritter > > If there are others from the 50s and 60s that are worthy of being included please say so. For the record, I said Krysten Ritter should be cast to play Jean Simmons, who was a beautiful celebrity of the fifties and sixties. Ritter, herself, was born in 1981 and has no place in this poll. She has to wait until we do a “Beautiful Celebrity of the 21st Century” poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/78 "2016-03-21T12:28:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > For the record, I said Krysten Ritter should be cast to play Jean Simmons, who was a beautiful celebrity of the fifties and sixties. > > Ritter, herself, was born in 1981 and has no place in this poll. She has to wait until we do a “Beautiful Celebrity of the 21st Century” poll. Great point! Thanks for clarifying. I’m removing her name from that “overflow file” – done! Still, there may be other noteworthies we have overlooked who need to have a chance for some votes before we put the 50s and 60s out to graze. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/79 "2016-03-22T16:58:35Z")
The Gerber Baby. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749564/80 "2016-03-22T17:16:04Z")
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