# Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640 "2016-03-20T13:04:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/21 "2016-03-21T00:05:12Z")
I’ve mentioned this before. But somebody needs to cast [Krysten Ritter](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11114/111143592/4262978-o-krysten-ritter-veronica-mars-movie-facebook.jpg) in a [Jean Simmons](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Simmons,%20Jean/Annex/Annex%20-%20Simmons,%20Jean%20(Clouded%20Yellow,%20The)_01.jpg) biopic. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/22 "2016-03-21T00:21:53Z")
You don’t Susan Hayward I not sure if the link will work [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5e/ed/00/5eed00fa1d4244bcb322bb1aa7314e98.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5e/ed/00/5eed00fa1d4244bcb322bb1aa7314e98.jpg) ---
**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, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/23 "2016-03-21T00:52:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just to keep track of the ones not on the list, in case we have some follow-up activity on these ladies. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve mentioned this before. But somebody needs to cast [Krysten Ritter](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11114/111143592/4262978-o-krysten-ritter-veronica-mars-movie-facebook.jpg) in a [Jean Simmons](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Simmons,%20Jean/Annex/Annex%20-%20Simmons,%20Jean%20(Clouded%20Yellow,%20The)_01.jpg) biopic. > [@purplehearingaid](#): > > You don’t Susan Hayward I not sure if the link will work > [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5e/ed/00/5eed00fa1d4244bcb322bb1aa7314e98.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5e/ed/00/5eed00fa1d4244bcb322bb1aa7314e98.jpg) > [@Shagnasty](#): > > I voted for Audrey Hepburn because I didn’t know who Jean Shrimpton was but I can see your point. She reminds me of another one not on the list - [Jaqueline Bisset](https://www.google.com/search?q=jacqueline+bisset+photos&espv=2&biw=1097&bih=541&tbm=isch&imgil=7mLevSKVmKCL6M%253A%253BVqXwvWsHaESkWM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%25252Ftvshowbiz%25252Farticle-2588995%25252FIve-never-bad-relationship-Actress-Jacqueline-Bisset-says-never-wed-cope-marrying-bad-habits.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=7mLevSKVmKCL6M%253A%252CVqXwvWsHaESkWM%252C_&usg=__Wt2PIXf0uhWqD_GbgH5ZTzu9zOA%3D&dpr=1.75&ved=0ahUKEwjh1NrvjNDLAhUEKB4KHalfAscQyjcINQ&ei=nQfvVqGSLYTQeKm_ibgM#imgrc=7mLevSKVmKCL6M%3A) who is also gorgeous. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Very true. Another who didn’t make this first pass list is [Jennifer O’Neill](https://www.google.com/search?q=jacqueline+bisset+photos&espv=2&biw=1097&bih=541&tbm=isch&imgil=7mLevSKVmKCL6M%253A%253BVqXwvWsHaESkWM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%25252Ftvshowbiz%25252Farticle-2588995%25252FIve-never-bad-relationship-Actress-Jacqueline-Bisset-says-never-wed-cope-marrying-bad-habits.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=7mLevSKVmKCL6M%253A%252CVqXwvWsHaESkWM%252C_&usg=__Wt2PIXf0uhWqD_GbgH5ZTzu9zOA%3D&dpr=1.75&ved=0ahUKEwjh1NrvjNDLAhUEKB4KHalfAscQyjcINQ&ei=nQfvVqGSLYTQeKm_ibgM#tbm=isch&q=jennifer+oneal+photos) but then she was more of a 1970s star. Maybe we need a 1970s-1980s version of this thread? Anybody? > [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Yvette Mimieux Updating… ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/24 "2016-03-21T01:19:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Which is…? Well, if you can’t think of a better use for beautiful women than as the subjects of yet another of your interminable bloody spreadsheets, I’m afraid you’re on your own. ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/25 "2016-03-21T01:28:47Z")
Tough choice but I’m gonna have to go with Catherine Deneuve. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/26 "2016-03-21T01:32:05Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Well, if you can’t think of a better use for beautiful women than as the subjects of yet another of your interminable bloody spreadsheets, I’m afraid you’re on your own. Lovely. Why do you even bother? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/27 "2016-03-21T01:49:01Z")
I didn’t see the nomination thread, but if I had I would have nominated, and voted for, [Barbara Feldon](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/76/87/04/768704bcc70d5d303331ad9d310b2a1f.jpg). mmm ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/28 "2016-03-21T01:54:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I didn’t see the nomination thread, but if I had I would have nominated, and voted for, [Barbara Feldon](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/76/87/04/768704bcc70d5d303331ad9d310b2a1f.jpg). > mmm I’ll add her to the “overflow list” mentioned just above. Odds are we’ll have some follow-up voting before too long. ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/29 "2016-03-21T01:57:57Z")
I voted Catherine Deneuve, but if you add Barbara Feldon, I’ll definitely have my choices for Most Likely Threesome. ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/30 "2016-03-21T03:18:18Z")
Here’s an update after 60 Voters have had a say. ==================================== View Poll Results: Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? This poll will close on 05-19-2016 at 08:14 AM ```auto Audrey Hepburn 14 23.33% Grace Kelly 6 10.00% Catherine Deneuve 5 8.33% Sophia Loren 4 6.67% Brigitte Bardot 3 5.00% Marilyn Monroe 3 5.00% Diana Rigg 3 5.00% Katherine Ross 3 5.00% Natalie Wood 3 5.00% Ingrid Bergman 2 3.33% Jean Shrimpton 2 3.33% Elizabeth Taylor 2 3.33% Pier Angeli 1 1.67% Claudia Cardinale 1 1.67% Julie Christie 1 1.67% France Gall 1 1.67% Ava Gardner 1 1.67% Lesley Gore 1 1.67% Hedy Lamarr 1 1.67% Gina Lollobrigida 1 1.67% Mary Tyler Moore 1 1.67% Jill St. John 1 1.67% Barbara Bain 0 0% Capucine 0 0% Charo 0 0% Dorothy Dandridge 0 0% Donna Douglas 0 0% Jane Fonda 0 0% Francoise Hardy 0 0% Goldie Hawn 0 0% Rita Hayworth 0 0% Jayne Mansfield 0 0% Ann Margret 0 0% Elizabeth Montgomery 0 0% Nichelle Nichols 0 0% Maureen O'Hara 0 0% Debra Paget 0 0% Suzy Parker 0 0% Michelle Phillips 0 0% Vanessa Redgrave 0 0% Diana Ross 0 0% Jane Russell 0 0% Romy Schneider 0 0% Jean Seberg 0 0% Edie Sedgwick 0 0% Jean Simmons 0 0% Sabine Sinjen 0 0% Marlo Thomas 0 0% Sylvie Vartan 0 0% Raquel Welch 0 0% Dana Wynter 0 0% ``` Voters: 60 ==================================== ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/31 "2016-03-21T04:02:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’ll add her to the “overflow list” mentioned just above. Odds are we’ll have some follow-up voting before too long. That “overflow list” currently consists of [this list which I’m maintaining offline.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19196136&postcount=76) As other names get mentioned for the category (1950s-1960s FEMALE Celebrities) I’ll add them to the list for further consideration later. ---
**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 21, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/32 "2016-03-21T04:48:58Z")
Initial results point towards an Audrey Hepburn win, but I don’t think of her as “beautiful.” She’s more “cute” in a perky way. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/33 "2016-03-21T04:50:02Z")
Marilyn Monroe. She WAS female beauty in the '50s. Unfortunately, a still photo can never capture her allure; it was all in the way she moved, including her face. Someone like Audrey Hepburn was more photogenic in photos, but if you could see the two of them walking together, all eyes would be on Marilyn. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/34 "2016-03-21T05:18:43Z")
Sophia Loren forever. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/35 "2016-03-21T06:20:32Z")
For some reason Audrey Hepburn always wins these things. I voted for Sophia Loren, but I could have also gone for Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, or Raquel Welch. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/36 "2016-03-21T09:50:30Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Beauty is very subjective. All of the women on the list are attractive enough, and a decision is not as clear cut as one would think. Yep. Put the ladies into the steel cage. ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/37 "2016-03-21T21:04:05Z")
I voted in this poll last night and already forgot who I voted for! Alcohol may have been involved. Just now I went through the list and image searched some of the names I wasn’t familiar with and some I was. My top two were Hedy Lamarr and Natalie Wood. Hope I voted for one of them. ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/38 "2016-03-21T22:06:46Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I voted in this poll last night and already forgot who I voted for! Alcohol may have been involved. Just now I went through the list and image searched some of the names I wasn’t familiar with and some I was. > > My top two were Hedy Lamarr and Natalie Wood. Hope I voted for one of them. Sorry about the anonymous voting! Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. 😉 Based purely on my memory, I’m pretty sure Hedy got her vote early on. Nat has had several so I’m guessing you were one of Nat’s votes. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/39 "2016-03-21T22:16:02Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Based purely on my memory, I’m pretty sure Hedy got her vote early on. Nat has had several so I’m guessing you were one of Nat’s votes. Now that I see the current counts I can’t be sure of what I just said! :dubious: Here’s an update: ==================================== View Poll Results: Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? This poll will close on 05-19-2016 at 08:14 AM ```auto Audrey Hepburn 19 22.35% Grace Kelly 10 11.76% Sophia Loren 9 10.59% Catherine Deneuve 6 7.06% Marilyn Monroe 5 5.88% Natalie Wood 5 5.88% Elizabeth Taylor 4 4.71% Brigitte Bardot 3 3.53% Claudia Cardinale 3 3.53% Diana Rigg 3 3.53% Katherine Ross 3 3.53% Ingrid Bergman 2 2.35% Hedy Lamarr 2 2.35% Jean Shrimpton 2 2.35% Pier Angeli 1 1.18% Julie Christie 1 1.18% Dorothy Dandridge 1 1.18% France Gall 1 1.18% Ava Gardner 1 1.18% Lesley Gore 1 1.18% Gina Lollobrigida 1 1.18% Mary Tyler Moore 1 1.18% Jill St. John 1 1.18% ``` Voters: 85 ==================================== ---
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/40 "2016-03-22T17:22:31Z")
So, Lassie isn’t beautiful then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640.md?page=3)