# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/41 "2016-03-22T17:28:24Z")
Yes, but a bitch to work with. The only acceptable answer to the poll is Grace Kelly. That is all. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/42 "2016-03-22T17:31:41Z")
I remember asking my mother and grandmother this question when I was a little girl in the early '60s. Their collective answer, without hesitation, was Elizabeth Taylor. So I’m going with Liz. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/43 "2016-03-22T17:47:09Z")
I’ve always had a thing for 60s Linda Ronstadt, but alas she didn’t make the list. So I went with the stunning Claudia Cardinale. [I](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36600000/Claudia-Cardinale-image-claudia-cardinale-36696094-463-872.jpg) [mean](http://www.adoredvintage.com/vintageblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/c9324db1bf556db622b393291e039bba.jpg) [Holy](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21100000/Claudia-Cardinale-claudia-cardinale-21182320-512-683.jpg) [Shish](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9800000/Claudia-Cardinale-claudia-cardinale-9839865-454-369.jpg) [Kabob](http://40.media.tumblr.com/7dd7fdb10dd9061eaea280a49bc4a9e7/tumblr_n3a8ejoDs01r7xatro1_1280.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/44 "2016-03-22T21:25:44Z")
I’m curious. How long did it take to create this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/45 "2016-03-23T00:36:31Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m curious. How long did it take to create this thread? The longest time was spent on the preliminary phase, getting a list of candidates. That part went from 03-19-2016, 03:15 PM until roughly #66 03-20-2016, 07:44 AM Putting the poll itself together after that period took until right before #68 03-20-2016, 08:19 AM Poll now up at [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=787748](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=787748) Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? 03-20-2016, 08:04 AM So roughly 16 hours of getting names and then 20 minutes or so to put the poll together. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/46 "2016-03-23T02:03:57Z")
After 108 Voters have made their picks, the top of the list looks like this: ```auto Audrey Hepburn 24 22.22% Grace Kelly 14 12.96% Sophia Loren 10 9.26% Catherine Deneuve 7 6.48% Natalie Wood 6 5.56% Claudia Cardinale 5 4.63% Marilyn Monroe 5 4.63% Elizabeth Taylor 5 4.63% Diana Rigg 4 3.70% Brigitte Bardot 3 2.78% Katherine Ross 3 2.78% ``` I’d like some feedback on how we should proceed so as to be able to be fair to those ladies who have fallen a bit short due to the One Vote Per Customer nature of this poll. Counting this group as winners so far – to be excluded from a Second Pass – I’m thinking a separate poll with maybe three votes per Voter (honor system) for all those women with 2 votes or fewer from this poll, along with the “overflow group” who weren’t even on the poll this time, should give us a better representation from this time period. What would you like to see as improvement(s) on these ideas? I’ll wait a few days before proceeding to a second phase of this project. Here are the “overflow” names so far: \*\* Jaqueline Bisset Barbara Feldon Susan Hayward Virna Lisi Yvette Mimieux Jackie Onassis Jennifer O’Neill Linda Ronstadt \*\* Add other names if you really like them! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/47 "2016-03-23T02:12:25Z")
My DH wants to know why Doris Day isn’t on the list. Maybe she should go on the overflow? Me, I voted for Sophia Loren but I can see in my mind Elizabeth Taylor in her early days and might have changed my mind if I could. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/48 "2016-03-23T02:16:00Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve always had a thing for 60s Linda Ronstadt, but alas she didn’t make the list. > > So I went with the stunning Claudia Cardinale. [I](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36600000/Claudia-Cardinale-image-claudia-cardinale-36696094-463-872.jpg) [mean](http://www.adoredvintage.com/vintageblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/c9324db1bf556db622b393291e039bba.jpg) [Holy](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21100000/Claudia-Cardinale-claudia-cardinale-21182320-512-683.jpg) [Shish](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9800000/Claudia-Cardinale-claudia-cardinale-9839865-454-369.jpg) [Kabob](http://40.media.tumblr.com/7dd7fdb10dd9061eaea280a49bc4a9e7/tumblr_n3a8ejoDs01r7xatro1_1280.jpg). I voted for Claudia as well, having never heard of her until this thread, and based just on a photo linked to upthread. (Yay fighting ignorance!) Also…I take it you’re a man? If so, I’ve been mistaken all this time – I always associate you with Happy Rockefeller. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/49 "2016-03-23T02:32:03Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > My DH wants to know why Doris Day isn’t on the list. Maybe she should go on the overflow? > > Me, I voted for Sophia Loren but I can see in my mind Elizabeth Taylor in her early days and might have changed my mind if I could. I’ll add Doris to Overflow. I also have problems deciding on Liz vs. Sophia. Longevity and maintained good looks would make me take Sophia. ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/50 "2016-03-23T03:55:09Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > So, Lassie isn’t beautiful then? > [@Shodan](#): > > Yes, but a bitch to work with. But wasn’t Lassie really a Laddie? A canine ladyboy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/51 "2016-03-23T03:57:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > But wasn’t Lassie really a Laddie? A canine ladyboy. That’s what I’ve heard. No cite beyond a fuzzy memory. Just always struck me as a bit weird. I don’t know about Cheetah, though! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/52 "2016-03-23T04:06:58Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Also…I take it you’re a man? If so, I’ve been mistaken all this time – I always associate you with Happy Rockefeller. More like Happy Loman. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/53 "2016-03-23T04:17:53Z")
It is quite likely that Grace Kelly is the most beautiful woman who ever lived. If it’s discovered that she faked her death because she was actually Melian, slumming in the mortal lands for a season, I would not be surprised. ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/54 "2016-03-23T04:25:05Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I voted for Claudia as well, having never heard of her until this thread, and based just on a photo linked to upthread. (Yay fighting ignorance!) She’s even better in [motion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMDwLuwLKkA). ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/55 "2016-03-23T04:25:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That’s what I’ve heard. No cite beyond a fuzzy memory. Just always struck me as a bit weird. I don’t know about Cheetah, though! 😃 The explanation I always heard was male dogs are easier to train. I guess the females really are bitches. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/56 "2016-03-24T01:41:05Z")
I married into an Italian family. So I voted for Sophia Loren because a) I’ve already shown an affinity for that kind of appearance, and b) I’m very, very afraid of what my female in-laws would do to me if I didn’t. :o ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/57 "2016-03-24T01:53:52Z")
New poll is now up: > **[Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? (Second Pass)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=788124)** > > Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? 03-20-2016, 08:04 AM … … has the First Pass of this survey poll. The women on that poll who got fewer than 3 votes (as of a few minutes ago) are now on this poll along with the... Who was the most beautiful FEMALE celebrity of the 1950s-1960s? (Second Pass) 03-23-2016, 08:33 PM ---
**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 24, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/58 "2016-03-24T02:40:46Z")
Catherine Deneuve no longer made the cut? In the new poll. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/59 "2016-03-24T02:42:33Z")
Half of those celebs I don’t even know, and am not going to trawl for photos, so I’ll stick with who I do know. Audrey Hepburn is undoubtedly cute as a button, and glamorously beautiful at the same time, and ticks all my boxes, but for me it’s a toss up between her and Ann Margret, who seems effortlessly sexy, and remains beautiful today (or until recently, judging from the last ten years of photos online). I seem to be the only one who has voted for Ann Margret, so that’s interesting. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640/60 "2016-03-24T10:18:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > She’s even better in [motion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMDwLuwLKkA). Wow, thanks. Tunisia’s gift to the world. That complication video is now near the top of my Favorites list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-most-beautiful-female-celebrity-of-the-1950s-1960s/749640.md?page=2)