# Your first celebrity crush . . . then and now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851 "2012-03-26T15:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/21 "2012-03-26T16:58:30Z")
I think my first “celebrity” (if you could have called her that back then) crush was Mellisa Joan Hart when she was on “Clarissa Explains it All” on Nickelodeon. I was probably 10 or 11, and according to IMDB, she was 15 or 16 at the time. She’s still looking pretty good, which makes sense since she’s only in her mid-30’s. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/22 "2012-03-26T17:00:07Z")
Angie Dickenson [Then](http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Dickinson,%20Angie/Annex/Annex%20-%20Dickinson,%20Angie%20(Point%20Blank)_01.jpg) [Now](http://cdn03.cdnwp.celebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/27/angie-dickinson.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/23 "2012-03-26T17:03:12Z")
Angela Cartwright. I was like 8 years old and she was a Goddess! > **[Penny Robinson](https://lostinspace.fandom.com/wiki/Penny_Robinson)** > > You may be looking for: Penny Robinson (Original Series) as played by Angela Cartwright Penny Robinson (1998) as played by Lacey Chabert Penny Robinson (2004) as played by Shea and Regan Elmer Penny Robinson (Netflix) as played by Mina Sundwall Now, I aint so sure 🙂 [http://angela-cartwright.com/](http://angela-cartwright.com/) ---
**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 26, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/24 "2012-03-26T17:05:08Z")
The little girl in the Witch Mountain films (hey, I was seven years old) grew up to be Paris Hilton’s aunt. Weird, man! ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/25 "2012-03-26T17:08:54Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The little girl in the Witch Mountain films (hey, I was seven years old) grew up to be Paris Hilton’s aunt. Weird, man! Kim Richards, she was a crush for me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/26 "2012-03-26T17:09:23Z")
Yummy, **Monte Markham**. Ca. 1970: [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1940/Monte\_Markham.jpg](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1940/Monte_Markham.jpg) And ca. now: [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_yEehJHWKU6k/THb1am3xOiI/AAAAAAAABSo/\_93ejjrvhug/s1600/andmonte2.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yEehJHWKU6k/THb1am3xOiI/AAAAAAAABSo/_93ejjrvhug/s1600/andmonte2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/27 "2012-03-26T17:33:00Z")
[Barry Manilow then](http://image.lyricspond.com/image/b/artist-barry-manilow/album-barry-manilow-i/cd-cover.jpg) [and now](http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_listing_full/public/barrymanilowbarryobama.jpg) I’ve been in love with Barry since about 1974. My husband says he looks like [Topo Gigio](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RX-g7J2bhnw/S996m9ABsfI/AAAAAAAAAEg/qQ2ezTVgYvA/s1600/topo-gigio.jpg) now, but I don’t care. _throws panties_ ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/28 "2012-03-26T17:48:29Z")
Matt Dillon [then](http://www.moviecatcher.net/images/matt-dillon2.jpg) [Now](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Matt_Dillon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/220px-Matt_Dillon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg) I still think he’s delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/29 "2012-03-26T17:50:39Z")
Would have either been James Mason or Christopher Lee. Both stayed remarkably attractive - Lee still, and Mason right up to his death. It’s the voices and the dark, slightly cruel eyes. ---
**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 26, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/30 "2012-03-26T17:54:34Z")
Can’t remember if I first crushed on Cindy Brady or Kimberly Drummond. But the lastest on Cindy? [Ain’t so much my type](http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/susan-olsen-abcs-50th-anniversary-all-star-party-1HGQA6.jpg). The Drummond girl [just ended up a hot mess](http://www.peoplequiz.com/images/bios/Dana-Plato.jpg-6202.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/31 "2012-03-26T17:55:55Z")
Nancy Mckeon, a then and now combo photo : [http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnslo&tbnid=3pHJSOC1PE\_KIM:&imgrefurl=http://nancymckeon.webs.com/apps/photos/photo%3Fphotoid%3D29596118&docid=wVW-I84PZX7VBM&imgurl=http://nancymckeon.webs.com/undefined/ap\_mckeon\_080528\_ssh.jpg&w=531&h=411&ei=vaxwT9O\_K4uIhQel7\_nCBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=169&vpy=124&dur=2402&hovh=197&hovw=255&tx=126&ty=128&sig=104564065727451653753&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=153&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnslo&tbnid=3pHJSOC1PE_KIM:&imgrefurl=http://nancymckeon.webs.com/apps/photos/photo%3Fphotoid%3D29596118&docid=wVW-I84PZX7VBM&imgurl=http://nancymckeon.webs.com/undefined/ap_mckeon_080528_ssh.jpg&w=531&h=411&ei=vaxwT9O_K4uIhQel7_nCBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=169&vpy=124&dur=2402&hovh=197&hovw=255&tx=126&ty=128&sig=104564065727451653753&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=153&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0) She’s aged better than most - more attractive now than when she was young. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/32 "2012-03-26T18:00:16Z")
As a kid, probably Ann Margaret. Sex kitten [then](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/content/171519.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/171519.html&h=650&w=640&sz=74&tbnid=fvRdj_J07RM9HM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=90&zoom=1&docid=LUVRHBkW5fyBsM&sa=X&ei=UK5wT5SkEqeYiQL8gqj-BA&ved=0CFcQ9QEwBQ&dur=1198), not bad [now](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ann-margret-from-sweden.com/various/magazines/08_palm_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ann-margret-from-sweden.com/various/magazines/08_palmsprings.html&h=510&w=400&sz=105&tbnid=8pv1udCKro94JM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=73&zoom=1&docid=xB-JQSC9M15fvM&sa=X&ei=UK5wT5SkEqeYiQL8gqj-BA&ved=0CFEQ9QEwAw&dur=704). ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/33 "2012-03-26T18:03:59Z")
[Phoebe Cates then.](http://www.joblo.com/images_arrownews/pcq22.jpg) [And now (well, in 2010 - she’s just not out much these days).](http://cbswwmx.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/phoebe-cates-look-like-now.png?w=385&h=462) Still looks good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/34 "2012-03-26T18:08:21Z")
Well my first crush (Anthony Perkins) was on someone who at the time was already _dead_, so I doubt that would count. But after him was Billy Campbell from “The Rocketeer”. [Then](http://images.blu-ray.com/movies/covers/28926_front.jpg) [Now](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm135052800/nm0001004) Still looking _fine_. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/35 "2012-03-26T18:25:51Z")
Gene Wilder, in _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. [Then](http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gene_Wilder_2431.jpg) [Now](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/GeneWilderMay07.jpg/220px-GeneWilderMay07.jpg)(2007) He’s still got the same twinkle in his eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/36 "2012-03-26T18:37:40Z")
Joanne Whaley(Kilmer) Then- in “Willow” [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29754/1685715-sorsha\_willow\_07\_large.jpg](http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/29754/1685715-sorsha_willow_07_large.jpg) Now- in “The Borgias” [http://seriesandtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/joanne-whaley-casting-borgias-vanozza-cattanei.jpg](http://seriesandtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/joanne-whaley-casting-borgias-vanozza-cattanei.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/37 "2012-03-26T18:44:42Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Gene Wilder, in _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. > > [Then](http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gene_Wilder_2431.jpg) > > [Now](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/GeneWilderMay07.jpg/220px-GeneWilderMay07.jpg)(2007) > > He’s still got the same twinkle in his eyes! I agree, that is a beautiful man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/38 "2012-03-26T20:42:36Z")
I remember crushing on [this guy](http://content8.flixster.com/photo/10/87/13/10871338_ori.jpg) when I was a wee little one. I don’t know why. He doesn’t seem my type at all. [I think he looks much better now.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FGrxKMwdUu8/R6X8ayu_XGI/AAAAAAAACgE/RgKOcEcijkc/s320/Chris+Makepeace+Meatballs+Today.bmp) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/39 "2012-03-26T20:48:24Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > [Cheryl Ladd](http://www.celebscentral.net/user/picture/58250/) > > She is [looking great!](http://www.carreck.com/wallpaper/Jordan_Ladd/full/2.php) That second one is not Cheryl Ladd. Is that her daughter? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851/40 "2012-03-26T20:51:17Z")
I had the hots for Jay North’s sidekick in Maya: [Sajid Khan](http://www.sajidkhan.com/index.html?http%3A//www.sajidkhan.com/music.html). [Today](http://www.sajidkhan.com/index.html?http%3A//www.sajidkhan.com/moresajid.html), not so much, but then I’m not as cute as I was in the 60s either. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-celebrity-crush-then-and-now/616851.md?page=3)