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04-06-2017 03:44 PM
Susan Hayward
04-06-2017 03:52 PM
04-06-2017 03:58 PM
Cyd Charisse - one of the most beautiful dancers at MGM.
Grace Kelly - a timeless beauty in Rear Window and To Catch a Thief
Audrey Hepburn - not only beautiful but well spoken. A true fashion icon even to this day!
Elizabeth Taylor - a beautiful child actress who was able to transition to adult roles (not a common thing in those days either).
04-06-2017 03:58 PM
Ginger Rogers
Marian Hutton
Elizabeth Taylor
04-06-2017 04:14 PM
@Tinkrbl44 , I was curious about the same thing. All of the actresses mentioned were beautiful and I am sure they done all they could to remain that way due to thier line of business. I think Ingrid Bergman had such a a lovely complexion as did her daughter that was an actress ( whose name I can not think of at the moment__________Rosselini??sp?)
I think it was hard for the press to catch them without make-up back then. Probably due to bulkier cameras,studio contracts etc. I have seen many current popular figures sans makeup and it really isn't bad .
I remember reading in Doris Day's autobiography how much she hated the heavy 'pancake' makeup she was obliged to wear when working and so glad when lighter ones were developed.
Of course we all have the April of our prime--and then the following months.
04-06-2017 04:14 PM
I enjoy talking to my Mom about those actresses. That's how I know most of them because I haven't watched many old movies.
I did go through my phases of being slightly obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth in National Velvet, she was just breathtaking. Same for Grace Kelly, to me her beauty was just otherworldly. And I'd say her wedding dress is still the most beautiful I've ever seen.
04-06-2017 04:42 PM
Shirly Temple
"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."
04-06-2017 04:42 PM
Elizabeth when she was just 14
And later. Wow she was so beautiful
04-06-2017 04:58 PM
I love this thread, these ladies were beautiful did anyone say Lana Turner? So many so many beautiful women...............back in those days...........Bette Davis was beautiful to me and well I just do not like Joan Crawford................
04-06-2017 06:05 PM - edited 04-06-2017 06:12 PM
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
Hi Lilac!
Not being a smart aleck here, but these "naturally beautiful" women were always photographed in full makeup and there were filters on the lenses. I'd love to see photos side by side with these women in a publicity shot, and one with no makeup on at all. JMO
This is true. But they didn't have plastic surgery, facelifts, breast implants, botox injections and liposuction, and photoshopping, etc. At least to my knowledge.
They might have had facelifts as they got older, but I was talking mostly of their hey days when they were young. Not that I think anything is wrong with them having any of these procedures.
And not that I think anything is wrong with what they all do these days. To me it's a personal choice. I had my lower eyelids done when huge water buckets developed under my eyes from hypothyroidism, and I have never regretted doing it. They never came back.
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