Women I fell in love with growing up
by 0DegreesKelvin | created - 17 Nov 2013 | updated - 18 Oct 2020 | PublicThis list covers women who stole my heart with their beauty when I was a kid and a teenager. Some of them are the same age as me since they got their start when they were teenagers, too.
1. Mariette Hartley
Actress | The Incredible Hulk
Mariette Hartley was born Mary Loretta, a name she dislikes, in Weston, Connecticut. She was raised in accordance with the principles espoused by her behavioral psychologist grandfather, John B. Watson, who believed that children should never be held or cuddled. She says that the lack of warmth at ...
I remember Mariette Hartley mainly from The Incredible Hulk, but also from other TV series. She was not only beautiful, but soft-spoken.
2. Persis Khambatta
Actress | Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Persis Khambatta was born on October 2, 1948 in Bombay, India. When aged 16, as Femina Miss India, she entered Miss Universe 1965, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought at the last minute. Khambatta became a model for companies such as Revlon. Her biggest acting break was getting the role of ...
Star Trek The Motion Picture is the first time I saw Persis Khambatta. I saw a magazine article around that time that showed her having her head shaved for the role, so I got to see how stunningly beautiful she was before and after. Such a tragic, untimely death.
3. Lindsay Wagner
Actress | The Bionic Woman
Lindsay Wagner makes little distinction between her life as an actress, advocate, mother or author. What unites these various parts is a commitment through her work and her personal life to exploring and advancing human potential.
Lindsay first came to prominence in the critically-acclaimed role of ...
What young man didn't fall in love with The Bionic Woman? Very few, I can only imagine.
4. Nancy Allen
Actress | Dressed to Kill
Nancy Anne Allen was born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, the youngest of three children. Her father, Eugene Allen, was a New York police lieutenant. At a young age, she trained for a dancing career at the High School of Performing Arts, and then attended Jose Quintano's School ...
Nancy has been in many movies and TV shows. She has that girl-next-door look that there's just something about that I love. She's pretty. She's cute. I love her to death.
5. Catherine Mary Stewart
Actress | The Last Starfighter
Catherine Mary Stewart's career has spanned more than 30 years and over 50 different productions, from film to television to theater, in England, Canada and the United States. She was living in London studying dance, acting and singing when she was cast in her first professional acting role as the ...
Catherine is about my age, but I remember her from movies like Nighthawks and The Last Starfighter. Those stunning eyes and perfect face stole my heart.
6. Karen Allen
Actress | Raiders of the Lost Ark
Karen Jane Allen was born in Carrollton, rural southern Illinois, to Patricia (Howell), a teacher, and Carroll Thompson Allen, an FBI agent. She spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her parents and two sisters. She was always "the new girl in school." Acting did not really ...
I was smitten by Karen Allen's super-cute body and warm-the-earth smile from several movies, first among them, Starman, then of course Raiders of the Lost Arc and Scrooged. She corners the market on cuteness.
7. Brooke Adams
Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949 in New York City, to Rosalind (Gould), an actress, and Robert Kaufmann Adams, a former CBS vice president. She was educated at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and the School of the American Ballet.
Starting her career on the stage, her ...
Brooke Adams stunned me in Invasion of the Body Snatchers with her beautiful face and heart-warming smile, plus the fact that I'm a sucker for brunettes. As a youth, I saw it on TV, so I didn't get to see her gorgeous body as it was shown in theaters. Seeing it later, though, I was not disappointed. It's been decades since that movie and she is still a gorgeous, gorgeous woman.
8. Robin Wright
Actress | Forrest Gump
Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After ...
Robin Wright is only two months older than I. I fell in love with Robin watching her in Santa Barbara. It's the only soap opera I watched, and I watched it to see her. Later on, she starred in The Princess Bride, which only reinforced my smitten-ness.
9. Michelle Pfeiffer
Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older brother and two younger sisters - Dedee Pfeiffer, and Lori Pfeiffer, who both dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it their lives' work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High ...
One of the most beautiful faces in the world appeared on the silver screen in Ladyhawke. The most stunning scene: when she confronted the wicked Bishop and dropped the hood she wore as a hawk.
10. Grace Kelly
Actress | Dial M for Murder
On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to wealthy parents. Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age. After her high school graduation in 1947, Grace ...
She was a princess in every respect, and Princess Grace was the object of affection for many, including young men like me who saw first her in Rear Window.
11. Jami Gertz
Actress | Twister
Jami Gertz was born on October 28, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Twister (1996), The Lost Boys (1987) and Still Standing (2002). She has been married to Antony Ressler since June 16, 1989. They have three children.
Jamie's raven locks, dark eyes and rocking body in tight jeans first got my attention in Crossroads, and again in The Lost Boys and Less Than Zero. Her sultry sexiness just oozes like melted honey. A year older than me, but still looks stunning and sultry. Gotta love Jami.
12. Connie Sellecca
Actress | The Greatest American Hero
Connie Sellecca was born on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Greatest American Hero (1981), Hotel (1983) and Beyond Westworld (1980). She has been married to John Tesh since April 4, 1992. They have one child. She was previously married to Gil ...
I'm a dead sucker for long, raven hair and Connie Sellecca had it, along with drop-dead gorgeous looks, and girl-next-door demeanor, she defined tall, dark and beautiful.
13. Mia Sara
Actress | Timecop
Mia Sara is an American actress. She is best known for Legend (1985) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
She also had minor roles in A Stranger Among Us (1992) and Timecop (1994).
In 1996, she married Jason Connery, son of Sean Connery, with whom she performed in Bullet to Beijing (1995). In June ...
Every high schooler wanted to cut class and spend a day with Mia Sara. She's a year younger than me, but when she starred as Sloane in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Lily in Legend, she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
14. Tracy Scoggins
Actress | Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Tracy Dawn Scoggins was born and raised in Dickinson, Texas. At age 16, she enrolled in Southwest Texas State, where she studied speech communications and physical education. After leaving college, she was hired by the Elite Modeling Agency and sent to New York City. After one year, she continued ...
Tracy Scoggins always caught my attention in various shows. Every time she was the guest star in shows like The A-Team, Remington Steele, The Fall Guy, and The Dukes of Hazzard, her beauty stood out and stole the show.
15. Linda Harrison
Actress | Beneath the Planet of the Apes
A native of Berlin, Maryland, Linda Harrison was Miss Berlin at 16, then a model in New York's Garment Center. Homesickness brought her back to Maryland, where she entered and won the state beauty pageant. During the finals in the Miss International contest (held in Long Beach, California), she was...
Linda Harrison's waist-length hair and killer physique made many a man's heart race when she gallivanted around in a skimpy outfit while running from simians in Planet of the Apes. Keep your blondes, give me Linda Harrison any day. She's still a knock-out today.
16. Teri Hatcher
Actress | Tomorrow Never Dies
Teri Hatcher is an American actress, writer, presenter, and former NFL cheerleader. She is known for her television roles, portraying Lois Lane on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997), and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), ...
Teri Hatcher turned heads in neck-snapping proportions in Tango & Cash with that porcelain-doll face and superb curves, most notably when she ran out of the exploding building at the end of that movie (thank God for slow motion). She stunned everyone wearing nothing but a cape for a Lois & Clark promotional. I've always said she's too skinny since those days. She's still gorgeous, but I'd like to see some meat back on those bones.
17. Madeleine Stowe
Actress | Twelve Monkeys
Madeleine Stowe was born in Los Angeles, California, to Mireya Maria (Mora Steinvorth) and Robert Alfred Stowe, a civil engineer. Her mother was a from a prominent political family in Costa Rica. Stowe grew up in Eagle Rock, a working-class neighborhood of Los Angeles. At age ten she started ...
No one, I mean no one, was more sexy in a simple white dress like we saw in Revenge, or made me want to run out and buy a Jeep. Not to be too crass, but her butt just about made me bust a blood vessel. She took sultry to the next level. But my heart was broken at the end of the movie, just when I thought the lovers would live happily ever after.
18. Charlene Holt
Actress | El Dorado
Born Verna Charlene Stavely. Holt, a former "Miss Maryland," enjoyed a rewarding modeling career prior to her screen work in both films and television that began when caught director Howard Hawks's attention when he saw her in a lipstick commercial. After her debut appearance in the Sandra ...
Charlene's face was chiseled perfection, and that soft, sultry, sexy voice made me want to be Cole Thornton to her Maudie in El Dorado. I could easily imagine wanting to return there to her waiting arms and always wondered at Thornton for wanting to leave her behind, even if he had shot the McDonald boy.
19. Sela Ward
Actress | Independence Day: Resurgence
Hallelujah for Sela. Everyone's favorite "Sister" was born Sela Ann Ward, on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi. Sela's parents were Annie Kate (Boswell) and Granberry Holland Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer; the three younger children in the family are Jenna (1957), Berry (1959) and Brock (...
Sela is still amazing today, let alone when she was young. She's the definition of sultry, classy, and intelligent. Her dark hair, alluring smile, and amazing figure could win my heart at any age.
20. Michele Carey
Actress | El Dorado
Michele Carey was born on February 26, 1942 in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for El Dorado (1966), Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) and The Wild Wild West (1965). She was married to Fred G. Strebel. She died on November 21, 2018 in Newport Beach, California, USA.
Michele caught my attention in El Dorado. With her thick, voluptuous hair, sexy, husky voice, and gorgeous curves. No leading lady ever looked better in old-west, leather pants.
21. Tahnee Welch
Actress | Cocoon
Tahnee Welch was born in 1961 in San Diego, California, daughter of father James Welch and mother Raquel Tejada (actress Raquel Welch), and the younger sister of Damon Welch. Most of her childhood was spent between Spain, England and Italy, returning to an all-girls school in the United States.
At ...
She's Raquel Welch's daughter, and she inherited her mother's beauty. She caught my eye in Cocoon. A beautiful face and perfectly proportioned physique makes Cocoon worth watching over and over again.
22. Eva Marie Saint
Actress | On the Waterfront
Actress and producer Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924 on Newark, New Jersey. She is known for starring in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Her film career also includes ...
Eva Marie Saint has been in many movies, most notably Hitchcock's North by Northwest. She has grace, sophistication, and natural beauty. She kept that beauty, grace, and sophistication throughout her elder years. Hard to believe she'll be 96 on July 4, 2020! She's an amazing lady.
23. Jane Seymour
Actress | Somewhere in Time
Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was ...
Jane Seymour is simply one of the most beautiful women alive. I remember her from shows like Battlestar Galactica and Somewhere In Time, where her beauty made it impossible to see anything else on the screen. Her hair was often waist-length, which is a personal favorite for me. Her beauty has not diminished over time.
24. BernNadette Stanis
Actress | Good Times
BernNadette Stanis is best known as Thelma from Good Times (1974), but there's much more to her than that. In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became TV's first black sex symbol or "It" girl. Thelma/BernNadette and the Evans ...
I watched her on Good Times when I was a kid and thought she was so pretty. Thing is, when I see her today, she's still so pretty! BernNadette has timeless beauty!
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