Who was your first celebrity crush?

[milestogo]

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Olivia Newton-John, Lindsey Wagner, Farrah (nt)

[Effete Snob]

54. Obligatory Farah Fawcett cheesecake

Did you, or anyone you know, have THE poster....

[Hugh_Lebowski]

55. Lol ... I had 'the poster' but it was printed on a rectangular pillow that I cuddled at night ...

I was like 10, and I was smitten

[Effete Snob]

58. It came on a pillow?!?!?

Dang.

I would have never left my room.

Your parents let you sleep with Farah Fawcett? Wow.

[sl8]

76. Well, that's a pretty racy reply title. nt

[Effete Snob]

119. Eventually, they had to put the dog down

[Hugh_Lebowski]

89. Sleep with her, yes ... I think I got my mom to buy me the pillow actually

But stay up late to watch Charlie's Angels on a school night? That wasn't happening

[Earth-shine]

144. I knew just what you meant when I read the words "Farrah" and "the poster."

A friend had this poster prominently on his bedroom wall when we were in Jr High School.

She died way too young at 62. RIP you beautiful woman.

[dem4decades]

2. I have his Christmas album, it's one of my favorites.

[bluedigger]

3. Probably That Girl.

Marlo Thomas, for you young whelps. She was everything a seven year old could ask for.

[nightwing1240]

15. She was so pretty

And my father loved Danny Thomas. He of course began St Jude's Hospital and now she is in charge and doing an amazing job.

[Genki Hikari]

27. Back when it was about to open

Danny Thomas personally recruited my mom to be among the original nursing staff at St Jude's. She had to turn him down because she had just gotten married to my useless dad, and that loser didn't want to move to Memphis.

[nightwing1240]

33. Wow for your mother

But damn, your father would not allow her that honor? Man, I am so sorry

[Effete Snob]

57. .

[malthaussen]

103. Weird, I never liked Marlo, or Elizabeth Montgomery...

... there were many women on the tube in the mid-late sixties I was strongly attracted to, but there were a couple that left me cold for some reason. Since I knew none of them, and they were all just characters on the TV, it's weird to me that some didn't appeal.

-- Mal

[bluedigger]

109. They say your tastes imprint early, based on your known acquaintances.

In my case, my 19 year old cousin lived with us for a year while they built a new house, probably when I was about six. She had long dark hair, and my course was set, lol.

[malthaussen]

114. Idiosyncratically, I'm not sure I buy that...

... although I do have a definite aesthetic preference, I have been strongly attracted to a few different types. I'm also perverse, because some of the biggest sex symbols of history do nothing for me at all, but I do like others, maybe in part due to the character portrayed. For example, while I only watched a couple of episodes of "Charlie's Angels," Farrah bored me, but I liked Kate Jackson quite a lot, but after Farrah was replaced by Cheryl Ladd, my interest was piqued. Definitely, there is no accounting for taste, I've spent many an idle time trying to figure out why one person leaves me hot, and another cold, even if she might be aesthetically better set up.

-- Mal

[bluedigger]

120. Kate was always my favorite Angel as well.

It's not a rule, but it stands as a generalization, I think. And it only applies to physical appearance, really. Intelligence is always the biggest attractor, for me, at least.

[Phoenix61]

4. Davey Jones of the Monkees. nt

[FalloutShelter]

17. I hear you...

I was a Mike fan


For old times sake:

[MLAA]

28. +1

[Genki Hikari]

24. My favorite Monkee was Michael Nesmith

He seemed to be the "smart" one of the bunch. That made him interesting to me.

[ChazII]

189. My favorite Monkee, too. n/t

[milestogo]

52. Did you listen to "Shades of Gray" and cry?

And hug the album cover.

[dhol82]

5. Tab Hunter

[Effete Snob]

46. Can you pick him out of this lineup

[dhol82]

131. Second one back

Not the best picture of him I’ve seen.



My other heartthrob at a young age was Gardner McKay from Adventures in Paradise. Had a world map on my bedroom wall and circled the islands in the South Pacific. Put them on my bucket list.

[Upthevibe]

186. This one...

While my friends had posters of Davie Jones, David Cassidy, and Bobby Sherman on their walls, this is the guy I lusted after....

[nightwing1240]

6. Judy Carne from Laugh-In

Not sure if it was the red hair the accent or mini-skirts but I fell in love with that woman

[Effete Snob]

43. .

[nightwing1240]

50. Whoa! That's my crush, thank you!

Be still my heart

[malthaussen]

97. Yup. n/t

[AnnaLee]

8. Absolute first?

Mr. Ed

[Mister Ed]

21. I never knew. n/t

[zuul]

29. No one can talk to a horse of course. n/t

[lapfog_1]

9. celeb crushes

very first... from when I was like 5 years old...



and my very last from when I was mid to late 20s...



my how my tastes changed over the years

[WheelWalker]

18. Yep. Annette.

[Effete Snob]

61. Cheesecake overload....

...but I'll go with this one which is notable for her NOT being in a bathing suit.

[mitch96]

117. +1 Annette drove this little kid nuts.. nt

[Croney]

10. Because I was not allowed to like Elvis...

[Effete Snob]

73. How would you like your beef wrapped?

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Paul McCartney

[Genki Hikari]

30. My favorite Beatle has changed over the years.

When I was a kid, it was Ringo. But most kids back in the 60s liked Ringo. He had the funny name, and he was funny.

When I was around 11, I became a George Harrison fan.

As an older teen, I grew to appreciate John Lennon as a songwriter and musician.

The only one I never crushed on was Paul. I've learned to appreciate him over the years as a songwriter, but he's never been my Beatles crush. Mo matter how many accolades he got as a bassist, I think he was always criminally underrated in that category. Every bass I hear, I think... "How would McCartney do that?"

[Diamond_Dog]

68. Well, in my defense,

I was 9 and thought Paul was cute.

[SharonClark]

159. Paul McCartney

Can a first crush last 60 years?

[ailsagirl]

147. Ditto here

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Troy Donahue

[Genki Hikari]

13. I was a strange 4 y/o

My first crush was Martin Landau as Rollin Hand on Mission Impossible:



I'll admit that I liked him because everyone else was so serious on MI, but he was always funny.

[Ocelot II]

14. Richard Chamberlain, from the Dr. Kildare tv series.

[Wicked Blue]

70. Same here

[EYESORE 9001]

16. Hard to say

When I was 6 or so, I was spellbound by a local TV children’s show host. She was so nice, dark hair done in a style like Jackie Kennedy, so sweet and gentle with the lucky kids who got to visit the studio. Oh, yeah…she could sing, play piano, and she was a ventriloquist. The complete package.

By the time puberty arrived, I had lost count of crushes. If I had to pick, I’d say Ann-Margret.

[Miguelito Loveless]

19. Child actor

Pamelyn Ferdin

[Effete Snob]

115. She was in a lot of stuff!

[Doc Sportello]

20. Elizabeth Montgomery

Bewitched started about the same time I hit puberty. Oh man, when she twitched her nose it was magic alright.

[Genki Hikari]

26. I don't know about magic

But I think Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most underrated beauties of the 60s TV era.

[Doc Sportello]

47. I agree

In some of her earlier appearances in the late 50s she was sultry and drop deal gorgeous. Different than the tv sitcom housewife you saw on Bewitched.

[Effete Snob]

94. Darren never came home to this

[Effete Snob]

38. Merry Christmas

[nightwing1240]

48. Had never seen this photo of her

But yes, she was a true beauty

[lark]

22. Jim Morrison was my first major crush.

Never stopped loving his music or thinking how fine he was. I had a boyfriend who looked a lot like him and it was such lust on my part!

[nightwing1240]

37. Jim Morrison was one of the most handsome men to ever live

I would try my best to dress and look like him but umm no lol I was not about to duplicate that man. Just imagine a short, italian-american man with kinky hair trying to look like Jimmy Morrison lol yikes

[lark]

40. LOL, you chose the right guy to try to emulate!

Funny about trying to look like your heroes. I have naturally curly hair, so I started wearing it parted down the center like Joplin and got some large rose colored octogon glasses like she rocked at the time. I knew the lyrics to all her songs and was privileged enough to see her at West Palm Pop Festival in 1970.

So sad I never got to see the Doors live, one of the major misses of my life.

[nightwing1240]

45. I loved Janis Joplin

Never got to see her or The Doors live but huge fan of hers and their music. I bet you looked great!

[murielm99]

60. I saw Janis live at Ravinia.

I will never forget it.

[CTyankee]

142. Marlon Brando in "The Wild One."

"What are you rebelling against?"

"What do you got?"

[nightwing1240]

164. lol good one and good movie

[ProudMNDemocrat]

23. Gary Cooper, then Charlton Heston

Between High Noon and The Ten Commandments. Two classics.

[FM123]

25. David Cassidy

[Effete Snob]

41. The man who launched an entire puka shell necklace industry

[debm55]

134. Agree, and Bobby Sherman.

[LakeArenal]

31. McCartney/Harrison. Both at once.

Then George went all India and in my 12 year old head that seemed crazy.

I never cared if they were dating. I thought Jane Asher and Patty Boyd were who I wanted to be. Cute and English.

[catbyte]

32. Luke Halpin in Flipper.

But, truth be told, the show started my life-long love of cetaceans which has far outlasted my love for Luke Halpin, lol.

Edited to add: So, I think this was my real crush, lol:

[Effete Snob]

62. It's actually hard to find one of him wearing a shirt...

v

[Glorfindel]

34. Tony Dow of "Leave It to Beaver"

He and I were both 12 years old when the TV series started.
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[Effete Snob]

51. Don't you think he was a little hard on the Beaver?

[Glorfindel]

56. Not compared to MY big brother

who was 13 years older than I.

[Chipper Chat]

35. .Pat Boone

[True Dough]

36. Loni Anderson

I was a boy whose parents watched WKRP on occasion. I caught a glimpse of "Jennifer Marlowe" and I was smitten.

[milestogo]

39. I almost forgot: David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin in The Man From U.N.C.L.E

[Effete Snob]

64. Adult swim only...

[milestogo]

67. ...

[catbyte]

82. Oh, yeah. I forgot about him.

[malthaussen]

107. How about as Doctor Mallard on NCIS? :)

One of my favorite exchanges from NCIS:

Kate: "What did Ducky look like when he was young?"
Gibbs: "Iliya Kuryakin!"

-- Mal

[milestogo]

122. Oh that's great.

Maybe that was the moment when I realized who he was!

[3catwoman3]

181. Oh, me too!

GMTA, as they say.

[Effete Snob]

42. Natasha Badenov

How could someone so bad make me feel so good...

[murielm99]

44. Ha! Now I don't feel so silly...

My first was Jerry Lewis.

[Effete Snob]

49. I think it works like duckling imprinting

The first person you see when the hormones start to kick in.

[nightwing1240]

53. Oh cool lol

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show! Does anyone remember munimula? (aluminum spelt backwards lol)

[SKKY]

59. Olivia Newton-John. I watched Xanadu like 4 times in the theater...

...just for her. Such a babe.

[Effete Snob]

63. But did you get physical?

[Mad_Dem_X]

126. She was my first girl-crush.

When I saw her in Xanadu, I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

[XanaDUer2]

165. I watched Xanadu for Michael Beck

Huge crush

[NoRethugFriends]

65. Valerie Bertinelli

[Effete Snob]

69. Hard to find THE defining image of her

But this is probably among the most memorable



Unless you had the poster in this issue:

[NoRethugFriends]

128. My crush was from the TV show "One Day at a Time"

[Effete Snob]

130. Yup

Me too.

Here she is today - as in today today:

Link to tweet

[NoRethugFriends]

136. Seriously" That's her now?

Crush very reactivated

[whistler162]

180. Just don't look in her attic!

the portrait is there.

[NoRethugFriends]

182. Ha

[Effete Snob]

188. Happy New Year!

Link to tweet

[Effete Snob]

187. Yes

She’s quite witty.

[tazkcmo]

66. Raquel Welch

Nuff said.

[Effete Snob]

71. Too many older pictures

...so I'll go with looking sharp at 78!

[MOMFUDSKI]

74. Troy Donahue

who I had a poster of on my closet door. Little did I know he was gay. Little did I know much about gay at all. But he sure was cute to a 13-yr-old girl.

[TlalocW]

75. Ginger on Gilligan's Island

Though now I'm more of a Mary-Ann fan.

[ZenDem]

77. Omar Sharif

That crush started with Lawrence of Arabia (still one of my favorite movies) and lasted for many, many years. Odd because I normally prefer blondes. But, he was the whole package, talent, intelligence, voice that could melt steel and just nice to look at.

[milestogo]

80. Tall, dark, and handsome.

And the star of Dr Zhivago.

[ZenDem]

83. I haven't seen that in years...

...might have to try to track it down this weekend!

[milestogo]

90. That movie makes me COLD.

I wouldn't watch it in winter.

[ZenDem]

112. ...

[Harker]

78. Shari Lewis.

And Karen Bieske sunbathing in her back yard.

Then Mrs. Peel!

[jpak]

92. Yup Shari

NT

[Effete Snob]

96. Kind of an odd one, but, yes, there is Shari Lewis cheesecake...

[jpak]

93. Yup Shari

NT

[Gidney N Cloyd]

190. Yes, and then yes!

Shari in prepuberty. Diana I think triggered it.

[Harker]

191. I was six when Mrs. Peel first appeared on The Avengers.

By episode two, I was resenting Steed and trying to figure out how to get her to notice me.

[Thunderbeast]

79. Janet Lennon

Youngest of the Lennon Sisters on Lawrence Welk Show.

[Effete Snob]

98. Gonna guess a year on that one...

I'm guessing no one won the trip to Mars.

[Thunderbeast]

111. Ten years before Elon Musk was born!

How did he get involved with 'TEEN Magazine to make the offer?

Now we KNOW SpaceX is involved in time travel!

[Prairie_Seagull]

81. No brainer for me, Julie Christy.

My father ran a drive in theater back then and we lived on site. I watched Dr. Zivago out my bedroom window (with wired Speaker) probably 20 times. Learned a lot about life from that movie.

[Effete Snob]

100. Is it getting hot in here?

[Prairie_Seagull]

156. Sitting on a padded headboard?

It is getting warm.

[KarenS]

84. ohhhh

James Garner in Maverick

Clint Eastwood in Rawhide

The Beatles!!


Am I showing my age yet?

[Effete Snob]

101. Hiya!

[KarenS]

141. yes, indeed!

[Marthe48]

85. David Hedison Captain Crane

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. I think I have a lifelong crush on him

I think I had a case of hero worship for Rory Calhoun in The Texan. Too young to call it a crush.

Also loved Guy Wiiliams as Zorro, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, and Robert Conrad as Jim West, in Wild Wild West. Funny, the fandom didn't extend to other other roles they had.

[Effete Snob]

102. .

[Marthe48]

104. And he aged well

[sarge43]

86. Peter O'Toole

Those eyes

[Effete Snob]

105. Here's looking at you

[Niagara]

87. I don't remember who my 1st celebrity crush was.

But I remember being smitten by A Night In Heaven Christopher Atkins. The Blue Lagoon Christopher Atkins simply didn't do anything for me to be honest.

[Midnight Writer]

88. Grace Kelly. I cut a picture of her from a magazine and carried it around with me.

One of my sisters took it away from me and tore it up and I cried for days.

[Effete Snob]

106. Here's one she can't take away

[Midnight Writer]

149. Thank you.

[Boomerproud]

91. Paul McCartney and David McCallum.

Still love them both.

[Different Drummer]

95. My earliest was Abby Dalton.

Not long after that, I added Carol Wayne to the list based on her appearance in an episode of "Bewitched."



In the 1970s (besides Farrah Fawcett, of course), I discovered Elaine Joyce due to her numerous game show appearances.



Moving along to the 1980s, my first celebrity crush in that decade was Teri Copley.



Lest you think you've discovered a pattern among my responses, 1980s Celebrity Crush #2 was Mary Page Keller. I found it incredibly difficult to find a pic of her that doesn't also include her husband, so he's in this one as well.



From the 1990s on I've had various celebrity crushes, such as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Katherine Heigl, Alexandra Paul, and Lauren Graham. My current celebrity crush:

[malthaussen]

99. Never been sure what a "celebrity crush" is...

... but the first celebrity to whom I was attracted might not even qualify as a "celebrity," as she was only the assistant to Monty Hall and never said a word on the show (until the very end). That's Carol Merrill of "Let's Make a Deal."

By the time I was, oh, about ten, I was seriously in lust with just about every female on the tube, so impossible to say who was the "first."

-- Mal

[Effete Snob]

108. What's she got behind the curtain?

But I am seriously with you on "every female on the tube".

Hell, I was hot for the Sour Grapes on the Banana Splits Club.

[malthaussen]

110. The best thing about puberty in the late sixties...

... miniskirts. Every babe on TV wore them (and so did all the younger teachers!). What a time to be alive!

-- Mal

[Effete Snob]

113. The future looked bright

[malthaussen]

118. Ah, yes, Grace Lee Whitney.

One of the first blondes on TV who caught my eye, I favor brunettes. Little Angela Cartwright on that other show appealed to me, and as a bonus she was only a couple of years older than I!

-- Mal

[Different Drummer]

151. Speaking of Angela Cartwright...

how could I have forgotten about Marta Kristen in my previous oost?

[malthaussen]

173. That was my inconsistency...

... liked Angela (and June Lockhart!), but Marta did nothing for me. Maybe because she was "taken" in the show?

-- Mal

[Different Drummer]

176. Makes sense. n/t

[Earth-shine]

145. Nichelle Nichols -- at any age -- was one of the sexiest women I have ever seen.

She went from young babe to elegant older woman.

[Corgigal]

116. Tom Jones,

and I remember his weekly T.V. Show. I was just a baby. I have seen him twice in my life. Still sounds like he should.

[milestogo]

121. His dancing is so bad its almost funny.

I guess women used to throw their panties at him.

[Mad_Dem_X]

127. I answered the same, below!

I've seen him live, just once, several years ago. The women were still throwing panties at him!

[Mr.Bill]

123. As a young boy crush,

Marilyn Monroe. Later on Raquel Welch.

[Mad_Dem_X]

124. Tom Jones

I'm old. LOL

He used to have a weekly TV show that I loved to watch as a little girl. I thought he was the greatest.

[IcyPeas]

125. Remember the Beatles movie "Help!" when Paul McCartney got miniaturized and lost his clothes....

I'll say no more....

[milestogo]

133. I remember "Help!" and "Hard Days Night" but not that scene.

[A HERETIC I AM]

129. Linda Blair.

Only famous person I ever had a poster of on my wall. I was absolutely infatuated with her for a time!

[Effete Snob]

132. She's another one who aged gracefully

[A HERETIC I AM]

135. I have to say that as far as aging gracefully is concerned, Diane Lane has it hands down

Your OP asked for the "first" celebrity crush, but this woman is someone who I have had a crush on for decades.

She was a cutie in "A Little Romance" (1979) She would have been 14 in this pic


But she just got more beautiful every time I saw her.




A stunningly beautiful woman

[milestogo]

140. She's a great actress-

I didn't know she started out at 14.

[Earth-shine]

146. Loved her as Superman's mom in Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, and Justice League.

Beautiful woman!

[OilemFirchen]

137. One for each arm:

Diana Rigg...



and Ava Gardner...

[Trueblue1968]

138. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!! JAMES GARNER !!!

[Trueblue1968]

139. OMG .... i still drool over him and HE IS A DEM !!!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

143. I think perhaps Mariette Hartley in the Star Trek episode where she is living in the Ice Age.

.







.

[applegrove]

148. One of the men on the show Emergency. Or Captain Von Trapp.

[Effete Snob]

152. Wow

You wouldn't be a nun, would you?

[Earth-shine]

150. I present to you Yvonne Craig (1937-2015)

Marta from Star Trek



Batgirl from the 1960s.




Just wow!

[Effete Snob]

153. Yvonne DeCarlo belongs in this thread...

Lili from the Munsters....



(and The Ten Commandments)

[Rastapopoulos]

154. Barbara Feldon

'99' on Get Smart

[Effete Snob]

158. Yes, Max

[Emile]

155. Barbarella (Jane Fonda)

[Scottie Mom]

157. Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare

Soooooooo cute!!!

[Skittles]

160. Mick Taylor

[milestogo]

161. I think you had two Micks.

[Skittles]

162. :)

[hippywife]

163. Cheyenne Bodie, aka Clint Walker.

I can still remember, very clearly, sitting in the kitchen and telling my mom I was going to marry him when I grew up. She said he was too old for me. Being extremely young at the time, like 5, I didn't understand the concept at all, and she didn't explain it, either.

[flying rabbit]

166. Emma Peel

Diana Rigg. She was even before my time. Just caught old shows on TV. Beautiful, badass, charming and brilliant.

[frogmarch]

167. Roy Rogers when I was 8 years old.

While riding my imaginary horse in the wheatfield behind my house, I pretended I was Mrs. Roy Rogers.

[usedtobedemgurl]

168. John Stamos....

There was not an inch of my bedroom wall that did not have a magazine photo of him attached to it.

I met him years later. We asked where he was staying. He told us and was about to give his room number, but his handler came over. I still have the picture of me and him.

[highplainsdem]

169. Not sure if any of these are crushes, but these were actors I liked to watch.

Mostly stars of TV Westerns, when I was in grade school. James Garner in Maverick. Michael Landon in Bonanza. Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid in The Tall Man.

A few years later I was more interested in secret agents and actors who played them. Sean Connery. Michael Caine. David McCallum. Patrick McGoohan.

Other actors - Robert Redford. Paul Newman. (Yeah, I went to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid several times in theaters. Besides having two beautiful men to watch, it had incredible screenwriting by William Goldman, who also wrote All The President's Men and The Princess Bride...and I appreciate good writing.) Peter O'Toole. Richard Burton. Steve McQueen.

I thought Paul McCartney was cute, and also thought he was the most talented Beatle, but I can't say I had a crush on him.

I'm trying to think of any singer or rock star I had a crush on. I did notice the guys who were good-looking.

But I never wanted posters, would never have joined a fan club or sent a fan letter, was never interested in autographs. I like to look at beautiful men, and I appreciate talent, but I don't know if that's having a celebrity crush on someone.

[Solly Mack]

170. When I was a pre-teen I had it bad for Paul Michael Glaser.

Don't recall my first celebrity crush, if any prior, but I do recall my first real life crush.

[wnylib]

171. Johnny Crawford, the son on The Rifleman

when I was 11 years old. 2 years later he was in town singing When I Fall In Love . Got to shake hands with him afterward and get an autograph.

[Old Crank]

172. Linda Ronstad followed by

Janis Joplin

[SaveOurDemocracy]

174. When I was a little girl I loved Cary Grant.😍

When I was a little older it was Sidney Poitier…🥰

[Brother Buzz]

175. Penny King (Gloria Winters)

[intrepidity]

177. First celeb poster anyway: Mark Spitz!

I can't recall any earlier poster on my wall anyway.

[milestogo]

178. He was a hottie.

[intrepidity]

179. That was the poster! nt

[LudwigPastorius]

183. Marlo Thomas

I was only 5 years old, but I wanted to live in Manhattan and date Ann Marie.

As for Donald? That simpering, ineffectual bastard could take a hike!

[Wolf Frankula]

184. Gracie Slick.

I wanted her front and back. Then I met her. She was, that day, totally sober and drop dead gorgeous. That was more than 40 years ago.

Wolf

[Raine]

185. Michael Landon "Little Joe" on Bonanza 🥰

We were watching Bonanza and my mother said "that's a good looking jacket he's wearing". Then my cousin said "thats a good looking guy wearing it" that did it for me ... I thought "WOW he is HOT!!! 🔥 So was born my first crush I think I was around 12yrs old, lol! 🤩😍

[orangecrush]

192. A very young Diana Rigg

Never missed "Avengers"..

The Kinks and Diana Riggs, Ike peanut butter and jelly...

[highplainsdem]

193. I'd seen that second video -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181744584

- but not the first one, with that Kinks song. Cute.

[orangecrush]

194. Thanks

And Happy New Year!

[Luciferous]

195. Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid. I was

like 6 and had a poster of him on my wall 😆