Which woman is/was the all-time most beautiful celeb?

[Speck Tater]

My vote is for Natalie Wood.

[redwitch]

1. Toss up between her and Audrey Hepburn

Both women strikingly beautiful- But Natalie more of a classic beauty. Audrey had an impish quality.

[richmwill]

20. Marilyn Monroe

In shock that no one's mentioned her yet- she will always be my object of desire.

[bloodyjack]

71. she's totally overrated

maybe in part because her life was very tragic

[Sporadicus]

2. My Vote Goes to...

Catherine Deneuve

[Dan-W]

22. Mine, too! n/t

[qwertyMike]

41. Moi aussi

[Shopaholic]

50. Grace Kelly n/t

[chemenger]

60. Julie Newmar

THE original CATWOMAN and Arlene Martel (she played the Latino girl in the Outer Limits episode "The Man with the Glass Hand starring Robert Culp and T'Pring in the Star Trek OTS).

[terrya]

3. Ava Gardner. Just absolutely gorgeous. eom

[Bunny]

12. Second that Ava Gardner vote.

She was stunning.

[chaska]

28. I don't think she looked that great later, but check out 'Whistle Stop'.

Her first movie.

[stanwyck]

57. Ava. Definitely

I'm trying to think of the movie...with Burt Lancaster. Might have been her first. She was so unbelievably beautiful. A true goddess in human form. The most stunning woman ever.

[Insider]

58. ava gardner. hands down.

now let's do the poll with the top picks

[lazarus]

4. Toss up

between the Hepburns: Audrey or Katherine.

Kate Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby is quite simply the most attractive person I've ever seen, taking into account physical presence and personality.

Kudos also to Clara Bow and Susan Sarandon.

[ronnykmarshall]

5. Liz Taylor

[Jim Sagle]

8. Yessssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[curse10]

9. it's too bad she hasn't aged well

poor thing- needs to do something about that hair and makeup she has going on.

[rwenos]

6. Grace, Audrey, Liz, Ava

Grace Kelly (Rear Window, To Catch a Thief)
Audrey Hepburn (Charade)
Liz Taylor (Giant)
Ava Gardner (The Sun Also Rises)

[curse10]

7. Catherine Zeta-Jones- I think she is so beautiful

unbelievably gorgeous.

[LynneSin]

74. yes, but she's a "lawsuit-happy" nut job

You ever read about every lawsuit she has filed against anyone who remotely stares at her cross-eyed?

She thinks because she married Michael Douglas that she is some type of Hollywood legend.

Bah!

[woofless]

10. Lauren Bacall

[Philostopher]

18. I'm with you, Woofless.

Not only beautiful, but that voice! Katharine Hepburn runs a close second with me. Both outspoken, strong women, too.

[Radical Activist]

24. Yes her or Bridget Bardot or Jennifer Connelly

Those are my pics for three generations. Connelly is also great because she's appeared in several good politically themed films. (drool)

[lpbk2713]

11. Sophia Loren

Had a natural beauty that was hard to surpass.

[Political_Junkie]

17. Always thought

Sophia Loren and Gina Lollabrigida(sp?) were the most beautiful women in the world, but then I was raised in an Italian family, so that might have something to do with it.

[Sporadicus]

19. I'd Add Claudia Cardinale

to make a trio of Italian beauties.

[Tom_Foolery]

13. Susan Hayward...

I have a weakness for redheads, so that's why I married one!! :)

[Feanorcurufinwe]

14. Audrey Hepburn

[flamingyouth]

56. Me too!

I'm a huge fan of hers. Beautiful on the inside as well.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Audrey Hepburn.

I just noticed, most of the women selected are brunettes, not blondes. What does that say?

[rwenos]

16. Dated Blondes, Married Brunettes

First wives are usually blondes too. Maybe even pretty.

Then we grow up.

[Teddy_Salad]

21. Katherine Hepburn and Jean Peters

I think they were absolutely stunning.

[gpandas]

23. grace kelly or ingrid bergman

[Angelus]

25. Lindsay Lohan.

RAWR!

[baldguy]

26. Audrey Hepburn

She was beautiful even when she was 70.

[Guy_Montag]

73. She gets my vote too,

but when she was younger - I'm not one for coffin dodgers.

[solinvictus]

27. Louise Brooks

[BlackVelvetElvis]

40. Yes!

She was not only beautiful, but a fascinating woman who left the fantasy of Hollywood behind by retiring from motion pictures early.

[chaska]

29. Rita Heyworth

[mitchum]

39. Yesssssss

[stanwyck]

59. Best body

and still the best by modern standards. Curvy but completely toned. Perfect. Check her out in The Lady from Shanghai. She srarted in the business as a dancer. Maybe that's why she was in such incredibly perfect condition.

[Kenneth ken]

30. since no one else has mentioned her

I will say Raquel Welch.

"all-time most beautiful" is an impossibility to narow down to one though.

In no particular order, I would agree with those who have mentioned
Grace kelly
Catherine Denuve (sp?)
Sophia Loren
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Katherine Hepburn

and add that Audrey Hepburn never appealed at all to me. The original anorexic star as far as I can tell.

[geronimo]

32. from a younger generation

i completely agree, so hard to narrow it down to one.

interesting to see the generation gap, although I must say all the above mentioned ladies are quite gorgeous!

so, from a much younger perspective (in no particular order)



Jessica Alba


Catherine Zeta-Jones

Lucy Liu


milla jovovich

[Kenneth ken]

33. part of the reason

for the generation gap is that in regard to the younger women you mention, it's too soon to tell how they will age. (see Kirsty Ally or Farrah Fawcett or a host of others) A good 90% or more of all women are beautiful and sexy in their late-teens through their twenties.

Good call on Lucy Liu; she will almost certainly age well.

Milla Jovovich is a question mark for me. She did nothing for me in 5th
Element, but was quite appealing in Resident Evil. I've not seen her in any other films nor magazines etc. so I have limited exposure to her. Nice pic that you posted though.

[Mr. Blonde]

34. Dazed and Confused

Is one where I think Milla Jovovich looks very good in.

No Charlize Theron mentions yet?

[Kat45]

31. Sophia Loren n/t

[Catshrink]

35. Ingrid Bergman -- Ilsa was the most beautiful woman on the silver screen!

[DODI]

36. Myrna Loy, Carole Lombard

[Teddy_Salad]

46. Oh yes! Myrna Loy.....those eyes. Beautiful!

[arwalden]

80. I've Always Been A Myrna Loy Fan

she aged very well too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Another Audrey Hepburn worshiper here

:sigh:

she melts me...

[mitchum]

38. Tippi Hedren should certainly be in the running...

However, her daughter, at her best, only had that sexy whitetrash nubile appeal (and that was a long time ago)

[Gildor Inglorion]

42. Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh

http://www.vivien-leigh.com/vivien

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

43. Garbo

[ThomWV]

44. Sophia,

She's about 90 now and I still drool

[Snoggera]

45. Natalie had a certain quiet strength about her

but I would still have to vote for either Minnie Mouse or Betty Boop.

[Kellanved]

47. My vote goes to Marlene Dietrich

http://www.filmkultura.iif.hu:8080/2001/orokmozgo/images/dietrich/dietrich.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich

[Les BOOGIE]

48. Hello? Grace Kelly n/t

[kodi]

65. yeap

.

[Atlas Mugged]

49. Garbo

And no, I'm not that old. In fact, I'm no where near it. But from what I've seen in film and photograph, no one comes close. She wasn't called The Face of the Century for nothing.

[MikeG]

51. Virginia Bell.

[chelsea0011]

52. Ingrid Bergman..........no contest

:loveya: :loveya:

[Hepburn]

62. So ethereal....

....like it was not just on the outside, but it came from the inside, too.

[Catshrink]

69. I heard her described as "luminous" Yeah, that's it.

[DarthDem]

53. Another vote for . . .

Grace Kelly.

[theoceansnerves]

54. jean seberg

[mvd]

55. Surprisingly, I'm going to vote for an older one

Audrey Hepburn. Such natural beauty, cuteness, and grace combined.

Most beautiful from today just might be Andrea Corr. After all, you said most beautiful celeb and not actress.

[Hepburn]

61. Ingrid Bergman n/t

[nemo137]

63. Natalie Portman and/or Grace Kelly. n/t

[TreeHuggingLiberal]

85. Going to have to go along with Natalie Portman...

beautiful and brainy also... :)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

64. Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe)

I never really thought much of her until I did some research on her lately -goodness knows, we need more like her.

But then again most of the stars from the 30s, 40s and 50s were very beautiful. Bette Davis, Jane Randolph, Simone Simon, Virginia McKenna and Audrey Hepburn would all rank highly on my list

Today I would have to make an unusual and unpopular choice and either go with Glenn Close, Kim Cattrall or Beth Broderick

[Speck Tater]

66. Results as of post #66

By number of times each name was mentioned or voted for:

10 - Audrey Hepburn
8 - Grace Kelly
5 - Ava Gardner
5 - Sophia Loren
4 - Catherine Deneuve
4 - Ingrid Bergman
4 - Katherine Hepburn
4 - Liz Taylor
3 - Catherine Zeta Jones
3 - Lauren Bacall
3 - Natalie Wood
3 - Rita Heyworth
2 - Greta Garbo
2 - Louise Brooks
2 - Lucy Liu
2 - Marilyn Monroe
2 - Milla Jovovich
2 - Myrna Loy
2 - Raquel Welch
1 - Andrea Corr
1 - Betty Boop
1 - Bridgit Bardot
1 - Carol Lombard
1 - Charlize Theron
1 - Clara Bow
1 - Claudia Cardinale
1 - Gina Lollabrigida
1 - Hedy Lamarr
1 - Jean Peters
1 - Jean Seaburg
1 - Jennifer Connelly
1 - Jessica Alba
1 - Julie Newmar
1 - Lindsay Lohan
1 - Marlene Dietrich
1 - Minnie Mouse
1 - Natalie Portman
1 - Susan Hayward
1 - Susan Sarandon
1 - Tippi Hedren
1 - Virginia Bell
1 - Vivan Leigh

[northofdenali]

67. My better half says Ingrid Bergman.

But Michelle Pfeiffer in LadyHawke was so gorgeous, I could barely drool over Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick!

[HEyHEY]

68. Annette fuda..whatever

[UGABrother]

70. Cameron Diaz and Winona Ryder

Also Alison Doody in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (she was the hot nazi).

You know who I don't like? Angelina Jolie. Sexy but so annoying with those puffed up lips.

[regnaD kciN]

72. Isn't this thread rather sexist?

It seems like all the guys here are objectifying women by ranking them on their physical attributes. In other words, women = faces + bodies, not necessarily in that order. Would you guys want to be judged that way?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

76. We'll have a "brainiest" celebrity thread later

...after we shower.

[CTLawGuy]

78. well

Try this logic experiment, JDWalley (or whoever wants to chime in), see what you think...

A man walks into a buffet restaurant. There are three types of vegetables in the buffet line - peas, carrots, and corn. The man grabs a plate and fills it with carrots. Then he leaves the buffet line, sits down and proceeds to eat.

An observer sees this and says "From what I've just seen, I am certain that man will only eat carrots, and neither peas nor corn."

Is the observer correct?

[LynneSin]

75. Susan Sarandon

She's beautiful and she has a wonderful progressive mind to boot!!!

[Burma Jones]

77. Halle Berry n/t

[mosin]

82. Agreed. Halle Berry (n/t)

[arwalden]

79. Audrey Hepburn

[arwalden]

81. Norma Shearer

[Spider Jerusalem]

83. Can't pick just one.

So...

1920's: Louise Brooks, Josephine Baker

1930's: Hedy Lamarr

1940's: Ingrid Bergman

1950's: Elizabeth Taylor

1960's: Sophia Loren

1990's-now: Angelina Jolie

(couldn't think of a standout for the decades I didn't pick anyone for)

[Speck Tater]

84. Results as of post #84

By number of votes

14 Audrey Hepburn
8 Grace Kelly
7 Ingrid Bergman
6 Sophia Loren
5 Ava Gardner
3 Catherine Zeta-Jones
3 Katherine Hepburn
3 Lauren Bacall
3 Liz Taylor
3 Louise Brooks
3 Myrna Loy
3 Natalie Wood
3 Rita Heyworth
2 Angelina Jolie
2 Catherine Deneuve
2 Gretta Garbo
2 Halle Berry
2 Hedy Lamarr
2 Marilyn Monroe
2 Milla Jovovich
2 Susan Sarandon
1 Alison Doody
1 Annette fuda..whatever (Funicello maybe?)
1 Arlene Martel
1 Beth Broderick
1 Bette Davis
1 Betty Boop
1 Bridget Bardot
1 Cameron Diaz
1 Carole Lombard
1 Charlize Theron
1 Clara Bow
1 Claudia Cardinale
1 Elizabeth Taylor
1 Gina Lollabrigida
1 Glenn Close
1 Jane Randolph
1 Jean Peters
1 Jean Seberg
1 Jennifer Connelly
1 Jessica Alba
1 Josephine Baker
1 Julie Newmar
1 Kim Cattrall
1 Lindsay Lohan
1 Lucy Liu
1 Marlene Dietrich
1 Michelle Pfeiffer
1 Minnie Mouse
1 Natalie Portman
1 Norma Shearer
1 Raquel Welch
1 Simone Simon
1 Susan Hayward
1 Tippi Hedren
1 Virginia Bell
1 Virginia McKenna
1 Vivien Leigh
1 Winona Ryder