I know beauty is subjective but I can never work out why Princess Diana makes these lists. She was not beautiful in my eyes....well, only compared to the rest of the royal family.
For me the most beautiful were Vivienne Leigh, Sophia Loren, and Brigette Bardot.
For me, the most beautiful of them all was Ava Gardner, , she had the most incredible bone structure, and even Liz Taylor said that when talking about beauty, that Ava was just perfect!
Sorry to be the fly in the ointment. I've always enjoyed Audrey Hepburn in movies but could never quite understand why she is considered beautiful. To me, she has quite regular bland good looks - in a catalogue model type of way.
When I think of beauty in movie stars I tend to equate it with people like Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, or for the modern day, I think CZJ is hard to beat.
Grace Kelly was beautiful, but how she conducted her private life always put me off her looks. One of those types that the more you get to know about them, the less attractive they get.
Louise Brooks for me. I know she was a silent film star - but she is the most beautiful woman I can think of in the movies, up there with Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, but rarely mentioned.
She was stunning in Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and Beggars of Life.
Louise Brooks for me. I know she was a silent film star - but she is the most beautiful woman I can think of in the movies, up there with Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, but rarely mentioned.
She was stunning in Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and Beggars of Life.
Good call - I have a biography on her and some of the photos in it are absolutely stunning.
Merle Oberon was another beauty from that era, but the stars from that time have been largely forgotten now, sadly.
She was very pretty when young but I don't think anyone would describe her as such now.
Audrey Hepburn was one of the those who kept her looks as she aged. I think it is a case of the "complete package", a number of her films are classics, later in life she spent much of her time working for UNICEF and I don't remember any hints of any scandals.
The difference is you never saw pictures of these old beauty icons in the street.and they weren't hounded by paps. Every picture is professionally shot.
There are plenty of pictures of Audrey Hepburn out doing work for UNICEF later in life and she still looks pretty good probably with minimal make-up etc.
My father knew Audrey Hepburn before she became famous. She and her mother (known locally as the Duchess) lived in (I think) South Moulton Street, London, and Audrey used to bring him his tea each day when he was working there. He always said how classically beautiful she was even in her young years, and never missed anything she ever did.
The difference is you never saw pictures of these old beauty icons in the street.and they weren't hounded by paps. Every picture is professionally shot.
Audrey Hepburn used to smoke 50 cigarettes a day. As for beauty, what about Faye Dunaway, considered by a renowned plastic surgeon to have the most perfect face ever.
Before or after her facelift ?
Audrey Hepburn was stunningly beautiful .... closely followed by Grace Kelly and Maureen O' Sullivan in my humble opinion.
There has been a poll today and Audrey Hepburn came top and Elizabeth Taylor was 2nd.
Here are the top 10 most beautiful british women of all time
Audrey Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Princess Diana
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Cheryl Cole
Kelly Brook
Keira Knightley
Kate Bekinsale
Holly Willoughby
Twiggy
A poll by shopping channel QVC found Britons' ideal woman was 5ft 6' blue eyes and dark brown hair.
This list shows just how vacous and meaningless such polls are. The most beautiful British women of ALL time eh?:p So all time is a mere 50 years or so with a heavy emphasis on the late 20th and 21st century. Twiggy is included but not Jean Shrimpton.:rolleyes: Elziabeth Taylor but not Jean Simmons or Vivien Leigh. Diana but not Diana Mitford from the first half of the 20th century, Emma Hamilton from the 18th or Barbara Castlemaine from the 17th or Rosamond Clifford from the 12th century. The latter were all deemed as the most outstanding beauties of their respective eras. Few of the women in the poll would be considered particulary beautiful to previous generations. Audrey and Keira etc have a beautiful face but a boyish figure, a look no generation prior to the 20th century ever found attractive in a woman. Witht the exception of Audrey and Elizabeth through their films NONE of them will be remembered as great beauties in 50 years time because none of them wil; be remember as more recent flavour of the month starlets, models and society girls hog the headlines.
Audrey was beautiful, but IMO liz Taylor was stunning in her younger years, where is Marilyn Monroe? Mind you Cheryl Cole should never be in the top 10......ah QVC say no more
Audrey Hepburn was stunningly beautiful .... closely followed by Grace Kelly and Maureen O' Sullivan in my humble opinion.
Faye Dunaway looked awful after her plastic surgery . Maureen O'Sullivan .. a real natural beauty who would not even have thought about a surgeon's knife for the life in her
Sorry to be the fly in the ointment. I've always enjoyed Audrey Hepburn in movies but could never quite understand why she is considered beautiful. To me, she has quite regular bland good looks - in a catalogue model type of way.
I have to agree. She's always looked just... quite plain to me.
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I think Grace Kelly can top that :
www.gracekellyonline.com/pictures
For me the most beautiful were Vivienne Leigh, Sophia Loren, and Brigette Bardot.
An absolute and utter lady.
When I think of beauty in movie stars I tend to equate it with people like Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, or for the modern day, I think CZJ is hard to beat.
Grace Kelly was beautiful, but how she conducted her private life always put me off her looks. One of those types that the more you get to know about them, the less attractive they get.
Louise Brooks for me. I know she was a silent film star - but she is the most beautiful woman I can think of in the movies, up there with Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, but rarely mentioned.
She was stunning in Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and Beggars of Life.
Good call - I have a biography on her and some of the photos in it are absolutely stunning.
Merle Oberon was another beauty from that era, but the stars from that time have been largely forgotten now, sadly.
She was very pretty when young but I don't think anyone would describe her as such now.
Audrey Hepburn was one of the those who kept her looks as she aged. I think it is a case of the "complete package", a number of her films are classics, later in life she spent much of her time working for UNICEF and I don't remember any hints of any scandals.
There are plenty of pictures of Audrey Hepburn out doing work for UNICEF later in life and she still looks pretty good probably with minimal make-up etc.
Yup, exactly.
Disagree, I think some modern celebrities look just as beautiful in professional shots.
Before or after her facelift ?
Audrey Hepburn was stunningly beautiful .... closely followed by Grace Kelly and Maureen O' Sullivan in my humble opinion.
But for people who say no modern day celebrities measure up, I give you Natalie Portman. She is flawless, even in pap shots.
Grace Kelly
Vivien Leigh
Faye Dunaway (esp in Bonnie and Clyde... WOW!)
Elizabeth Taylor was born in England
Faye Dunaway looked awful after her plastic surgery . Maureen O'Sullivan .. a real natural beauty who would not even have thought about a surgeon's knife for the life in her
I think we're all aware of that, just started generally discussing timeless beauties
That's Hedley!!!!
OK clever clogs, we know that ... and you are saying that she is not a timeless beauty l...spacsavers!
I have to agree. She's always looked just... quite plain to me.
I liked Susannah York too.