Cinematic lookalikes from the Golden Age of Hollywood and today

[angeljenny]

^ Richard Armitage is dreamy! He has such an adorable accent too! Must watch North and South again.

 

[FRASER_NASH]

The Orson Welles one is awesome !!

 

[Marla]

Barbra Streisand:

and Fanny Brice:

Even more so now than when Streisand played Brice in Funny Girl.

 

[Marla]

Matthew McConaughey:

and Errol Flynn:

Isn't it interesting how Hollywood's "types" never seem to change? The years go by, but for every Golden Era movie star there is a modern (often quite similar-looking) counterpart.

 

[HadleyH]

There is no doubt history repeats itself! and here is the living proof!

and the winner is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, it's official!!!! the great Harry Langdon has a twin.

 

[The Wolf]

Whenever I watch a Dick Powell movie my thinks he is Dana Carvey.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[HadleyH]

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Whenever I watch a Dick Powell movie my thinks he is Dana Carvey.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

Also the older brother from Beaver Cleaver:

 

[Widebrim]

^^They do resemble Powell some, don't they?

 

[W-D Forties]

On a musical theme - Have you ever noticed that you never see Rod Stewart and Petula Clarke in the same room? Odd...

 

[Fletch]

Of course this really is "This Picture of Person X Looks Like This Picture of Person Y."
For instance, Liv Tyler couldn't actually play Audrey Hepburn any more than, say, Ralph Bellamy could stand in for Fred Astaire.

Now Natalie Portman, on the other hand...

 

[Pompidou]

Of course this really is "This Picture of Person X Looks Like This Picture of Person Y."
For instance, Liv Tyler couldn't actually play Audrey Hepburn any more than, say, Ralph Bellamy could stand in for Fred Astaire.

Now Natalie Portman, on the other hand...

"Who would be best cast to play Golden Era actor/ess X in a movie?" would change things a bit.

 

[skyvue]

"Who would be best cast to play Golden Era actor/ess X in a movie?" would change things a bit.

Yes, it would. And yes, some of these examples are just a matter of a particular photograph of one person resembling a particular photograph of another.

What I'm looking for in starting the thread was true (or near-) doppelgangers, as I think Ms. Leeves and Ms. Bond are (and my second two examples, which I've not yet revealed).

But what the heck, in between suggestions of near-mirror images, these others are fun.

 

[HadleyH]

Yes! fun is the name of the game.... :behindsofa:




hehehehehe!!!!

and now we all know where 80s Madonna got her ideas from!!!! She copied Joan from the ribbon of the head to the print in the dress to the hairstyle ... she copied her totally ... only the ciggie is missing!

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Sarah Mclachlan:

Roz Russell:

 

[Ian Hedley-Wakefield]

I've always thought James Franco looks a lot like James Dean.

 

[Yeps]

I've always thought James Franco looks a lot like James Dean.

I think he does that on purpose, but i definitely see it. More in the hair and the style than actual looks. Although he really nailed it. To my eye, he almost looks more James Dean than James Dean sometimes, despite that being a contradiction.

 

[scottyrocks]

This thread is fascinatingly hilarious. Or hilariously fascinating. Or both.

 

[Ian Hedley-Wakefield]

Although he really nailed it. To my eye, he almost looks more James Dean than James Dean sometimes

I guess that's the ultimate as an actor, being more "real" than real.

I'd definitely like to see him play Dean... but then again it couldn't be in a re-make (SHUDDER)

 

[Deco_Green]

He did play James Dean in a TV movie several years ago.