The Most Stunning Women From Yesterday To Today

Each year multiple sources vote for the most beautiful woman in the world. There are, however, a few women whose beauty cannot be appreciated only for a single year, but forever. Naturally, each of these women has built a reputation all her own, and each is deserving of praise for their accomplishments. Below is our list of the most breathtaking women of all time.

Jaclyn Smith
Jaclyn Smith is best known for her role as Kelly Garret in the original  Charlie’s Angels. The role was a hit, and Smith and the other Angels rose to fame overnight. Later, in 2003, Smith would step back into the role of Angel Kelly Garret in the hit movie Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. Since the release of Full Throttle, Smith has put her acting career on the back burner in favor of growing her own business. She has worked on other TV movies and miniseries since, but acting is no longer her priority.

barbara Eden
Barbara Eden, titular lead of the popular ’60s sitcom I Dream of Jeanie, was many boys’ first crush. What most people don’t realize, however, is that she was almost passed over for her most iconic role. At the time of casting, the creators of the show were trying to distance themselves from the equally popular show Bewitched, which they also created. In order to differentiate the two, the creators wanted a brunette lead. Eden, however, was so funny and charming on set that the showrunners cast her for the role, blonde hair, and all.

Sharon Tate
Sadly for the world, Sharon Tate is not best remembered for her roles on screen, but for her brutal and senseless murder in 1969. Sharon Tate was known as a rising star for her excellent acting skills. She was equally fit for comedic and dramatic roles. In 1968 she was married to director Roman Polanski. The two had been costars on The Fearless Vampire Killers. The next year, however, Tate was murdered in cold blood. She was 8-months pregnant at the time of her murder.

Vivian Leigh
You may recognize Leigh from her most famous roles in the movies Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. She was also a prominent stage actress and was perhaps even more well-known at the time for her role on the stage rather than the screen. Leigh often lamented that her beauty was a curse that distracted from her acting, and even directors that she worked with often agreed with her sentiment. Tragically, Leigh spent the last several years of her life battling tuberculosis.

Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood gained her reputation at an early age thanks to her role as Susan Walker in the hit movie Miracle on 34th Street. She also starred in other popular movies such as Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story. Wood was married to Robert Wagner at the time of her untimely death. She, Wagner, Christopher Walken, and the yacht captain were the only people on board the vessel when she died. The case was reopened in 2018 with Wagner as a person of interest.

Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau is a French actress who made her debut in the French film La Boum in 1980. After her debut, she stayed in Europe and starred in a number of other European movies before making her way to Hollywood. Once there she would get her biggest roles in the movies Braveheart and the James Bond film, The World is Not Enough. Sophie often lamented that she did not consider herself beautiful, but rather photogenic.

Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner was born and raised in South Carolina. At the beginning of her career, her accent was so strong that people often had trouble understanding her on the West Coast. She was originally hired by MGM studios, where she worked as an actress for five years before getting her big break in the movie The Killers. Unfortunately, Ava lived a life of excess and bad habits, resulting in her developing emphysema and having two strokes that left her paralyzed in the late 1980s.

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Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch worked in several films before getting her big break. Once it came though, the entire world would take notice of this rising star. Her big break came with the release of the movie One Million Years B.C., which is famous for her fur bikini costume. She went on to star in several other movies, most notably Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon. She was also awarded the “Imagen Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2001.

Julie Gibson
Born Gladys Camille Sorey, Julie Gibson changed her name when she started working in the film industry. She is one of the last living Golden Era stars, and she is the last living person to have worked with the original Three Stooges. Her first appearance was around 80 years ago, and she quickly rose to prominence. We would like to congratulate Julie on her recent 105th birthday

Kim Novak
Kim Novak was first hired by Columbia Pictures to replace Rita Hayworth, another popular actress from the 1940s, whose popularity was on the decline. The studio also hoped that she would help them compete with 21st Century Fox’s Marilyn Monroe. Her big break comes with the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s hit film Vertigo. She continued to act from the 1960s until the 1990s when she retired from show business. She was later diagnosed with breast cancer, but thankfully it went into remission, and she is still with us today.

Audrey Hepburn 
A list of the most breathtaking women of all time would not be complete without mentioning the legend, Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn got her big break after starring in the movie Roman Holiday alongside Gregory Peck. From there, her fame would only grow. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe, Academy Award, and BAFTA. Sadly, like many early actresses, Hepburn lived a life of bad habits. Years of smoking and heavy drinking caught up to her when she developed abdominal cancer, which would ultimately kill her.

Michelle Pfeiffer 
Michelle Pfeiffer started acting in the late 1970s, but she was mainly reduced to small roles that film producers “Just wanted a pretty face” for. Thankfully, she managed to break this trend and started working in more serious roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The movie that broke this cycle for her was Scarface.

Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron did not have an easy life growing up. She was born and raised on a small farm in South Africa, where she lived with her parents until she was 15. After Theron turned 15, her father, a notorious drunk, threatened to kill his wife and daughter in a drunken rampage. Her mother killed him in self-defense. After the incident, Charlize wanted to become a ballet dancer, but the intense training caused numerous problems for her body. She later moved to acting and has not looked back

Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress is still one of the biggest names in film thanks to her role as the original Bond Girl, starring alongside Sean Connery in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No. Her voice was actually dubbed over for the movie release. This was done to mask her, somewhat heavy, Swiss-German accent. Despite this, the role allowed her to quickly rise to the top ranks of actresses of the day.

Marilyn Monroe
Of course, Marilyn Monroe is on this list. It would be completely impossible to have a list of famous actresses and not include the legend herself. Even more than 50 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe still has a huge impact on pop culture. She is one of the most well-known actresses of all time and even briefly dated the King himself. Monroe, however, tragically died at the young age of 36.

Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr first rose to fame for her, shall we say risqué performances. She was the first actress to portray something we won’t mention here, but feel free to look into it. Her acting career, while impressive, is secondary to her other contributions to the world. Sadly, she would be denied any profit or even recognition for her contributions for several years thanks to the unscrupulous use of the patent system by the US military.

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After the start of WWII, she decided that she wanted to do something to help. She went on to invent the process of “frequency hopping,” a technique to prevent interference by enemy vessels on torpedo control systems. She was awarded a patent, but it went unused until it expired, at which time the US military took full advantage of her work without awarding her any of the credit that she deserves. Hedy Lamarr is far from the only inventor that has been mistreated by the military. At least they waited until the patent was expired instead of just seizing her work and declaring it classified as they would today.

Grace Kelly 
Grace Kelly has a story that is truly unique, only recently having something similar happen. Grace Kelly worked in Hollywood as an actress for only about five years, but during that time, she gained a reputation as one of the greatest personas of the era. She later got married to Prince Ranier III of Monaco. Being a Princess, she was forced to give up her acting career, but that was not the end for Grace.
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Grace Kelly was forced to retire from acting upon becoming a Princess. The profession was and still is, seen as uncouth by most aristocratic families. For Grace, however, this meant that she just had more time and resources to pursue her true passion, philanthropy, and art. Tragically, Grace died in a car accident after suffering a stroke. Her daughter was also in the car at the time, but she luckily survived the crash.

Jacqueline Bisset
Bisset began her career in Hollywood by taking on minor roles in big movies. She quickly gained a reputation thanks to her excellent acting skills, which lead to her big break in the blockbuster film Bullitt. After this, she began to take on more prominent roles in other big movies of the era. Her most iconic role was in the 1977 movie The Deep, in which she is seen emerging from cold water wearing only a white t-shirt.

Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an Italian-Tunisian actress whose rise to fame began when she won the oddly specific competition, “Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia.” The competition grand prize was a trip to Italy. Her career was slowed, but not hampered by her linguistic troubles in Italy. She had been raised in Tunisia and taught Sicilian, not Italian. In addition, she spoke with a heavy French accent. This did not stop her from being offered modeling and acting work. Her voice was often dubbed over during her early career to compensate for her linguistics.

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Claudia Cardinale was far from just another pretty face in the world of films. She was an avid supporter of women’s rights and was an outspoken activist. Even today, at over 80 years old, Claudia is still an activist for equal rights for all. In 2000 she was made a goodwill ambassador by UNESCO.

Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot began her career at an early age as a dancer before moving on to the film industry. She became an actress in the 1950s and got her big break with the release of Robert Vadim’s movie And God Created Women. She would later go on to become an outspoken animal rights activist. Things were not all sunshine and rainbows for Bardot, however, as she was fined five times for racial hatr