This is what middle-aged used to look like! How stars in decades gone by actually looked their age
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From Tom Cruise’s moody appearance to Madonna’s unrecognizable appearance, middle-aged celebrities today seem eager to hold back the years.
Top Gun: Maverick star Tom, 60, debuted a bold new look, complete with much longer hair and a deep tan, at the 95th Annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon this week, marking his first appearance on the red carpet in eight months.
Madonna, meanwhile, wowed viewers at this year’s Grammy Awards; The Material Girl singer, 64, was unrecognizable to even her most devoted fans after stepping onto the star-studded stage as a host.
On the other hand, American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton still sticks to her luscious blonde locks, glamorous makeup, and pouty lips, despite being an impressive 77 years old.
But as today’s middle-aged A-listers seem to come to terms with looking younger, FEMAIL breaks down how this compares to the stars of the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s. So do you think they aged more gracefully? ?
Looking effortlessly radiant, Angela Lansbury was 59 in this 1985 photograph, pictured left, taken at The Rainbow Room in New York City, while Marcia Cross, now 60, looks much younger than her 57th birthday in this 2019 snapshot in Beverly Hills. in the photo to the right
No one could accuse the late American actress Betty White of not looking amazing for her age in a 1981 photo of the then 59-year-old woman pictured left. However, Brigitte Nielsen went for a more toned and glamorous look when she was 55 in 2019, pictured on the right.
A beaming Robert De Niro, then 63, embraced his silver locks when he appeared on The Tonight Show in 2006, pictured left. Meanwhile, Tom Cruise, 60, debuted a bold new look, complete with much longer hair and a deep tan, at the 95th Annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon, pictured right.
The late Doris Roberts, best known for her role in Everybody Loves Raymond, opted for a sophisticated red ensemble when she attended the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 2, 2009 in Louisville, at age 84, pictured in the left. On the other hand, American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton (pictured right) still sticks to her luscious blonde locks, glamorous makeup, and pouty lips, despite an impressive age of 77.
Actor Christopher Lee in 1993, pictured on the left, was 71, while Duncan Bannatyne was 73 in this photograph, pictured on the right, captured at the 2021 Pride Of Britain Awards. However, it can be said that the latter looks younger than his 70+ years.
Actress Maggie Smith in 2001, believed to be 67 at the time, had a graceful figure in a pink jacket, pictured on the left. Madonna, meanwhile, wowed viewers at this year’s Grammy Awards; The Material Girl singer, 64, was unrecognizable to even her most devoted fans after stepping onto the star-studded stage as a host
Julie Andrews at the Academy Awards, March 24, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, 62 at the time, pictured left. Elsewhere, American actress Goldie Hawn arrives for the premiere of Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on November 14, 2022, pictured right
Radiant comic book mogul Stan Lee in 1992, at age 70, pictured on the left. John Travolta, 68, cut a graceful figure at the Governors Ball during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, pictured right
Jack Nicholson, then 60, was all smiles at the 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1999, pictured left. Meanwhile, a youthful-looking Tom Hanks, then 62, was similarly beaming in New York City in 2018, pictured on the right.
Helen Mirren apparently embraced her gray locks when she was in Berlin in 2010, pictured on the left. Kris Jenner, then 66, looked much younger than her six-plus decades when she attended the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City, pictured in the photo right.