How many less than classically attractive female actors can you name?

[KitchenWitch]

I cannot think of any.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Renee Zellwegger (sp) and Delores Richards...

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

3. And see, I think Rene Zellweger is cute.

:shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I don't see it, but I think she is a good actress. Her face is funny

looking to me. :hi:

[billyskank]

7. She is cute

but too thin. In Briget Jones she looked great.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I thought she looked great figure wise in Bridget Jones...that's one

of my favorite movies...But I always was glad she was so successful because (to me) it proved even the "funny looking" girls can succeed in life. I don't think she's ugly...just not classically attractive.

[peekaloo]

2. Frances McDormand?

Great character actress but not a "classic" face.

[tjdee]

4. There are none, except Whoopi Goldberg.

Even if there were, they are makeupped/re-styled within an inch of their lives to LOOK classically attractive.

Even your Kathy Bates, etc. clean up for awards shows. I mean, didn't Peter Jackson show up in flip flops?

[BikeWriter]

46. Whoopi is the first I thought of, too.

[pitohui]

53. i can't agree w. whoopi

sure, she's an older model now but you can't tell me those aren't good bones




eh, i just tried to link a picture of the young whoopi but it's not going along w. my dark plans

[billyskank]

5. Are you saying that the film industry is shallow and mysoginistic?

:o

[KitchenWitch]

10. Draw your own conclusions.

[ET Awful]

8. Kathy Bates

Anne Ramsey

[KitchenWitch]

9. Funny, I think both those women are gorgeous!

not in the classic beauty sense.

[ET Awful]

12. I didn't say they were unattractive. The question was

"less than classically attractive female actors"

While both beautiful women, they are not "classically attractive."

[KitchenWitch]

13. I was trying to be a little PC and not say ugly.

My point is that there are scads of successful ugly male actors, but damned if I can name even one successful ugly female actor.

[LisaL]

14. I don't want to call any female actress ugly, but there are

plenty of women that are not conventionally good looking.

[Mad_Dem_X]

15. Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis...

Or did you mean modern actresses? Does Janeane Gorafolo count?

[KitchenWitch]

18. Any era

Janeane Garafaolo counts, but I think she is gorgeous as well.

[ET Awful]

20. Margaret Hamilton n/t

[KitchenWitch]

24. Wow, yes!

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!"

[ET Awful]

30. The story is (and this is according to a very old interview with her)

she was originally a kindergarten teacher, but the children were frightened of her, so she quit teaching and began acting.

[DS1]

16. Helen Hunt

( with a forehead you watch could an IMAX movie on )

Glenn Close
Anne Hathaway
Shannon Doherty

[ET Awful]

21. Well, if you're going to bring Doherty into it, why not add

Tori Spelling?

[DS1]

27. good point

however her success is all about nepotism ( of course, in her position, I'd do the same thing )

[PassingFair]

28. Kate Blanchett

Spellbinding actress, SOARS above her looks. She can play ANY role.

AND

Tilda Swinton.

[Rob H.]

34. Maybe I'm just weird, but

I think Cate Blanchett is beautiful. :loveya:

I've seen her in some TV interviews, too, and she's very charming on top of that.

[Left Is Write]

42. I think she is too.

[terrya]

17. I suppose some might consider Dame Judi Dench

But I don't give a damn whether she is or not because she's a superb actress.

[Misunderestimator]

19. Linda Hunt, Colleen Dewhurst, Christine Baranski

But if the point is that there are more less than classically attractive male actors than female ones, I agree wholeheartedly.

Take a look at this site with a pretty comprehensive listing of character actors... astoundingly more men than women are able to have careers with less than classic good looks... http://www.what-a-character.com/

[KitchenWitch]

29. Yes, that was indeed the point

Men in the show biz industry tend to make it on talent, while women need both talent and looks (in most cases) to be successful.

[redqueen]

51. And that issue is one that really gets my goat.

Because due to this unwillingness to cast -- let's be frank -- unattractive women -- girls while growing up receive this message that they are "less than".

This message boils down to: for males, being ugly (or overweight, even) is acceptable... for women, it is not.

[AirmensMom]

22. Maggie Smith

:shrug:

[rbnyc]

23. Linda Hunt

Maureen Stapleton

hmmmm....

[lpbk2713]

25. Ruth Gordon and Jessica Tandy didn't really get any good roles

until they were in their later years. Of course they were type cast at that point.

[imperialismispasse]

26. Felicity Huffman (sp?)

[DemNoir]

31. Edie Falco

She is one of the best actors working, but is hollywood using her? No.

[Heidi]

32. Here are four.

I wouldn't consider any of these women "classically attractive" but I think they're more beautiful in a deeper, more intelligent way than what passes for "classically attractive" these days.


Alfre Woodard


Kathy Bates


Sandra Oh


Angelica Huston

[KitchenWitch]

33. I love all four of those women

I think Sandra Oh is HOTT!

[eyepaddle]

35. That's not a flattering picture, but I generally think Sandra Oh

is pretty darned attractive.

Otherwise I'd say I more or less concur with you Heidi.

:hi:

[Orsino]

39. Woodard does not belong on that list.

She's just plain gorgeous.

[Heidi]

40. I think "classically attractive" is Halle Berry.

Ms. Woodard is all that and much, much more.

[LostinVA]

36. Kristin Scott Thomas -- icky to me.

And, I hate her acting.

[LostinVA]

37. Lily Taylor -- though I think she's cute and a great actor

[gollygee]

38. Shirley McClain

she had a quirky look to her even when she was young.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

41. Toni Collette, Martha Plimpton, Michelle Williams

Were the first ones that popped into my mind.

[u4ic]

43. Jean Stapleton aka Edith Bunker

Here's one of her in her younger days:

[RayOfHope]

44. Frances Fisher n/t

[kwassa]

45. Shelley Winters, Angela Lansbury

[BikeWriter]

47. Esther Rolle, Florida Evans in "Good Times."

[cassandra uprising]

48. Christina Ricci

[dr.strangelove]

54. I think she is classically attractive

As hard as that term is to define, I can't see Ms. Ricci not fitting the bill. She has an incredible figure and striking features. I guess it is all individual tastes.

[JVS]

49. Alice Nunn (aka Large Marge), not a looker.

[smirkymonkey]

58. Is that Large Marge of Pee Wee Fame?

I loved that movie!

[JVS]

60. Yeah

[RubyDuby in GA]

50. Holly Hunter

[pitohui]

52. cameron diaz and gwyneth paltrow for starters

those are two funny-looking chicks, the story w. "something abt mary" is that it came out at a bad time technology wise, w. the rise of the widescreen high def teevees shortly thereafter it became obvious that diaz didn't have enough make-up on to cover the pits in her face

but even if her skin was perfect, as far as i know paltrow's is, both women have lopsided faces

in the previous generation, meryl streep had a lopsided face as well

unless you assume that all anorexic or skinny women are automatically beautiful, which i find a dubious assumption, that's three 3 well paid females right off the top of my head who are downright unattractive by the cold light of physical beauty only

[KamaAina]

55. Conchata Ferrell

the perfect foil to the narcissistic Charlie Sheen character on "Two and a Half Men".

[Lars39]

56. Uma Thurman

[DelawareValleyDem]

57. Edie McClurg and Rhea Perlman

[Lydia Leftcoast]

59. Helen Mirren

Sandra Bernhard



Marianne Jean-Baptiste

[FuzzySlippers]

63. Hey Lydia. I looked at that Probert Encyclopedia.

It looks like a great resource! Thanks.:-)

[donheld]

61. Bea Arthur

:bounce:

[Greyhound]

62. Minnie Driver w/o make-up is borderline ugly. Not to disparage her

in any way, I really like her, Just pointing it out.