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MissAdventure Wed 28-Feb-18 15:41:10

Have you ever been told that you look like anyone famous?
Would you care to share who it is, or was?

Blinko Thu 01-Mar-18 13:15:11

I was once told I looked like Jane Fonda. This was by an ex who at the time certainly had an agenda... grin Nowadays I look like both my grandmothers.

Lyndie Thu 01-Mar-18 13:17:54

Natalie wood and now Nigella.

farview Thu 01-Mar-18 13:23:06

Often told I look like Susan Sarandon haha in Palma two Germans asked for an autograph and to take a photo.I told them I wasn't her,they didn't believe me..they would now though,as a previous poster said,Susan hasn't aged..I flippin have.haha

Overthehills Thu 01-Mar-18 13:45:28

I was just happy being told I didn’t look old enough to have children of whatever age they were. Haven’t heard that for a while!
Great thread - made me laugh out loud and that’s a rare thing! You’re all very self deprecating! grin

Smurf52 Thu 01-Mar-18 13:47:59

I was told in the 80s I looked like a Helen Lederer who was a comedienne at the time.

Coconut Thu 01-Mar-18 13:49:14

At my sons wedding my mother said I looked like Joan Collins ! She was less than happy when one of my grandsons told her that she looked like Mrs Doubtfire ?

Patticake123 Thu 01-Mar-18 13:50:14

Many, many, many years ago I was frequently mistaken for Miss Diane from Crossroads. I don’t think I’d be likened to anyone other than Mrs Overall from Acorn Antiques nowadays!

grannyinmypocket Thu 01-Mar-18 13:55:35

Kate Bush, Morticia, Bette Davis, and Jo Brand , at different stages,

icanhandthemback Thu 01-Mar-18 13:57:49

I was once told I looked like Kate Bush but I can't see it myself. I am also continually mistaken for "somebody else" and have often had an argument about whether it was me at the pub or wherever when I know it couldn't have been. I don't know who this other person is but she seems to have a much livelier life than mine. envy

Mrsdof Thu 01-Mar-18 14:02:53

I was often told I looked like Lynda Bellingham (Bisto Mum/Loose Women). And then I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer just a few weeks after her and for a while I felt as if my life was running in parallel to hers. Luckily for me I am now fine but it was a bit creepy at the time. ☹️

MissAdventure Thu 01-Mar-18 14:11:32

She looked fabulous, I thought, when her hair was short and grey, after chemo.
Glad you're better, it must have been quite scary. flowers

lizzypopbottle Thu 01-Mar-18 14:19:08

I was told, many years ago, that I looked like Angela Pleasence. If you search Google for images of her, they are mostly quite scary. I don't think my eyes are quite so close set... ?

Grandmama Thu 01-Mar-18 14:21:20

In my early 30s (about a hundred years ago) someone said I made him think of Angela Rippon hmm

nannysusie Thu 01-Mar-18 14:40:35

I've been told by quite a few people (so it must be true!!) that I look like Helen Mirren. I'll take that!

Marnie Thu 01-Mar-18 14:40:48

No one famous. Just look like my mother.

Silverlining47 Thu 01-Mar-18 16:40:22

Hi nannysusie! I've also been told I looked like Helen Mirren. Very flattering! In the 70s I was told I looked like Jane Asher....long swingy red hair.
When I lived in London I was quite often asked if I was on tv because I looked 'familiar' but they couldn't remember who I reminded them of!

hopeful1 Thu 01-Mar-18 17:33:34

I think I look like Miss Trunchball!

starlily106 Thu 01-Mar-18 17:52:45

I was once told by a very drunk man that I looked like Shirley Williams, (was an MP) . I wasnt very impressed. The next week he looked at me and said "Oh, you don't look like her at all, she's much better looking than you are"

Shizam Thu 01-Mar-18 17:57:00

Sigourney Weaver in the first Alien film! Hopefully got that right and they weren’t comparing me to the actual alien....?

grannyactivist Thu 01-Mar-18 18:45:31

My husband and I have always been surprised by the very close likeness between a very dear friend of mine and Emma Chambers; so how shocked I was when they both died of the same thing at the same age recently. sad

Ukulele28 Thu 01-Mar-18 19:05:20

I was told way back that I looked like Jenny Agutter. Now with Call the Midwife on TV it's happening again. I think it's our eyes, they're very similar. My husband is often told he looks like Tommy Cooper! ?

grandmac Thu 01-Mar-18 19:36:33

Doris Day!!
And my son is the double of George Clooney. And has the same wacky sense of humour!

Maggieanne Thu 01-Mar-18 20:30:18

No-one has ever told me I look like someone famous, in fact, I don't think anybody ever sees me, I think I'm invisible.

grannyactivist Thu 01-Mar-18 20:47:28

Hi Maggieanne I see you! grin [waves]

jools1903 Thu 01-Mar-18 22:06:17

I used to get told I looked like Julia McKenzie!

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