These Popular Women From 1970s Still Look Beautiful

When you think of teen idols from the 80’s, Molly’s face is probably the first to pop in your head. The sweet red head appeared in some of the 80’s most classic films: The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, all directed by John Hughes. These really turned Ringwald to the great eighties teen idol that she was, which probably until this day is a title that is attached to her.Today Molly has three kids and her most recent acting took place in The Secret Life of an American Teenager between 2008-2013. Her films from the last two years include Jem and theHolograms, Bad Night and King Cobra. Her television appearances include a role on raising Expectations. In 2009 she was awarded for a Teen Choice Award for her role in The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Fisher is mostly known for becoming a sex symbol after starring as the sexy Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies between the years 1977 and 1983. Carrie also appeared in the all time romantic film, When Harry Met Sally. Although she was mostly recognized for her role as Princess Leia, which also gained her a status of a sex symbol during those years, she also had a few other films such as The Blues Brothers and Hanna and Her Sisters.Carrie regained her Stat Wars’ stardom when she later played in the latest movie of the franchise. She turned to writing and even published an autobiography novel which became a best-seller and was later turned into a movie. Fisher has had a couple of television appearances including a guest role on Entourage’s seventh season in 2010. Her autobiography, The Princess Diaries was released in 2016. Sadly, Fischer passed away on December 2016, after suffering from a medical emergency during a flight.

It was her Labyrinth role that made her a big star eventually after she tried her shot in the beginning of the 80’s with different roles, one of them was in Once Upon a Time in America in 1984. Connelly started her career in modeling when she was just a child, and the beauty appeared everywhere. Her first leading role was was in the horror feature Phenomena in 1985. Jennifer starred, among others, in drama films where she played alongside Russell Crowe in two of them – A Beautiful Mind and Noah. She also appeared in the controversial picture – Requiem For a Dream, where she played Marion Silver. Her nineties films include Career Opportunities and The Rocketeer. In 2009 she starred in the romantic comedy film, He’s Just Not That Into You alongside some of Hollywood’s greatest stars.

Young played as Kate Gekko in Wall Street, a drama film from 1987. She was also very known for her roles in Blade Runner where she co starred with Harrison Ford, and the movie Dune. Her film debut was in Jane Austen in Manhattan in the beginning of the eighties and in 1981 she starred in Stripes. Her television career also started in the eighties when she played in Under the Biltmore Clock. Her success didn’t stop in the 80’s as she later starred in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and recently in Bone Tomahawk. Her latest and most recent works in films were in Star Trek: Renegades, Darling and Bone Tomahawk. In 2012 she had an appearance on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Karen Allen actually appeared in the first Indiana Jones film, Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. The role on the Indiana Jones blockbuster was pretty much a game changer for her and her career changed for the better. She won a Saturn Award for her outstanding performance. She later appeared in more movies such as National Lampoon’s Animal House and Cruising. She had a couple of minor roles in films later on including Until September and Starman. Going back to her roots of acting, Karen later regained fame with her role in a more recent Indiana Jones film – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. She also made an appearance in Bad Hurt which came out in 2015. The actress was married twice, first time to songwriter Stephen Bishop and later to actor Kale Browne , but the two divorced in 1998.