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Ultimate Guide to Sex Symbols

Ultimate Guide to Sex Symbols
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By Martha Brockenbrough and Barbara Card Atkinson Special to MSN Entertainment Every year, people...
Swedish Dish: Though Greta Garbo's tagline was supposedly, "I want to be alone," the Swedish actress...
She Had Us at Harlow: Long before there was a Scarlett Johansson, or even a Marilyn Monroe, there...
Say Cheesecake: How did a shy woman come to be known as the "Love Goddess"? It took satin sheets, a...
The Two and Only: Jane Russell didn't get off to a sexy start -- unless Bemidji, Minn., and the name...
Nothing Beats a Great Pair of Legs: In many ways, every other sex symbol in Hollywood is playing a...
Imitation of Life: Seven husbands, more lovers, a high-profile murder trial. Were these the plots of...
Everyone Liked It Hot: Marilyn Monroe is one of the few stars of any time who could make the...
The Inventor of the Wardrobe Malfunction: Though she spoke five languages, claimed to have a genius...
Thanks, Spaghetti: Sophia Loren once said, "Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti." Take that,...
Come-Hither Countess: Time magazine called her "the princess of pout, the countess of come hither."...
We'd Marry Her, Too: Time hasn't been kind to Elizabeth Taylor, who's suffered multiple broken backs...
Honey Ryder? Apparently So: Ursula Andress wore a white bikini so well in the Bond flick "Dr. No"...
She Needs No Last Name: Cher, Madonna and all the rest of the first-name-only divas owe a debt of...
The Shallow and the Deep: Not many actresses can say they're credited with (1) popularizing the wet...
Ungh! Ungh Ungh! Raquel Welch's publicity poster for "One Million Years B.C." brought out the...
So Hot, for an Ice Princess: In the '70s, Catherine Deneuve was the face of Chanel No. 5 perfume,...
Oscar, Schmoscar: A person could get lost staring into Jane Fonda's eyes. "Come to me," they say....
A Perfect 10: If we were playing the nonexistent game Two Degrees of Sexy Separation, we would point...
The Hair We'll Never forget: Those of us who were stuck with the mannish Dorothy Hamill haircut in...
Every Which Way Is Hot: Throaty, sexy and oh, so superior (in a good way), Kathleen Turner caught...
Sharin' Stone: Though she first posed for Playboy after her appearance in "Total Recall" with Arnold...
T.J. Looker: How many women can say they were on posters in adolescent boys' bedrooms for 20 years...
More Like Michelle Yow! It's impossible to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" without developing...
Girls Gone Mild: She snogged her brother when she won an Oscar. She and her first husband brought...
And the MILFy Goes To ... Yes, Halle Berry is beautiful, as though she's lit from within by heaven's...
Check Batteries in Smoke Detector: It doesn't get hotter than Salma Hayek. In fact, she's probably...
She Probably Does a Reynolds Rap: If you took Marilyn Monroe and removed her drug addiction and...
Heavenly Creature: She reduces us to trite initialisms, but OMG, Kate Winslet is amazing. Even...
In the Sky, With Diamonds: We don't know about you, but Lucy Liu -- who's played villains, kick-ass...
A Bodice Proposal: Though we first noticed her in the delightful "Bend It Like Beckham," and we had...
Crush Hour: In the movie "Rush Hour 2," Zhang Ziyi's character name translates to "fox." We couldn't...
A Spicy Indian Dish: Though you might not have seen her perform if you're not into Bollywood movies,...
Foxy Lady: Given the way she looks, you'd think Megan Fox is using a stage name. Nope. And before...
Tall, Dark and Handsome Men Yep, our favorite three-word combination -- no, the other three-word...
Swoony Rudy: Rudolph Valentino was the first male celluloid sex symbol, this small man with...
Frankly, My Dear: Rapscallion. Cad. Damn sexy. On-screen, Clark Gable had them all, from Vivian...
Marlon! Maaaarlon! You have to go back a ways to see the young, vibrant Marlon Brando, before it got...
Come Back, Jimmy Dean: Broody and vulnerable, with emotive eyebrows and hair so perfect that today's...
Get a Piece of This Rock: Women wanted him. Men wanted (and got) him. Six-foot-four with perfect...
Daddy Dearest: Oh, Daddy! Gregory Peck as the kind lawyer, Atticus Finch, in "To Kill a Mockingbird"...
Cary Me Anywhere: Cary Grant was debonair, and droll, with a good head of hair, the air of one with...
Old Blue Eyes: The eyes. The smile. The talent. The philanthropy. The sense of humor. The...
Golden Boy: Robert Redford launched as the quintessentially effortless, blond, tanned Californian,...
Burly Burt: Once upon a time, a big ol' mustache, a fistful of wisecracks, a cowboy hat and a slick,...
Here's Johnny! John Travolta (aka the Comeback Kid) has had more career restarts than he has hair...
Let Me Hold the Mayo: Richard Gere is not only the most-famous-ever on-screen U.S.-based gigolo, he...
Fresh Willie: Rumors float about Will Smith running for elected office, because he seems such a...
Get a Clooney: George Clooney is a throwback to an earlier era in Hollywood, when a dapper man could...
The Money Pitt: What isn't appealing about Brad Pitt? The boyish good looks? The devotion to his...
Double-Oh, Sexy: Some questioned Daniel Craig as the latest Bond, until they saw him in action. Not...
How Viggo-rous! Viggo Mortensen has portrayed a man with a hidden past, a cowboy, a violent Russian,...
Baby, It's Hugh! Wolverinesque. Tony winner. Oscar host. Australian. Hairy. Hugh Jackman can act,...
Presumed Hot: Like your man rugged, taciturn, dryly funny and really, really good with his hands?...
He's Jake: Jake Gyllenhaal is unbelievably handsome, with soulful eyes, a wide smile and a nice...
Washington's Capital: Sometimes what makes a man handsome is indefinable. Not so for Denzel...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Hottie: Chow Yun Fat has been somewhat of a hidden hottie here in the United...
Fist of Sexy: Forget his cool name. His glinting eyes. His shiny, shiny hair. No, we love Jet Li for...
Owen He Smiles: Steely gaze, piercing eyes, the need to play sexily conflicted men -- it's getting...
Celebrities Who Are Inexplicably Hot Many gorgeous -- gorgeous! -- people just don't have it. And...
Mitchum Cool and Dry: It was said he had "lizard eyes and an anteater nose," but true Robert Mitchum...
Connery. Sean Connery: Sure, the hot Scot was James Bond for seven entries in the movie series, but...
Biker Dude: They called him "the King of Cool." Steve McQueen's rugged silent type owned the screen...
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Mae West was blowsy, brash and oh, so loud. She was a double-entendre...
The Art of Leonardo: Baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio made the tweens swoon in "Titanic" and made film...
Oh, Captain, My Captain: Johnny Depp is the hottest man in smudged eyeliner, bar none. And the lousy...
Doggone Hot: Smart and soulful, political and private, John Cusack has been an unenthusiastic icon...
She's Got It: Clara Bow had such expressive eyes, Max Fleischer's cartoon character Betty Boop was...
Vamping It Up: Theda Bara was one of the most popular silent-screen stars and certainly one of the...
Blond Venus: Marlene Dietrich had bedroom eyes, a deep, sensual voice (the better to speak German...
Page, Boy! There's a reason Bettie Page is THE pinup for the ages. Her jet-black hair, winning smile...
Small Package, Big Punch: That she's not mainstream Hollywood beautiful (aka blond and curvy)...
She's Electric: Jennifer Garner has perfect bone structure and outrageously lush lips, does her own...
Million-Dollar Swank: Maybe it's the combination of strong features and traditionally feminine...
All of Her: Isabella Rossellini. Even her name is sexy! She was engaged to David Lynch and published...
Here's Looking at Bogart: Was ever there less a typical Hollywood leading man than Humphrey Bogart?...
Pretty Baby: The lovely Anna Paquin is no longer a little kid (she's 26!), but we know you might...
Wrap Me in Reynolds: Ryan Reynolds gave the impression of being an affable guy, with boy-next-door...
Ooh, La La: While pixieish Audrey Tautou was already well-known in France, she took the U.S. by...
Tall Drink of Borat: Where do height, comedy and daring meet, you ask? At the crossroads that is...
A Country for Bardem: For those of us who like our beefsteak on the bloody side, there is Javier...
The Silver Fox: Whether in a sharp white suit, with an arrow through his head, or wearing a...
They Turned out Anything but Mousy We're sure Disney doesn't cast its child stars on the basis of...
Annette Funicello: Ordinarily, the turtleneck is the go-to wardrobe item for someone who is (1)...
Britney Spears: Have you seen the picture of a wee Britney Spears strutting on-stage in a denim...
Christina Aguilera: In the same legendary Mouseketeer class as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera...
Justin Timberlake: The Brits call him Justin Trousersnake. But just about everyone on this side of...
Keri Russell: Keri Russell doesn't just have Annette Funicello's eyebrows. She, too, went from the...
Ryan Gosling: On paper, this former Mouseketeer is not a good-looking man. Long nose, thin lips,...
J.C. Chasez: OK, so maybe he looks like Annette Funicello, but we mean that in the very best way....
Rhona Bennett (of musical group En Vogue): Did you have a bad haircut when you were a child? The...
Zac Efron: Zac was never in any of the Mickey Mouse Club spin-offs -- but that's only because the...
Vanessa Hudgens: How can you be a Disney star and survive a cell-phone sexy-pic scandal? By being as...
Fergie: When Fergie was the right age to be a Mouseketeer, there was no such show. But there was the...
Jessica Simpson: Is it mean to point out that Jessica Simpson was a Mouseketeer reject? We don't...
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