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Here’s How Drastically Different 55 Celebs Looked Exactly 40 Years Ago


What 55 Celebs Looked Like 40 Years Ago In 1985

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The ICONIC Cher was 39 at the time:

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Eddie Murphy was fresh off of SNL, a box-office king, and just 24 years old:

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Madonna was 27 and at her peak ’80s Madonna:

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George Clooney was 24 and starring on The Facts of Life:

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Drew Barrymore was 10 years old and was celebrating the re-release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial:

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Rob Lowe was 21 and part of the “Brat Pack”:

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Dolly Parton was a well-cemented iconic legend and just 39! While Reba McEntire was nearly a decade into her career and 30 years old:

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Janet Jackson was 19 years old:

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Tom Hanks was 29 years old:

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Steven Spielberg was 38 and had already directed some of the biggest and most influential films of all time. While Ke Huy Quan was 14 and a Goonie:

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Diana Ross was 41 years old:

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Catherine O’Hara was 31:

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was 38 and an up-and-coming action star in the middle of his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone:

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Whoppi was 29 years old and had just starred in her breakthrough role as Celie in The Color Purple:

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Demi Moore was 22 and also part of the “Brat Pack”:

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Vanessa Williams was 22 years old:

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Woody Harrelson was 24 and just started appearing as Woody Boyd on Cheers:

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Isabella Rossellini was 33, and Laura Dern was 18:

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Denzel Washington was 30 and starring on the TV show St. Elsewhere:

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Robert Redford was 49:

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The legendary Stevie Nicks was 37:

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Anjelica Huston was 34 and appeared in Prizzi’s Honor — the film would lead her to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:

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Jessica Lange was 36:

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Meryl Streep was 36 and had already been nominated five times for an Oscar — winning two of them for Best Supporting and Best Actress:

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Jim Carrey was a 23-year-old up-and-coming stand-up comedian and actor:

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Cindy Crawford was a 19-year-old model:

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Jamie Lee Curtis was 26:

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John Travolta was 31:

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Kyle MacLachlan was 26 and had just made his film debut the year before in Dune:

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Alec Baldwin was 27 and was probably best known for his role as Joshua Rush on Knots Landing:

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Jason Bateman was a 16-year-old kid actor:

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Sheryl Lee Ralph was 28 and probably still best known for playing Deena Jones in the Broadway production of Dreamgirls:

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Jeff Goldblum was 33:

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Glenn Close was 38 and had already been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:

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Willem Defoe was 30 and starred in the critically acclaimed film To Live and Die in L.A.:

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Michelle Pfeiffer was 27 and, at the time, was probably best known for playing Elvira Hancock in Scarface:

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Julie Andrews turned 50 that year:

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Bono was 25 and was busy touring with U2 for their The Unforgettable Fire Tour and performing in Wembley Stadium as part of Live Aid:

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Anthony Hopkins was 47:

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Regina King was 14 and made her acting debut as Brenda Jenkins on 227:

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The legendary EGOT-winning Rita Moreno was 53:

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Courteney Cox was 21 and starring in her first primetime TV show, Misfits of Science:

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Harrison Ford was 43 and starred in the film Witness, which would earn him the only Academy Award nomination he has (I know wild!):

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Stanley Tucci was 24 and made his film debut in Prizzi’s Honor, as well as starring in a Levi’s 501 commercial (as seen below):

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And lastly, the queen herself, Jane Fonda, was 47, and building an empire with Jane Fonda’s Workout videos and books:

Brian Galindo

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