70-90’S Nostalgic But Iconic Women – What They Look Like Today Is Insane, #21 Absolutely Shocking The Whole World!
Justine Bateman – 54 Years Old
Justine Bateman gained fame playing the superficial teenage Mallory Keaton in the classic sitcom Family Ties. She became quite the supporting actress with such parts in shows like Men Behaving Badly and Desperate Housewives as well as the same in films like The Night We Never Met and The TV Set. Bateman has opted for a career behind the camera and is set to make her directorial debut with a film called Violet, starring Justin Theroux. But she could still star herself, and she owes her current youthful looks to a healthy and straightforward beauty regimen that involves no scented products.
Kelly LeBrock – 57 Years Old

Kelly LeBrock had her first taste of mainstream acting when she was cast as Charlotte in the movie, The Woman in Red. Her other popular roles were in movies like Hard to Kill and Weird Science. When she was just a teenager, she already could go shopping for anything she wanted because she was earning a fortune through her work as a model. The last time LeBrock did some acting work was back in 2015 when she played Queen Ariana in A Prince For Christmas. Fred Steck is the retired investment banker who she has been married to since 2007.
Monica Lewinsky – 46 Years Old

Monica Lewinsky was quite popular back then—but not really for good reasons. She was basically the White House intern who had an affair with former United States President Bill Clinton. Even if it did not look good on her part, the scandal still made her popular and she later maximized the popularity she got by starting her own handbag line. She also became a TV personality and diet plan spokesperson. These days, she still struggles with what happened in her past. In her essay in Vanity Fair’s March 2018 issue, she stated that she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to the scandal.
Linda Kozlowski – 62 Years Old

Kozlowski started her career as an actress in the off-Broadway production How It All Began in 1982. She rose to stardom in 1986 when she starred alongside Paul Hogan, in the Australian hit movie Crocodile Dundee. Their onscreen chemistry developed into a relationship. 2 years later, she reprised her leading role with Hogan in Crocodile Dundee II. In 2001, she starred again with Hogan in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, the final film of the series. She retired from acting since she was unpleased with the roles she was getting.
Winona Ryder – 48 Years Old

Winona Ryder was one of the biggest female stars in Hollywood back in the 1990s. Her big break came when she portrayed the role of Lydia Deetz in the classic hit, Beetlejuice. Her popularity just continued to grow when she showcased her superb acting talent in movies like Little Women, Edward Scissorhands, and The Age of Innocence. She did have her fair share of rough patches throughout the years but it is nice to see how good she is doing these days. Her net worth will surely keep growing tremendously because she stars in the hit Netflix show, Stranger Things.
Audrey Landers – 63 Years Old

Audrey Landers was very known back in the 1980s thanks to her role as Afton Cooper in the show Dallas. Some of you also might remember her for playing Val Clarke in the movie, A Chorus Line. Other shows she had guest roles in include The Dukes of Hazzard, Battlestar Galactica, and The Love Boat. She is not really active as an actress anymore these days but she is earning a fortune into her savings account thanks to the fashion line named Landers STAR Collection which she and her mother own.
Kristy McNichol – 57 Years Old

Kristy McNichol is known for her roles in the movies Little Darlings and Only When I Laugh and for her parts in the TV shows Empty Nest and Family (she won two Emmys for her part there). She retired from acting 22 years ago when she was only 36 years old. She started out acting when she was only 11, so the fact that she grew tired of it is understandable. She didn’t retire completely from the business since she started giving out acting lessons at a private school in L.A. At 57, she still looks like a movie star.
Denise Austin – 63 Years Old

Denise Austin managed to eliminate bankruptcy from her vocabulary thanks to her success as a fitness instructor. Since the 1980s, she had been releasing workout videos that were such a huge hit. Back in college, she was on a gymnastics scholarship at the University of Arizona but she later moved to California State University and graduated with a physical education degree. Some of the popular workout videos Austin made were Pilates for Every Body and Shrink Your Female Fat Zones. Yoga Booty Lift was the most recent video she released back in 2014.
Erika Eleniak – 50 Years Old

Erika Eleniak became a known name in the acting scene during the late 1980s when she was cast as Shauni Maclain in the hit show, Baywatch. Prior to this, she appeared on E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial but only had a minor role. Her other notable on-screen appearances were in movies like The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Siege, and The Blob. She has no plans of going into retirement yet and she actually stayed in the acting scene since her debut in the 1980s. She reportedly has an upcoming acting project titled Marilyn Monroe Back?.
Tatum O’Neal – 54 Years Old

Tatum O’Neal is the youngest person to ever win an Oscar. She won the Academy Award for her brilliant performance in the movie Paper Moon in 1973 when she was only 10 years old. Her father, Ryan O’Neal starred alongside her in the film. Her mother Joanna Moore was also a famous actress (she died in 1997). Tatum married the notoriously temperamental tennis player, John McEnroe, in 1986 and they had 3 kids together. They divorced in 1994. Today, Tatum is 54 years old and still looks amazing and youthful.
Molly Ringwald – 52 Years Old

Molly Ringwald rose to fame in the late 1970s when she was cast as Molly in the show, The Facts of Life. She eventually became a very famous teen star during the 1980s after she starred in movies like The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, and Sixteen Candles. She was able to earn a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for her role in Tempest. The fortune in her bank account will still continue to grow because she still has a busy acting career to this day. She is popularly known these days for her role as Mary Andrews on the hit show Riverdale.
Catherine Bell – 51 Years Old

If someone told us this stunning actress was 51, we wouldn’t believe it for a second. However, we checked and Catherine Bell really has turned 51! She must have access to some astonishing anti-aging products we know nothing about. Catherine is perhaps best known for her role as Sarah MacKenzie in the series JAG which aired from 1997 until 2005. After the show ended, she then starred in Army Wives and The Good Witch. Bell, who is a Scientologist, attested to attaining the state of Clear. In 2018, she appeared as Jessica Tucker in the television film, A Summer to Remember.
Samantha Fox – 54 Years Old

Samantha Fox’s mixture of burlesque appeal and vocal skills made her a fairly popular pop act in the ’80s. She gained initial popularity as a pin-up when she appeared as a page three model in the British tabloid newspaper The Sun. If she were up for it she could do a page three spread even today, 37 years after the one that made her famous. Despite being in her 50s, Fox still maintains a rigorous and disciplined exercise routine and couples it with a healthy diet to not only keep her slim but also radiant and healthy. In 2020 Fox got engaged to her long-time girlfriend Linda Olsen.
Susan Dey – 67 Years Old

Susan Dey’s most memorable role was on The Partridge Family, which was actually her first acting role ever! Susan started modeling at first but shot to stardom after this hit TV show. Many secrets about the events that took place behind the scenes were not revealed until years later. David Cassidy, one of Susan’s co-stars, wrote a book called C’mon, Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus. There, he revealed that Susan had a crush on him for a long time and they tried to have a relationship. The fact that this news was revealed was upsetting for Susan and she stopped talking to Cassidy permanently.
Tiffani Thiessen – 46 Years Old

She will always be Kelly or Valerie—depending on your age—for Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills, 90210 were Tiffani Thiessen’s most memorable hits! However, Thiessen was only cast as Valerie after Shannen Doherty’s departure from the series. That was actually the best decision for her career that still provides for her bank accounts given her frequent appearances on TV shows and series. Did you know that she has a fan in Chris Paul and Justin Bieber despite the fact that both series were a huge thing during the early ‘90s? Tiffani is now playing Lori Mendoza on the Netflix series Alexa & Katie.
Kim Basinger – 66 Years Old

Kim Basinger was already making money in the modeling industry in the 1970s before she shifted her focus to acting. In 1976, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actress. Some of her first few roles were in From Here To Eternity and Hard Country. Her big break came when she starred as Lynn Bracken in the movie, L.A. Confidential. Her portrayal of the role won her the Best Supporting Actress award at the Academy Awards that year. Her most recent acting role is as Elena Lincoln in the films Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.
Cher – 74 Years Old

Yes, Cher does not really look like she is already 74 years old. This is because she spent a lot of money on plastic surgery procedures in order to slow down the aging process. Cher rose to fame in the mid-1960s thanks to her duo with Sonny Bono called Sonny & Cher. She eventually pursued a solo music career and became successful at it as well. She was also blessed to pursue acting. Younger fans surely saw her in movies like Burlesque and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Cher recently released an album titled Dancing Queen in September 2018 and is going on tour until 2019.
Jamie Lee Curtis – 61 Years Old

The first-ever movie role Jamie Lee Curtis has in her acting portfolio is her role as Laurie Strode in the movie Halloween. This role of hers remains to be one of her most famous ones to this day. She later went on to star in other horror movies like Prom Night, The Fog, and The Terror Train. Her portrayals in this genre basically made people refer to her as the “scream queen”. Other famous roles she had were in Freaky Friday, True Lies, and Anything But Love. Curtis reprised her role as Laurie Strode in the 2018 sequel of Halloween.
Alison Sweeney – 44 Years Old

Alison Sweeney may have played one of the most frustrating characters in soap operas as the scheming Samantha Brady in Days of Our Lives, but she is a sweetheart in real life. She hasn’t played that role since 2014 but is still remembered for it. Sweeney also hosted the acclaimed weight-loss show The Biggest Loser from 2007, which is pertinent, since she’s had battles with her weight for most of her life. As a matter of fact, this is how she maintains her youthful appearance, thanks to the health benefits of her diet and exercise, and a good habit of wearing sunblock daily and moisturizing every night.
Linda Hamilton – 63 Years Old

Terminator fans surely remember Linda Hamilton for being the actress who gave life to the role of Sarah Connor in the movie franchise. From 1987 to 1990, she was also well-recognized for her role as Catherine Chandler in the show, Beauty and the Beast. Her more recent roles were in shows like Chuck, The Line, and Defiance. She never really stopped making money in the acting scene ever since she became popular way back in the 1980s. She will be reprising her role as Sarah Connor in the upcoming Terminator sequel that will hit theaters in 2019.
Jolene Blalock – 45 Years Old

So Dr. Spock isn’t the only famous Vulcan in the Star Trek universe. There was a prettier one known as First Officer T’Pol and featured in the Star Trek: Enterprise version of the show that ran from 2001 to 2005. That role was played by the American model and actress Jolene Blalock. While her acting credentials have been limited to supporting roles and small parts, she has lost none of her striking beauty that made her appealing as the Vulcan First Officer. Blalock is currently married to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, who she proposed to after struggling with their long-distance relationship.
Salma Hayek – 53 Years Old

Salma Hayek first pursued acting back in Mexico. She then eventually moved to Hollywood by the 1990s. Her first few known roles were in movies like From Dusk till Dawn, Wild Wild West, and Desperado. She got multiple award nominations and wins for her performance in the movie Frida in 2002. Her more recent roles were in 30 rock, Grown Ups, and The Hitman’s Bodyguard. She has two upcoming films in 2018 namely Drunk Parents and The Hummingbird Project. Hayek was always well-off thanks to her hard work, but money will probably never be an issue now since she is married to billionaire François-Henri Pinault.
Cote De Pablo – 40 Years Old

Control was the Latin-American talk show Cote De Pablo co-hosted back when she was only fifteen years old. She later took up music and theatre when she studied at Carnegie Mellon University. She tried her luck in the acting scene after college and she was later fortunate enough to be cast as Ziva David in the show, NCIS. She bagged an ALMA award for her performance on the show. These days, she is making money through behind-the-scenes work as a producer. She is reportedly producing an upcoming show titled MIA.
Victoria Principal – 70 Years Old

For a total of nine years, Victoria Principal gave life to the role of Pamela Ewing on the show Dallas. After she departed from the show back in 1987, she decided to put up her very own production company called Victoria Principal Productions which mainly produces TV movies. By the late 1980s, she increased her net worth, even more, when she released Principal Secret which was her own skincare line. She also became an author who wrote best-selling beauty and wellness books. It was confirmed in 2018 that she is in the midst of writing a new book.
Priscilla Presley – 75 Years Old

Priscilla Presley became popular after marrying the ‘King of Rock ‘n Roll’ Elvis Presley. Apart from being the wife of a world-famous musician, Priscilla pursued acting & starred in hit movies including ‘Naked Gun’ & also super hit television show ‘Dallas’. She also established a super successful business by the name of ‘Elvis Presley Enterprises’ & built a multi-million empire through a captivating tourist attraction popularly known as ‘Graceland’. Elvis & Priscilla have a daughter together, Lisa Marie Presley who even after splitting their ways, raised her up mutually despite their differences.
Phoebe Cates – 56 Years Old

If you were very much into watching movies back in the 1980s, then you might remember actress Phoebe Cates since she was a very popular big-screen star at that time. Some of her most popular performances were in movies like Gremlins and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Despite a very fruitful career, she decided to retire from the acting scene back in 1994 so that she has more time for raising her kids. These days, Cates is not just lying around and doing nothing for she is actually making money through her own boutique in New York named Blue Tree.
Jennifer Aniston – 51 Years Old

Jennifer Aniston was really born to become an actress because her parents are actors Nancy Dow and John Aniston. Her big break was when she was cast as Rachel Green on the hit show, Friends. She was able to bag a Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe award, and Primetime award for her portrayal of the said role. Her other popular movies were Horrible Bosses, Cake, and The Good Girl. Aniston’s million-dollar earnings also come from having her own production company and a number of business ventures and endorsement deals. In 2018, it was announced that Aniston has two upcoming Netflix movies titled First Ladies and Murder Mystery.
Catherine Bach – 66 Years Old

During the late 1970s until the mid-1980s, actress Catherine Bach was well recognized for portraying the role of Daisy Duke on the show, The Dukes of Hazzard. She appeared on a total of 145 episodes so you can only imagine how big of a salary she got for doing the show. During the 1990s, she was popular for playing Margo Dutton on the show, African Skies. She is already 66 years old today and is still not done pursuing acting. Since 2012, she has had a recurring role as Anita Lawson in The Young and The Restless.
Barbi Benton – 70 Years Old

Barbi Benton is best remembered for being one of the women who posed for men’s magazines magazine back then. She wasn’t just getting earnings through modeling for she also appeared on the variety show titled Hee Haw. She was also able to pursue singing and she released a total of five albums in her career. Benton has been married to real estate developer George Gradow for almost four decades already and the couple has a son and daughter together. She actually entered retirement in the 1980s so that she can have more time raising her kids. Although, she still makes TV appearances as herself from time to time.
Loni Anderson – 74 Years Old

The most popular acting credit that actress Loni Anderson has on her portfolio is probably her role as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the show, WKRP in Cincinnati. She did a very good job in giving life to the role that she received a number of nominations at the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. Some of the other shows that brought her a stable amount of earnings were shows like Nurses, Easy Street, and The Mullets. Her most recent acting job was her role as Jean in the pilot episode of Love You More back in 2017.
Lynda Carter – 68 Years Old

Back in 1972, the beautiful Lynda Carter won the Miss World America Pageant. She later competed at the Miss World pageant but she only reached the semi-finals. A couple of years after her pageant loss, she shot into stardom after she starred in the Wonder Woman series. She had a pretty good salary and was portraying the role for about four years. Her next big role came in 1984 when she starred in Partners in Crime. These days, you might see Carter on the show Supergirl wherein she plays U.S. President Olivia Marsdin.
Sophia Loren – 85 Years Old

There is hardly anyone who doesn’t know this lady’s name. Italian actress and singer Sophia Loren started gracing the screen when she was only 16 and immediately won the hearts of the audience thanks to her skills as well as her beauty. When she signed her first deal with Paramount, she became an international star known for It Started in Naples and The Pride and the Passion. Now, she is considered to be one of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood! Today, at 85 years old, Sophia is still not officially retired. Although, with a net worth of $75 million, she could have done it a long time ago.
Melissa Sue Anderson – 57 Years Old

Melissa Sue Anderson started making money as a child by appeared in different commercials. She later obtained mainstream success when she portrayed the role of Mary Ingalls on the show titled Little House On the Prairie. Other known roles she had were in Happy Birthday to Me, Which Mother Is Mine?, and Midnight Offerings. She did not do that much acting work during the 2000s but she is quite back in the acting scene in more recent times. She last acted in the 2018 movie, The Con Is On. She also has an autobiography titled The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House.
Brigitte Bardot – 85 Years Old

in the early 1950s but her career breakthrough came in 1957 when she appeared in the movie, And God Created Woman. She later became an even bigger star when she starred in movies like Le Mépris and Viva Maria! She completely placed an end to her acting career by 1973. For the next decades that followed, Bardot focused her time and energy on being an animal rights activist. Being an activist doesn’t make her a ton of money but it is truly rewarding in so many other ways.
Brooke Shields – 55 Years Old

Earning a fortune into her account at a young age was very easy for Brooke Shields since she got her big break at an early age. She was only 12 years old when her role as Violet in the movie Pretty Baby shot her into stardom. She became a popular teen star in the early 1980s after she starred in movies like Endless Love and The Blue Lagoon. She paused her career in 1983 to pursue her studies. After graduating, she made a comeback and found success with her roles in Suddenly Susan and Lipstick Jungle. In 2017, she appeared in a drama film titled Daisy Winters.
Morgan Fairchild – 70 Years Old

Morgan Fairchild is an actress who became popular in the 1970s after she played the role of Jennifer Pace in the show, Search for Tomorrow. She was later cast as the lead in the show titled Flamingo Road. Her portrayal of her role earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her other notable roles were in Dallas, Paper Dolls, and Murphy Brown. She isn’t doing any retirement planning yet for she even appeared in two movies in 2018 namely All Good Things and My Perfect Romance. She is also known for being a Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists board member.
Justine Bateman – 54 Years Old

Justine Bateman gained fame playing the superficial teenage Mallory Keaton in the classic sitcom Family Ties. She became quite the supporting actress with such parts in shows like Men Behaving Badly and Desperate Housewives as well as the same in films like The Night We Never Met and The TV Set. Bateman has opted for a career behind the camera and is set to make her directorial debut with a film called Violet, starring Justin Theroux. But she could still star herself, and she owes her current youthful looks to a healthy and straightforward beauty regimen that involves no scented products.
Elisabeth Shue – 56 Years Old

Elisabeth Shue is a very beautiful actress from the 1980s who you would always see on the big screen. Some of her most popular roles were in movies like The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, and the second and third Back to the Future movies. She is also well-recognized for portraying the role of Julie Finlay on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She still continues to grow her net worth through her work as an actress to this day. In 2019, she will be appearing in a new movie titled Greyhound and a new show titled The Boys.
Cheryl Ladd – 68 Years Old

Most of you probably remember actress Cheryl Ladd for portraying the role of Kris Munroe in the original Charlie’s Angels TV series. She was the actress who replaced Farrah Fawcett-Majors in the second season of the said show. She also made huge earnings through acting in movies like Poison Ivy, Purple Hearts, and Permanent Midnight. Ladd never really disappeared from the acting scene ever since her time as an Angel. Some of her more recent roles were in the drama film Camera Store in 2016 and the drama/thriller Unforgettable in 2017.
Candace Cameron Bure – 44 Years Old

Actress Candace Cameron Bure’s role as D.J. Tanner in Full House was such a big help in how she grew the fortune she has in the bank. She first started playing the role back in the 1980s when she was just a young girl. The show got a spin-off titled Fuller House in 2016 where Bure continues to star in. She is also known for being the third-place winner of the 18th season of Dancing with the Stars that aired back in 2014. She was also one of the hosts of The View back in 2015 and 2016.
Nadia Comăneci – 58 Years Old

Winning gold medals became normal for Nadia Comăneci when she was still competing in gymnastics. Nadia takes credit for being the first-ever gymnast in the Olympics who was able to bag a perfect 10.0 score. She was consistent in getting perfect scores so this is why she was always decorated with gold medals after every competition. She has been in retirement since 1984 but she remains to be a notable person in the world of gymnastics to this day. Back in 2017, the Place des Vainqueurs at Olympic Park was renamed to Place Nadia Comaneci.
Ali MacGraw – 81 Years Old

Ali MacGraw broke everyone’s heart with her rendition in the movie Love Story in 1970. This earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. She proceeded to have a very successful career and did different projects such as The Getaway, which was more of an action film than a drama. In this movie, she met Steve McQueen, her co-star, who would later become her husband. Ali is also a published author and has sold many copies of her autobiography, titled Moving Pictures. It was announced in April 2019 that she would be the face of Chanel’s campaign for the fashion house’s watch collection.
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