A Thoughtful Discussion of Contemporary Hollywood Glamour

For "who had it and lost it," Kathleen Turner has to top the list.

I'm not a fan of her comic book movie universe, but at least she's staying busy.

Scarlett's got it.

Your mom has Hollywood Glamour, OP.

About the only currently working, successful actress with classic Hollywood glamour that I can think of is Lupita Nyong'o.

Good choice, R4. I was thinking about her.

Older, wiser now... Natalie Portman.

I was going to say Lupita Nyongo!

Always dazzling and fashionable, always beautiful in the chicest possible way, wears the most extreme looks with aplomb, never seen looking like an ordinary slob.

Great topic, but unfortunately Hollywood glamour is lost. Too many crash and burn trainwrecks, or left wing crunchy weirdos. Maybe Halle Berry.

Too much effort today- exercise, diet, surgery. Very few naturals beauties.

R8, there is nothing natural about Hollywood glamour!

There is a delicate balance.

The type of glamour you think of no longer exists because Internet. We also know too much about how publicity photos are doctored and photoshopped.

Lupita

Margo Robbie

Chadwick Bosman

Zendaya

Jeff Goldblum

2 x Scarlett

2 x Natalie

Paz de la Huerta. Just kidding. I can’t think of a single one. Maybe Nicole Kidman back in the day.

But I like Sofia Coppola and her low-key style.

Eva Green

Lisa Vanderpump

Oops, wrong century.

Easy...Catherine Zeta Jones.

Angelica Houston young

Handsome woman

I haven't seen much of Margo Robbie, but I'm inclined to agree.

If anyone had it and lost it, it was Angelica Houston!

Not that she isn't still a fabulous ruin these days, great in her own way, but the opposite of glamour.

Janelle Monáe

Miss Lange, then and now.

I love Julianne Moore but I'm unsure if she's (merely) beautiful, photogenic, and likes beautiful clothes.

Oh, screw it. Julianne has IT.

Agree on Monae and Houston

Nic Hoult sometimes seems to have a glamorous vibe, to me

I think Steve Carell has it, in a handsome old-school way

Hollywood doesn't have much use for glamour anymore since it doesn't appeal to their main demographic today which worships superhero movies and women who are sexy but "relatable". We may not like it, but that's the way it is. JLaw symbolized what I'm talking about until the Weinstein scandal, which was too much even for Hollywood. It's OK to be trashy and fart in public but being the main slampiece of a sex pest simply wouldn't fly.

Pure old school glamour = Kristin Scott Thomas

Sharon Stone

Young Vanessa Redgrave had it, and still has traces of it, no matter how she looks.

I like this young Vanessa better. Effortless.

By contrast, Redgrave's contemporary, Jane Fonda is still working, looking as fit, fabulous as ever. Jane could be sexy, pretty, funny, boyish, what have you... but I never thought she wore "glamour" with any authenticity. One saw the effort.

Rhianna

Javier Bardem

Jude Law

Natalie Portman, even with her nose job, has never been a glamorous woman.

For many years now, the only photos of Charlize show her looking haggard and dragging around a screaming African boy wearing a tutu.

Catherine Zeta Jones is the closest to glamorous.

Hmmm conflicted on CZJ

Halle berry had it then lost it

Catherine zeta jones had it in spades

Cate Blanchet

Tilda Swinton

Tilda, oh yes!

Ah, yes. Cate Blanchet!

Cate Blanchett

Nicole Kidman (a long, long, long time ago)

Tilda Swinton is as glamorous as a person can be, but in a distinctly modern way. A representative of Hollywood glamour she is not.

Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyongo come the closest to the old-school gals.

I think Monica Bellucci has a very lush, sexy kind of glamour.

But Lupita needs a glam ROLE too.

Enough with the flight attendants and chess players...

I know, it’s hard to find roles. Hollywood is so narrow minded.

Kim Basinger, had it and lost it along the way, I blame Alec Baldwin.

Michelle Pfeiffer.

I think real glamour can make a T-shirt and jeans or the simplest dress look effortlessly chic.

This white dress wouldn't look like much on a hanger. On Lupita it's stunning.

R32 your comments on Charlize made me chuckle guiltily.

Kate Beckinsale has it, and she hasn't lost any of it. She should steer away from Pete before she does.

Elizabeth Debicki is not particularly famous, but she has a certain old school glamour that isn't too common anymore. I'll echo the earlier suggestion of Margot Robbie too. Jean Reno has it as well, though he isn't well known to American audiences . I would also add Gabriel Byrne.

Crash? Wreck?

Glamour died with the old studio system

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Hello, Gorgeous!

She isn't Hollywood, but Isabelle Huppert is so glamorous.

How can they see with stardust in their eyes?

Salma Hayek

The idea of Ryan Gosling (more than his actual roles)

Ashley Judd

Remember when Selma needed the money? There’s a slight difference in her smile.

George Clooney probably comes closest today...

Blake Lively had a little work to help, but girl knows her angles and style.

R47, Beckinsale is a trainwreck

Agree, R51, Cindy Crawford still looks glam af! ;)

For me a young scarlett johansson had it.

I know folks hate him, but among the men, Clooney comes closest to the old style glamour among men.

The Gabriel Byrne suggestion was spot on

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Gotta love r7 whining about left wing weirdos. I bet your idea of glamour is tacky Melania Trump

Christina Aguilera did....for about 5 minutes.

Dame Helen...

Jessica Lange

God help me, Don Johnson...had it in spades...lost it for a while...somehow got it tastefully back.

Hollywood glamour died with Miss Ann Miller.

Hollywood mystique died with her, too.

DYING R54. Dy. Ing.

Cynthia Nixon’s wife has rosacea for days.

Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie

I love this editorial Scarlett did with my handsome husband, Mark Ruffalo.

Chloe Sevigny

Someone had to have asked her about the ScarJo comparison....

Poor JLaw is just not at all glamorous. I can’t believe she does perfume ads.

Rachel Weisz gets my vote.