Wig or Not a Wig? Inspired by the MTM Show Promo thread and others.

Do I count 3 wigs? Or 4?

Undecided.

On a sidenote...

I don't understand heterosexuality. I didn't understand it as a tiny gayling, and I don't understand it now.

Suzanne didn't were a wig - that was her own hair, she actually helped come up with that crazy ponytail "Chrissy Snow" thing

Sorry, this is like the image I was trying to link at R3.

I don't doubt SS helped create "the look." But I'm unconvinced that that is 100% human hair.

Suzanne Somers invented the side pony, the revolutionary thighmaster, SomerSweet all natural artificial sweetener and she found a cure for certain forms of breast cancer. The three way poncho was created by Alan, cuz you know. Before Suzanne became a full time medical researcher she had the most successful career in TV, films, Broadway and in nightclubs. She was only a quadruple threat. And she hasn't even reached menopause yet!! NOT a wig OP!!

They definitely grew more elaborate over time.

[quote] Do I count 3 wigs? Or 4?

1 (Estelle Getty)

R2 That's a wig.

Suzanne is at least wearing an extension or fall. It may not be a full wig but that sure as shit ain't all her hair.

Theme song for this thread

Buncha bald bitches upthread being jealous of anyone with lots of hair. Get over it.

How about Rachel Maddow? Or Gianna Toboni?

Well now.

I always wondered about Farrah Fawcett, during her brief heyday.

I remember various other girls (and the occasional man) trying to copy her signature hairstyle, and not a single one of them could get their hair to fluff out 6-8" deep like that.

R15 Some people have no body, others have too much and wish they had flatter hair. If there's a bit of a wave, one usually has lots of body. The same goes for curly hair that has been blown straight. I believe Fawcett had lots of curl or natural waves.

But, Joan Jett!!!!! and Janeane Garofalo!!!??? What about them???? We've never sufficiently pondered these DL mysteries. I think they're both bald as pumpkins.

R17 And Laura Kightlinger.

Janeane.

Janeane Garofalo.

Janet Jackson!

Stevie Nicks!

Stevie Nicks!!!!!!! Nnn

Farrah had a lot of natural body in her hair even before she got the famous 'do.

Some people just have great hair.

I think Farrah's hair was hers, but she also had a team taking care of it for her at the height of her fame.

Not a wig.

To those who like to joke that Joan Jett is bald, feast your eyes on this video...

Now, joke's on you!

We said Joan's PUSSY is bald

r26- I can tell you she tends to have hair there too. Don't ask me how I know.

My female friend used to see an older lady in LA who did her extensions. The woman had done extensions and wigs for years and had amazing stories. She did Farrah’s weave and lots of hair bands. It’s so funny because I just always assumed that was all their own hair but this lady had no reason to lie. I think SS had a lot of hair but probably got weaves or wore pieces and falls. All that bleach will take a beating on anyone’s hair. So I doubt it looked that full naturally being so damaged.

Somers looked so much prettier the first two seasons of "Three's Company" when her look was much more toned down.

I read (but can't find it now) that Suzanne 's "whale spout" was a way to hide a patch of hair that broke off due to over- processed bleach.

Farrah had a glorious head of thick, naturally curly hair. The story is that even she experienced serious hair loss after years of home bleaching and permanent waves, which just destroyed her hair. (Such a Texas girl, that Farrah.)

So yes, I don't doubt she experimented with wiglets, falls, and extensions, if not full-head wigs.

Smart actresses, models, and singers always keep a wig or two at the ready. (So do First Ladies.) You will go bald trying to keep your hair colored, processed, straightened, curled, etc. otherwise.

I’m embarrassed that I was well into adulthood before I realized Mrs. Roper’s hair wasn’t her own

R28 Spill, Baby, Spill. Who wears them?

def a wig or two.

I love this thread. I drive my husband insane trying to identify who is wearing a wig. ❤️

Wig?

There’s no shame in having a wig game, Mary.

If I could afford it, I would buy a few wigs.

When I was young and naïve, I used to wonder why Whitney Houston's hair looked radically different every time I saw her. Sometimes it was long, sometimes short. Sometimes it was black, other times it was brown or reddish or golden. Sometimes it was straight, occasionally it was curly. It was years and years later before I found out how many wigs a fashion-conscious black woman can own!

Same for Tina Turner and the haystack she had on her head in the eighties.

"It's all good."

Tina Turner revolutionized the wig game. I can't get into how. But hers was a brilliant idea. It's very much the way the most successful men's hair replacement systems are now. No visible hairline, no lace front, no weave. Shave the sides and spike the hell out of the rest. Tape the fucker down and shake your tail feather. Tina had the best wigs before the everyday lace front. You do know that you can clock a lace front in person right? So the smart girls don't pretend. A good weave is still THE hair invention of our time. But they hurt and require a lot of maintenance. I agree with R37. A good wig game is to be admired.

All natural.

I always looked forward to the Carol Burnett opening monologue. She'd usually greet the audience in some fabulous Bob Mackie outfit, and a contemporary hairstyle that may (or may not) have been her own hair. Hard to detect then and now.

Wig?

Wig.

R42 R44 R45 For you.

Sorry I missed that!

My kinda thread.

I'm the Wig Whisperer.

?

This is my new favorite thread!

Me, too! I love the wig poster. I learn lots.

Wig man (what is your moniker that you go by), does Trump where a wig?

Beats me...?!

I always liked Stevie's Farrah knock-off circa 1976 ... wig?

Question wig man. I’m unsure of your age, but it seems to me that Janet from Three’s Company wore something to add poof in the back of her hair. ???

How many wigs? Three?

R55 Just Allison.

Watch & weep. Farrah had real hair. Gorgeous hair. To be commented on. She must have grown sick of it. None of this matters. I'm sure after years of beatings and cocaine abuse and menopause and cancer treatments, her hair might have thinned out. Nobody imagined you were wearing a wig back then? Her hair means something to eldergays from back then? It's like their forgotten life. Such mourning. Farrah could really act though. And she was gorgeous. No one killed her. Her hair is of this earth. RIP.

R57 Real.

A wig? It's a secret.

Keepin' it real

Julianna Margulies has a strong wig game.

Julianna

Suzanne's Threes Comany hair looks to be a synthetic wig. Note how it looks like Barbie hair. And when cannot see a defined part that's a dead giveaway. Today's wigs are way more intricate.

R63 It was all hers.

R64 how do you know?

Why is no one asking about my hair dammit?

R65 She was always touching it and running her fingers through it. It was the late 70s.

How about Joyce Dewitt?

R66 see R54.

R54 I'm wondering about her too.

Suzanne Somers is 1000 % natural. Everyone knows that. Try SomerSweet. All natural. Sweetener. Butt: If you have wished cancer upon yourself.....please seek out Suzanne Somers healing work. Bioidentical hormones, liposuction and meditation can help you. Never lose a breast. God made you whole. Your husband wants you to stay that way! Suzanne can heal cancer AND give an everlasting lift to your butt!! Don't do squats - Somersize.

It's my real hair and I won't apologize.

Does Lisa Vanderpump wear wigs?

Worked with Suzanne for years, She wore wigs in her Vegas show, not on "Threes Company"

R73 Any gossip about Joyce's hair?

It's amazing that one has done a homage to the MTM opening sequence, and throw their wig into the air instead of their hat.

Women should never wear long-straight wigs. If you don't have some fluff and curl in the wig, it throws off the proportions of the head.

How are the proportions of a man's head different R76? Shouldn't we all have some lift in our wigs? Has anyone informed Cher about the proportional problems of long straight wigs? So many questions.

Kaptain Kool and the Kongs?

Where is a good place to start if you were looking for supplemental hairpieces? Not too spendy but decent? Asking for my mom whose hair is thinning a lot lately.

Her entire body is flaking, R42!

Wiig wig.

R32-Poor Mrs. Roper.

Where’s Melania when you need her? Today on the DM she’s walking out of the plane and you can see her wiglet. Very clear. Sorry I am having a tough time posting the link.

R32 me, too.

Phyllis Diller.

Bump.

r15, my Chinese mother had her hair done by Jose Eber, and he gave her the same exact hairstyle. It was an hour of hot rollers and assiduous blow drying with a round brush, but by-the-gods, she had the same lush hairstyle as Farrah did, even with her straight Asian hair.

Anybody see Lisa Loeb lately? Hair looks wig-like.

Bump.

R88 I've noticed that as well.

Who the hell sells Robert Redford these things?

Why aren't they ashamed?

R91 If he wears them, I'm curious as to when he switched.

R79 headcovers.com

How about Nicole Kidman?

A signature look needs to be modified by age 85.

Patti Smith?

Marisa Tomei has nice hair.

Bump.

Someone asked about Lisa Loeb.

I'm definitely seeing Wig most clearly, especially since she's back in the public eye a bit.

R99 Do you know for sure?

I fear her natural hair is thinning a bit. Look at the part and hairline.

She's smart to match her wig to her natural hair, at least.

R101 Yes, I notices the lack of thinning at the "Reality Bites" reunion.

Here's another.

R103 Right here.

Here she is back 2012. This is a tough call, but I call wig here.

R105 A little thin on the sides.

I'm not sure I've seen Gwen Stefani's actual hair in a decade. After over 25 years of variations on this look, any woman would be bald.

How about Janeane Garofalo?

Adele loves a good wig.

And here.

When Gwen isn't doing a full-head wig, she does "toppers" and/or extensions.

I found this convincing enough that it had to be pointed out to me: it's a full lace-front wig.

oh, gurl.

This thread is blowing my mind.

How about Laura Kightlinger? Parker Posey?

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Katie loves a wig, and can afford the best.

R116 Did the same in 2001.

R117 Real hair.

That is, she can afford the best....

But sometimes shops at Party City. Look at this ratched thing.

But I'm pretty sure R117 was her own hair.

Not sure what's going on here, but this is not all Katie.

Marky Ramone. Is this a wig?

I've always thought it was but I saw a few strands of white hair...and once he posted a video with his hair still wet from the shower...

R123 Marky's wig is well known.

Did I hear my name?

Parker is pretty open about this not being her real hair in LOST IN SPACE.

Which is good, because she looks like she's on her way to compete in the Dinah Shore Classic.

Ben has clearly had a nose job given that side by side. I knew about the toupee and teeth but no the nose.

R126 That's Parker's real hair right there.

Here is another pic of Marky Ramone. He's got white hair...that's a wig? It looks so messy.

More male celebs! Which ones have toupees besides Redford?

Hello!

Mark Harmon.

R126 Parker does wear wigs on "Lost In Space", but that pic is of her real hair.

Ummm....

Sure, Matt.

I want women in wigs!

Umm....

[quote] Farrah had a lot of natural body in her hair even before she got the famous 'do.

[quote] Some people just have great hair.

But also unfortunately bad anuses.

A good one, but then the standards are low.

WIG!

WIG!

R143 Nah that's Charlies real hair. He has a low hairline.

WIG!

A shitty wig?

Or 100% natural hair, colored and elaborately styled to resemble a shitty wig?

R146 The latter.

[quote] Nah that's Charlies real hair. He has a low hairline.

Ricki Lake

In SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, I was fascinated how Jodie would move between her natural hair and a wig, sometimes within the same sequence.

R150 What do you mean? Why the switch?

Not a wig.

R152 What do you mean? Why the switch?

Wig.

Wig.

R154 Why did Jodie switch?

HC Jr really deserves his own thread.

This one should come with a dangling price tag, like one of Minnie Pearl's hats.

WIG!

WIG!

R159 Nope. He had a transplant a decade ago.

R160 Ditto for him. Transplant and dye.

An expensive good lace front, but still...

WIG!

Robert Pattinson.

R163 Who is that?

Robbie Williams, British singer

yikes

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Sarah Silverman wore an updo wig when she was on Bill Maher in 2017.

Janeane Garofalo?

Janeane?

Janeane au naturel, doing her combover thang.

R173 Wow.

Nicole au naturel.

WIG

WIG

Most of these guys look way better than the 1970s Shatner and the old Hair Club commercial travesties.

Cheri Oteri.

Sometimes it looks... askew.

Paris Hilton and her crappy natural hair.

R175, that short hair is a wig.

Christina Hendricks owns this thread. There are actually idiots (straight men and fraus) who think that her hair color and hair are real. Her hair is as real as her tits.

R184 I ding her al the time on IG.

what? Her tits are fake too?

mariah carey

Lisa Murkowski: I call wig

R186 Real tits don’t grow 4-5 cup sizes on fully grown adult women. So yeah, her tits are paid for and got comically big as she aged out of sexpot roles. Back to her wigs, I always find it funny when DM puts up articles about her gorgeous hair and curvy body, and she’s in obvious wigs and industrial strength shapewear yet still looks fat. DM’s male commenters must be blind because the comments are always about how they love her tits and hair.

[quote]DM’s male commenters must be blind because the comments are always about how they love her tits and hair.

You are not familiar with their snarky style. When they are gushing with effusive compliments, they are tongue-in-cheek.

Louise Lasser wore a wig for 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'. Geraldo Rivera mentioned in one of his books that he interviewed Lasser about the show, than went back to her place and they started making out. But then she removed her wig and was bald, and he left shortly thereafter.

Tony Bennett

Please tell me about Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones.

He's always had the same thick hair for decades and he claimed in a interview that his hair grows very fast and has to cut it very often!

Tony Bennett has been wearing really shitty, old-school toupes for decades.

Most people on TV have some "help" with their hair. Because natural hair can film very thin and flat.

I don't believe any of the Rolling Stones are 100% natural in 2019, R193.

Charlie from the stones doesn't wear a wig but Ronnie's hair has always be very, very thick, there was never a period where it was thinner etc.

Keith Richards doesn't wear a wig either, he wore bandanas to cover the receding hairline but he was without it during the most recent tour.

Keith with real hair and fake teeth.

Sean Connery was bald from an early age. He was wearing wigs on all the Bond films.

Alan Brady talking to his wig array is so classic.

howard stern

Whigs.

R191 Where did you hear that? Louise always had long hair.

r202 The MHMH wig was obvious (look at photos). The Geraldo Rivera story is in his book.

R203 But was she really bald? She just had her long brown hair under the Mary Hartman wig.

How about Joan Allen?

I'm completely fascinated by how people can wear wigs and weaves.

The few times I've attempted to put my hair up in a skullcap and wear one, there's a lump from my real hair and the things itch like crazy!

Is their real hair that thin? And the wigs that good? Does someone help them prepare and put it on for them?

R206 They do itch. That’s why women smack their heads to satisfy the itch. If they actually scratched, it would move it around and you just itch more.

This is fun, but some y'all don't understand what a wig can or can't do. Sean Penn is not wearing a wig and a few others posted here aren't either. (Steve Carell) Pics from film and TV roles don't count. I love hair pulled back with a full high pony lace front that only Courtney Act and Beyonce would dare. Tyra Banks has one of the best wig/weave/extension games going and she would NEVER try that. Not even the flat smooth front hair is real. Pissing on Gods that things won't come unglued. Applause.

Second place goes to Travolta's short buzzed cut thick dark pelt. Go on and pretend that everyone is seeing you from the second balcony. I love it.

I posted the original Sean Penn pic. That is a toupee/hairpiece, not a full-head wig. But yes, it's absolutely fake.

R209 Transplant?

Thanks, r207!

Transplant

Hugh Laurie. Wig.

Wendy Williams.

Thanks to this thread, I now see wigs everywhere!

R210 No. Ratty Korean Wig Alert!

Hogan Gidley's ratty Korean wig

Yahooo!

R163 He needs surgery to remove those deep nasolabial folds. He was more attractive before they started appearing.

R219 Oh Dex.

All real!

Is his hair real?

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Not a wig.

R226 Ricki will save lots of money on hairspray.

R277 Bad dum bum.

R226 At first glance I thought that that was Winona Ryder who gained a little weight, got rough looking and either went crazy or turned dyke!

Turned dyke? Did going bald turn you into a fag R229?

Jane Fonda.

The best money can buy, baby.

How about Winona Ryder?

Kathy Griffin used to wear a wig all the time.

She then shaved off her real hair for his sister.

If you can't afford the best lace front or your gay can't get your edges right, bangs are a good way to go.

Wig aficionados: what's happened to synthetic wigs? In the 80's I had two Patricia Fields wigs just for fun. They never tangled and lasted forever. As well, they were relatively inexpensive. However, the Kanekalon wigs of today are horrid, tangly and ratty. They don't look any less fake than the Patricia Fields wigs did.

Someone post a pic of Hogan Gidley and his awful weave

That was not a wig on Suzanne in Three’s Co.

Suzanne Somers is an exception. Even today she has her own thick luscious naturally blonde hair. Not a hint of gray. And she must be in her mid fifties!! Bioidenticals and great genes. Of course her wonderful hair products are certified ToxicFree. There's not a condition that Suzanne Somers can't cure.

Coronation Street's Gail Platt

R240 That's her real hair.

are you guys watching the golden globes? so many wigs!!!

R242 Who's wearing them?

Not a wig. But J Lo christened the Golden Globes tonight by donning a hand-woven basket over her natural hair.

And some industrial-strength make-up. Girl!

I call WIG on Giuliana Rancic.

Giuliani looks like a shih tzu

very nice hair. I don't think it's all real.

You can't clock Brad Pitt's hairline. That part is all real. He's was gorgeous hot stuff 28 years ago when I first fucked him and he's still handsome now. He might have some magic hair in the back or even some Vincent Vega extensions, but that hairline is all his baby and none of it's been transplanted. Brad is a Hollywood King we can all get behind. Sweet.

What about Jason Bateman, and Antonio Banderas?

Brad Pitt has always had a headful if thick hair and nothing has changed. That is all his hair. You hair nazis are the worst.

I always had a crush on Jason Bateman (unthreateningly sexy, preternaturally youthful, funny) and envied his thick head of hair. I read recently that he wears a hairpiece.

I still say "natural hair" but I leave it to the rest of you to decide.

Antonio. His hair certainly looked a bit... odd.

Never mind Antonio's hair plugs. He looks like a heart attack about to happen. Again. He's colorless.

Rob Lowe has great hair for his age. I think it's all real.

MSNBC's Chris Hayes....total wig

Wearing hair will be as common as it was in the 1700s. Everyone will be doing it within the next 10 years. Even the commoners.

Good lord i love Jason Bateman!

[quote]Rob Lowe has great hair for his age. I think it's all real.

When he was on Parks and Recreation it looks like he was wearing a very obvious wig.

Tell the Geraldo/Louse Lasser story.

Antonio Banderas was such a creamy dish in those Pedro Almodovar movies...and now looking so wrung out, poor thing. I'll just watch his old movies, thanks.

Chris Cuomo. A wig and he admits it.

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[quote]Chris Cuomo. A wig and he admits it.

Receipts please.

SS was such a thoroughly unlikable person then and even more so now. I would even go as far to say that her books have actually done harm to people.

Suzanne Somers cured cancer and menopause. And she's kept her luscious blonde hair without need of dye or wigs.

From Chris Cuomo's Twitter:

[quote] i am open about my hair enhancement, pure marmot...storm proof, flame resistant...

For R263, the receipts.

R264 Yeah her diet books about "food combining" were pure gobble-de-gook. Also remember the Thighmaster? Yeah, no matter how much you try YOU CAN'T SPOT REDUCE.

By age 50, 85 of men have significantly thinning hair. (A visit to any Wal-Mart will support this.) This means that about 75% of men in Hollywood and other media over 50 years of age are using some type of hair augmentation. Since the majority of men have this condition, I wonder why men are so ashamed of it. I think they do it to try to impress/better other men. Because women aren't so concerned about the looks of potential mates, and no woman wants to run her fingers through a dirty rug.

I loved how the Golden Girls' writers treated Stan Zbornak's fondness for toupees.

The main problem with Robert Redford and the other men on this thread with bad wigs seems to be the temple and sideburn area. It's either too much skin or completely white hair contrasting with the wig.

"Since the majority of men have this condition, I wonder why men are so ashamed of it. I think they do it to try to impress/better other men."

Well when it comes to actors, it's largely because they're desperately trying to look younger than their real age! Hair loss is a function of aging, and they're trying to look like they're not aging.

That, and the fact that most men photograph better with a full head of hair. There are a few men who look good bald, such as Patrick Stewart and Yul Brenner, but they're very very rare. Few actors even have the nerve to give it a try.

R259 It's in one of his books.

R271 Well, I can't access it, and I'm not about to buy a Geraldo book, so tell me.

Gggh

What I posted in R191 is about all I remember from reading Rivera's book decades ago.

^ You call that little thing an affair, R274?

WTF are you talking about? Who said anything about an 'affair'?

^ Someone doesn't get the Geraldo book reference. Not surprised. It's long before my time, but I know who said:

[quote]You call that little thing an affair?

No one wants to see balding men in movies or on TV, any more than they particularly want to see fat and/or out-of-shape people, or plain people, or downright ugly people. (The occasional hot, sexy shaven-headed man is a welcome exception.)

People want to see a version of real life that's at least a bit idealized. Or glamorized. Real life is ugly enough, thanks. Didn't we learn anything from all those auteur directors in the 70s?

Huh? One auteur director of the 1970s and his two ordinary looking favorite leading men are in one of the most praised and watched movies of 2019. R278. Deniro, Pacino and Scorsese. Old men who were never handsome. And don't bother saying that DeNiro was, because No.

What people have trouble seeing on screen is the same thing that is the greatest trouble in life - the middle age thing. A bit of thickening, a fatness of the face and some hair loss and less vibrancy. A bit jowly on some folk. Some treatments and staying very fit can ward this off until about 52. After 55 or 60 we see our parents and film people as being and looking older. The old age step is not nearly as big as the one between youth and middle age. But the mid age is when people are in the most denial, ha. Gays in late 40s and all through the fifties are when we leave our lovers and every man or woman has the right to dump their spouse. You can dress young and go to the gym more but you still gonna have to pay for good ASS or DICK. I am only 43 but I saw my parents go through this and we see it all the time. No one minds a man who's gone bald. They just don't want to watch it happen.

I doubt Louise Lasser was bald.

Bump.

Is Eugene Levy wearing a toup?

R282 No, but Catherine O'Hara wears tons of wigs.

What about Miss Lynn Anderson? Is it possible for real hair to look so fabulous?

R284 It was a wig. She once told a story about it coming off.

I assume most of those old-school Nashville ladies wore wigs. Human hair can only be expected to do so much.

Grand Ole Opry? Or Lady Bunny? You decide.

I always liked Sean Hayes.

I think he's been wearing a hairpiece on the W&G reboot (vs his real hair on the original W&G run).

They've made baldness jokes on the show, but I don't think that disproves my hunch.

R286, during the sixties, everyone wore wigs!

Everyone but those grubby hippies, that is.

R287 When did Sean Hayes ever show signs of hairloss?

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R290 Does she ever not wear them.

1960s wigs don't get more fabulous than these two:

Melissa Gilbert reveled that Liza Minnelli wears a wig and is nearly bald in her book.

Whoever said Suzanne S. was in her 50s has never learned to google. She is 73. Her husband Alan is 83 apparently. Her tombstone should read only this: "Inventor of the Thighmaster," although probably she was just the marketer. Aside from the TV show, that's all I've ever known about her.

It's easy to mistake Suzanne for being in her 50's - She looks AMAZING.

LOL R295.

Bump.

Bump.

The costume designer (or maybe hairdresser?) for MAD MEN said actress Maggie Siff (who played Rachel Menken) had enough hair for three people, and they could do anything with it.

They needed occasional hair pieces and wigs on other cast members, but not her.

R299 If you see her on "Billions" her hair is thick and full.

Faye had to resort to (many) wigs in COLD SASSY TREE. She didn’t like them, but as producer, she needed to keep the production moving.

[italic]“Al and I helped build these wigs to what they are today! I intent to stay WITH IT!”

Faye is no stranger to the wig. They are old, old friends.

The MOMMIE DEAREST wigs were so numerous and, um, attention-getting that they deserved their own screen credit.

Someone once wrote about the HELP ME expression on Helen Slater’s face in the r302 photo [bold]: )

That's an Oscar winning wig on an old ham actress R305. Faye Dunaway hasn't had a good day on screen since Barfly, with her own thin hair and worn out face.

Trifecta!

Cher has worn wigs for decades. I don't think she ever goes out in public without wearing one.

Michael Jackson wore wigs in his later years, which made him look even more feminine.

In "Irma La Douce" Shirley MacLaine was an obvious black wig with a green bow stuck in it.

Poor Sharon Tate wore a very unconvincing red wig in "The Fearless Vampire Killers." It was supposed to make her look more Jewish (it didn't).

Loretta Swit, even in the earlier years of MASH, had thin hair and was balding. As the show went on it was obvious she wore wigs and they grew frowsier and more ridiculous. At one point she looked like Harpo Marx.

Good call on Loretta Swit on MASH, R310.

As a Gayling Wig Troll-in-Training, I remember her overprocessed hair from the first seasons....

And then this...

(In 1950s Korea? Okay...)

An actress friend of mine (who’s actually good) tries to avoid wigs on projects because you can’t always hear that great in them.

Plus, they just feel fake and inhibiting. You can’t reach up and run your hand through them naturally, etc. There’s you, and then there’s THE WIG.

Your friend can't what with a wig on? Give her this to study.

Uhura on Star Trek. I say wig .

Uhura straight wig.

The original STAR TREK was Wig Heaven!

I think all the women on the original Star Trek tv series wore wigs. Remember Yeoman Janice Rand's bright blonde basketweave do? It screamed "WIG!"

Elton John has worn wigs for decades. He started going bald in his twenties, poor sod.

Elton John had plugs done early on and it was very obvious at the time. I think he didn't even try to hide it. He may also wear wigs. You can google the plugs thing.

R322 Elton had a hair transplant that didn't take back in the 70s. He then got a weave in 1992, then began wearing a full wig in 2003.

Seriously. What the fuck is going on with Sean Penn's hair? I'm convinced he's been wearing a wig since the 80s.

I think even William Shatner wore a wig on Star Trek the original series.

r325, yes, that's a well known fact.

Since learning that Liza has been enjoying wigs for decades (switching them out for her natural hair, depending on the occasion), I've enjoyed my own version of "WIG OR NOT A WIG: LIZA EDITION."

This one's a tough call, but I call Wig.

Wig.

Oh, my.

R329 Horrible facelift.

I was a kid with my parents in the 60s and saw Shatner with a wife (?) in a little restaurant on Laurel Canyon. He was completely bald even then--just hair on the sides. This was probably around 1964 to 1966.

R331 Shat would come in to do Voice Over sessions for Rescue 911 without his toupee on.

Jane Fonda in California Suite.

Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome is a hard one. She had long hair in real life for a time when married to Tom Hayden because he wanted her to, but then her hair was short in California Suite and The Electric Horseman and Nine to Five.

I call WIG, R344, based on the color and the hairline. I don't recall her ever doing that mechurachome red color outside of that movie.

A good wig, though. One of those custom jobs that doubtless cost several thousand dollars.

Sorry, I meant R334.

R334 I remember at the time reading an interview where Jane said she always wanted to know what it was like living as a redhead.

Jennifer Aniston?

R338 Jen wore a wig to the 2017 Oscars.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss have been wearing weaves/wigs for decades, very awful looking ones.

Someone mentioned Patti Smith. I don't think she's ever worn wigs. Her hair has always looked terrible, long, stringy, unkempt, but I don't think she gives a damn about it. She's not into wigs.

Stevie Nicks? She had that huge, overprocessed, bleached hair which kind of looked like a wig, it seemed so fake. But I think if she wore anything it was probably a hairpiece and not a full wig.

R340 Stevie wore a wig in 1991 when her hits collection came out, because her real hair was fried.

Wig? Very possible.

Whatever it is, it's horribly unflattering. Most women shouldn't wear a center part with long straight hair, certainly not after your mid-40s.

I notice wigs more and more...on CNN...on Investigation Discovery, Dateline, and commercials. It may be that wigs are so inexpensive now it's easier to go the wig route than pay for a stylist.

Clearly a wig on Jen in 342

Hmmm.

I never thought it was a wig but now from the sheen of it I am going with wig

Disagree [342]. She has always had that low hairline. Look at the parting closely, it's her. Just way, way to much product in it. Perhaps you're finally getting over all the hype and crap. She never was beautiful. Just average girl next door pretty when young, but now? Plain looking older woman able to spend huge amounts of time, money glossing herself to make us think she's beautiful. But that's as good as it gets. Not much there really. Never was.

Sorry, Helen Keller, that’s a wig atop Jennifer Anniston’s head at R342 .

Courtney Cox & Jen Aniston. Both look suspect, possible wigs on both.

How do you have a wig that shows your scalp at the part?

[quote] How do you have a wig that shows your scalp at the part?

You mean like this (Kim Kardashian in very long-haired wig)? The cap of the wig is skin-toned. Also, you can do some extra stuff on a wig, like tweeze out extra hairs at the part (to give it more realness). You can also trim some hair at the hairline (to create baby hairs). You can also trim some hair at the crown and down the part to create some fly-away looking hairs.

Our long tresses with a center part make us look super-young and fertile! And still fuckable. Who cares if it's real?

We're actually both middle-aged women in the throes of menopause, but whatevs!

R352 Hiyoo!

Bump.

Diane Ladd in Enlightened.

Wore it in Johnny Carson

R356 Pretty sure that was her real hair.

R251 can you do it with a hairpiece? (at 15.47)

R358 Real hair.

R42 Definitely a wig, no one pushing 90 has hair like that.

Janeane Garofalo?

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Joan Collins has been wearing wigs and hairpieces (but not exclusively) since the 70s.

I don't know that we ever saw her real hair on DYNASTY, even once.

R366 She wore her real hair when she wore it back.

You're probably right, R367.

It actually makes her look younger than the frou-frou wigs.

I mean, this is fun, but it no longer ever resembles human hair.

oh, gurl....

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Barbra in For Pete's Sake. We know it's a wig because she famously hired Jon Peters to make it for her.

Do you think Jackie Collins also wore a wig in later life?

R373, the bangs might be hers the back is a hairpiece

R374 Well, she did have cancer.

R339 You have an impressive eye. I wouldn't have known until you pointed it out, but I think it's a wig too.

R376 Thank you very much.

R230 Fuck you, you fat ugly old hairy cunt lezzer! Go shove a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire up your nasty smelly gaping pussy!

Pam Anderson, wig on yacht.

R379 Are you sure?

Pam Anderson always had pretty shitty hair. Not sure if that's a full wig above, but those have gotta be fake hair extensions.

For contrast--here's a 21-year-old Pam back in Canada. Very cute.

Always trailer park trash, but so much more attractive back in the day.

Remember him? That whole TWILIGHT nonsense?

Wig.

R380 , the hair is somewhat convincing at the hairline (hair surrounding face). The giveaway, for me, is all that excess hair cascading over Pam Anderson's left shoulder (right side in the photo). Agree with R381 that there are, at the very least, extensions in her hair.

The poof /roll at the very top of her head (directly above forehead) looks suspiciously thick. (Leading me to believe it's a full wig.)

R379

Allison Janney has gone wigless due to staying in.

It looks like she is wearing a wig in her non-wig wearing photo.

R389 Nope, all hers. Thin and wispy.

Janney's hair looks not bad to me. Possibly real hair with microblading around the hairline. Nice of her to live in Ohio.

R388 I doubt she'd go for a hair tattoo. She lives in L.A., but she's from Ohio.

This has been eye-opening. To be honest - I never, ever think about wigs unless they're so obviously fake.

I never think anyone is wearing a wig - it just never occurs to me. Ever.

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R389 , microblading lasts several months (or longer), but it's not permanent, like a tattoo. IMO, it seems relatively low-risk. Cost seems reasonable as well. If my hair were not so lush, thick, and beautiful 😛 as it is, I'd consider microblading the hairline.

R99 Lisa Loeb wear pieces, but not wigs.

Janney is smart to wear wigs onscreen. Her own hair isn't terrible to look at, but she looks years younger with the wigs.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Janney's costar in I TANYA and the parade of wigs. (What becomes of a wig after shooting stops?)

I'm so glad they didn't do those fucked up things to Margot Robbie's hair.

R396 , that's a damn wig on Margot Robbie's head in your photo. Look at the hairline and the volume of "her" hair. She looks like Violet (Maggie Smith) on Downton Abbey.

Yes, R397. She wears wigs throughout the movie--the point of the article that I posted.

Comprehension issues?

R398 You tell 'em.

Barbra in The Way We Were.

Awww Babs was so cute!!

R391 Yikes. Janeane is starting to look like Nic Cage. Ease up on the jet black hun.

R356 Victoria sets the record straight, it was her hair.

Meryl in Silkwood.

What about her hair? looks kinda fake...

Lucille Ball wore a wig!

I can't remember if someone already mentioned this, forgive me if so, but Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies wears a bad wig. But as mentioned many times on DL, pretty sure she is balding.

How about Elizabeth Montgomery?

Bump.

Elizabeth Montgomery had a great head of (naturally brunette) hair. Pretty sure this is all hers.

Like so many other actresses of that generation, all that endless bleaching and processing did a number on her hair, though. It resembled straw by the end of BEWITCHED.

I can see why TV producers wanted to "soften" her with blonde hair, but I find her stunning with her natural dark hair.

She should have been a film noir heroine.

One more.

Bump.