Elegant Ladies.

[IrishEyes]

Who would you list as an elegant and classy woman? Here are a few.

Katherine Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Grace Kelly
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Barbara Stanwyck
Lena Horne
Michelle Obama
Natalie Portman
Emma Watson

You can also include classy gentlemen.

I need a palate cleanser from some of the "celebrities" out there.

[GOLGO 13]

1. List needs some more younger people though.

Daniel Craig (current James Bond)
George Clooney
Chris Hemsworth (Thor/Avengers)
Tom Hiddleston (Loki/Thor/Avengers)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I like your list--I think it's great!

[madamesilverspurs]

3. My adds:

Julie Andrews -- Charlie Gibson said of her that when she walks in, everyone sits up straighter.

The gentleman: Cary Grant, always. And Cary Grant. Did I mention Cary Grant?

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. You forgot Cary Grant

They broke the mold after him, that's for sure.







(Gotta love the fact that there are so many .gifs of him!)

[IrishEyes]

6. Of course, Cary Grant.

Who could forget Cary Grant?

[malthaussen]

26. Well, it's easier than you think...

... the story is told of Cary Grant attending a by-invitation-only event in Beverly Hills a few years before he died. He told the attendant at the gate, "I'm sorry, I forgot my invitation, but I'm Cary Grant."
Rent-a-cop looks at him suspiciously. "You don't look like Cary Grant.:
Grant replies: "I know. Nobody does."

And to think he was a Cockney named Archie...

[First Speaker]

33. I met him a few times as a kid...

...Kate Hepburn was a family friend, and I'd sometimes hang out in her Saybrook, CT home. I saw him there now and again, and he'd always treat me like an adult--he was really very cool. But I can say this--he was always more "Archie Leach" than "Cary Grant", in his own eyes...

[malthaussen]

34. Nice friend to have!

If anything, she must have taught you to not suffer fools... which is probably a mixed blessing, considering how many of them there are.

-- Mal

[smirkymonkey]

8. I would add Gregory Peck to the list as well.

*swoon*

[malthaussen]

27. David Niven

Although one could argue that Mr Niven was more dignified than elegant.

-- Mal

[Duppers]

31. Love it.

*Cary Grant* and Julie Andrews.

[sarge43]

4. Helen Mirren and la Diva Sophia Loren

/on edit/

Ella Fitzgerald

[hifiguy]

18. Oh, yes, Sophia.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Halle Berry!

I thought I was a straight woman until I saw her.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Great list!

I really miss the old Hollywood types. They had such mystery and glamour.

I would add Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, William Powell, Myrna Loy. There are many others, but those are just a few off the top of my head.

[mnhtnbb]

10. Lauren Bacall. George Clooney

[ailsagirl]

11. Jimmy Stewart

I know he was a republican but that was back in the days when republican wasn't synonymous with wackjob.

[ailsagirl]

12. Joan Crawford

Oops!! Never mind

[oldandhappy]

13. Eleanor Roosevelt

[Aristus]

14. Judy Dench.

[Skittles]

15. Gloria Vanderbilt

she has always seemed like the very definition of a lady

[Sanity Claws]

16. Helen Mirren

Your list is great but I would also like to add Dame Helen Mirren.

[hifiguy]

17. No Lauren Bacall?

On the guy's side, Bill Holden was a very dapper gent, IMO.

[MerryBlooms]

19. Off the top of my head that haven't been already mentioned: Paul Newman

Joanne Woodward
Robert Redford
Barbara Streisand
James Garner
Hedy Lamarr
Patrick Stewart
Daniel Radcliffe

[MH1]

20. Meryl Streep. nt.

[stevenleser]

21. Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire...

[IrishEyes]

22. Thank you all for your great answers.

The original list was off the top of my head. I was raised on old movies and TV shows even though I'm fairly young. There are a lot of classy celebrities today and in the past. I prefer to try to act more like Audrey Hepburn rather than someone like Kim Kardashian.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

23. Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Kitchen

But when I see the words "elegant actor" the first picture that always pops up is Cary Grant.

And Mr. Darcey...ummm....I mean Colin Firth.

[LWolf]

24. "elegant" and "classy"

are somewhat subjective, and don't necessarily go together as a pair.

I guess I don't pay enough attention to celebrities to really have a clue.

[pinboy3niner]

25. Alfre Woodard, Rita Moreno, Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones

Charlie Sheen somehow didn't make the list.

[malthaussen]

28. Sean Connery?

There's a story I heard about Mr Connery once. Seems in the South of France there is/was a classy restaurant where it was customary for the patrons to engage in food fights. Seriously. An actress whose name eludes me was attending one night when Mr Connery was there. Everyone was getting pelted with food, but he was untouched, so she made to throw something at him. He just waved his finger and shook his head, and went on eating. She found another target.

OTOH, why was he at a restaurant famous for food fights if he didn't want to play?

-- Mal

[Byronic]

29. David Niven

Cary Grant was the ultimate in elegance and class, but only 'Niv' could have dealt so adroitly with the streaker during the Academy Awards Ceremony.

"Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings."

Smooth as silk.

[Duppers]

30. Sidney Poitier

The thread has most classy actors covered but I'll add a few:

Pierce Brosnan, Clark Gable, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Leonardo DiCaprio.

Good list including those in this thread, so thank you!

[smilodon populator]

32. Harrison Ford

The should remake Casablanca just so he could play Rick

[LynneSin]

35. You rang

Just saying!