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10 Most Beautiful Classic Actresses (According to the Internet)

8 min readMay 23, 2025

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A photograph of Audrey Hepburn from Paramount Pictures, 1961 (Wikimedia Commons)

If you’ve seen a lot of classic movies, you’ll already know there are a ridiculous number of beautiful women from this era.

And while some will claim beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, it’s still possible to analyze attractiveness objectively.

Curious to find out who was the most beautiful, I looked at eight separate lists from across the Internet and did some scoring, allocating points based on each individual’s place within the list:

Ten points for first place, nine points for second place, and so on … In the case of a tie, I also took into account the individual's highest position across all eight lists and how consistently they appeared.

So, with the rules established, here are the ten most beautiful classic actresses (according to the Internet):

10. Rita Hayworth

A photograph of Rita Hayworth by Whitey Schafer, 1942 (Wikimedia Commons)

Points Scored: 16

Highest Position: 4th

Top 10 Appearances: 5/8

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Jacob Wilkins
Jacob Wilkins

Written by Jacob Wilkins

British writer interested in history, culture, and entrepreneurship.

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