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debm55

(55,728 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:09 PM Saturday

Who was your favorite , celebrity crush as a teen. Mine was Jim Morrison. How about you?

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Who was your favorite , celebrity crush as a teen. Mine was Jim Morrison. How about you? (Original Post) debm55 Saturday OP
Barry Manilow. 💕 mucifer Saturday #1
Thank you very much much mucifer. I liked him too. debm55 Saturday #2
It had to be True Dough Saturday #3
HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you True Dough. debm55 Saturday #5
Well, when "Jesus Christ Superstar" was sending the RW Xians into waves of fit... hlthe2b Saturday #4
Thank you very much for sharing that with us.hlthe2b. debm55 Saturday #6
You picked a goody there. MuseRider Sunday #52
And, that voice! Wow! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #55
Jayne Mansfield anciano Saturday #7
Hahaha Thank you anciano. debm55 Saturday #8
A couple of actresses LogDog75 Saturday #9
Excellent choices, LogDog75. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Saturday #10
I'm a geek, Carl Sagan was my first big crush. JustKay Saturday #11
I so enjoyed Carl Sagan. Always watched him on television. Thank you. JustKay. debm55 Saturday #12
Richard Burton some_of_us_are_sane Saturday #13
Thank you some_of_us_are_sane. Richard Burton. was a great actor and looker. debm55 Saturday #21
Deb, I was hooked from the time I was 12 some_of_us_are_sane Saturday #22
Rick Springfield Mad_Dem_X Saturday #14
Thank you so much, Mad_Dem_X. He was hot. debm55 Saturday #19
David McCallum as Ilya Kuryakin in... 3catwoman3 Saturday #15
Thank you 3catwoman3. Yes, he as eye candy for sure.and smart. debm55 Saturday #18
Jennifer Connelly. Aristus Saturday #16
Thank you very much, Aristus. What a sweet post. debm55 Saturday #17
Thank you. Aristus Saturday #20
Gabriella Sabatini JMCKUSICK Saturday #23
Thank you very much. John. Great tennis player debm55 Sunday #62
I wouldn't call it a crush, but I loved Bob Dylan! lucca18 Saturday #24
Thank you very much lucca18, I have seen photos of Morroson's grave, It seemed like a shrine. debm55 Monday #82
As a preteen, Andy Gibb. As an older teen, Steve Perry from Journey. nt Dulcinea Saturday #25
Thank you very much, Dulcinea, Yes, crushes do change. debm55 Monday #83
Shelly Fabres CanonRay Saturday #26
Thank you very much CanonRay. I remember her on the Donna Reed Show and the song Johnny Angel debm55 Monday #84
Christina Applegate Coldwater Saturday #27
Thank you very much, Coldwater. She is still a wonderful and beautiful actress. debm55 Monday #85
Shaun Cassidy - photos all over my walls ... TBF Sunday #28
Oh yes, Shaun Cassiday. Loved him and especially his older brother David Cassidy. debm55 Sunday #49
Jane Fonda then and even now....from Barbarella to Red Coat activism walkingman Sunday #29
Yes, agree with you wallingman. Terrific woman. debm55 Sunday #48
James Baldwin, Roberto Clemente, Johnny Unitas. LoisB Sunday #30
Excellent choices, LoisB. Thank you. debm55 Sunday #47
Bernadette Peters duckworth969 Sunday #31
Thank you very much, duckworth969, Lovely voice, multitalented. debm55 Sunday #46
George Takei, and I'm still a big fan. markodochartaigh Sunday #32
Thank you very much for your great selections, markocochartaigh. debm55 Sunday #45
Ricky Nelson Tiny Tabby Sunday #33
Thank you very much Tiny Tabby. I remember him. Also , welcome to DU debm55 Sunday #44
Michael York, the actor no_hypocrisy Sunday #34
Oh yes, he was a great actor and a looker. debm55 Sunday #43
Leonard Nimoy From The Ashes Sunday #35
Great. thank you From the Ashes. debm55 Sunday #42
George Harrison of course! Beatlelvr Sunday #36
He was my second favorite. debm55 Sunday #39
Same! lark Sunday #37
Oh lark, lucky you. debm55 Sunday #41
Bardot justaprogressive Sunday #38
Thank you , justaprogressive. debm55 Sunday #40
The Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton darkstar Sunday #50
Thank you darkstar. I loved dancing to Sly and the Famiy Stone. Peggy Lipton on the Mod Squad. I liked Michael debm55 Monday #86
A LOT of them MuseRider Sunday #51
Thank you very much, MuseRider. I agree with you.music is forever. debm55 Monday #87
Cheryl Holdridge boonecreek Sunday #53
Grace Slick DBoon Sunday #54
Fine. I will admit it. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #56
Oh you. Thank you very much for sharing your choices.OldBaldy1701E debm55 Monday #80
Joan Baez Cirsium Sunday #57
Thank you Cirsium. Two beautiful women with beautiful voices. debm55 Monday #79
Roger Daltrey luvallpeeps Sunday #58
Oh yes, the voice and the eye candy looks. Thank you luvallpeeps. debm55 Sunday #68
Rudolf Nureyev pandr32 Sunday #59
Thank you very much for sharing with us. I agree, Rudolf was a prince of ballet. debm55 Sunday #66
Joni Mitchell BeneteauBum Sunday #60
Thank you very much , BeneteauBum, Wonderful singer. debm55 Sunday #61
Jane Fonda Emile Sunday #63
Thank you Emile. Jane is an ageless beauty. debm55 Sunday #67
Janis Joplin WmChris Sunday #64
Thank you very much. She had a great voice and an inner shine. debm55 Sunday #65
Elizabeth Montgomery. Borogove Sunday #69
I agree with you Borogove.Wonderful actress, in drama and comedy. And the looks. debm55 Monday #78
Annette Funnicello bobalew Sunday #70
Beautiful crush. Loved her on the Muskateers. Thank you bobalew. debm55 Monday #71
Bruce Dern surrealAmerican Monday #72
Great choice, surrealAmerican. debm55 Monday #75
Harry from Harry and the Hendersons Niagara Monday #73
HAHHAHAHAAHHAH. Great . Thank you , Niagara. debm55 Monday #74
Richard Chamberlain. Had a huge crush on Dr. Kildare. Ocelot II Monday #76
You are so right. I also loved him in Thornbirds. debm55 Monday #77
Cat Stevens - a bit of trivia I learned last year spooky3 Monday #81
Thank you. very much, spooky3❤️ debm55 Monday #88
YW! spooky3 Monday #89
________ debm55 Tuesday #91
There were so many of them! Talitha Monday #90
Thank you very much, Talitha.for sharing with us. Also . say hi to Jim. debm55 Tuesday #92
Holly Golightly retread Tuesday #93

hlthe2b

(112,809 posts)
4. Well, when "Jesus Christ Superstar" was sending the RW Xians into waves of fit...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:14 PM
Saturday

I was totally fixated on the clearly NOT Middle Eastern portrayer of Jesus, the rather hunky Ted Neeley...

(Hey. I had a crush on Jesus... what could they say? LOL



LogDog75

(1,103 posts)
9. A couple of actresses
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:37 PM
Saturday

Barbara Eden from I Dream of Jeannie
Barbara Feldon from Get Smart
Mary Tyler Moore from the Dick van Dyke Show
Dawn Wells from Gilligan's Island

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,768 posts)
13. Richard Burton
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:24 PM
Saturday
DEAD OR ALIVE that voice ricochets around and through me as if I were a conch shell

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,768 posts)
22. Deb, I was hooked from the time I was 12
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 09:13 PM
Saturday

and went to the local cinema on a Sunday afternoon to see "Becket" and was so smitten by his voice I sat through 2 showiings.

(Got scolded by my worried mother when I;d missed Sunday dinner.) Ah.............youth and crushes.

Mad_Dem_X

(10,129 posts)
14. Rick Springfield
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:43 PM
Saturday

I watched General Hospital every day in hopes he would be on, I played his records constantly, and I had posters of him on the walls of my room.

3catwoman3

(28,583 posts)
15. David McCallum as Ilya Kuryakin in...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:48 PM
Saturday

…The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

I’ve always found intelligence very attractive.

Aristus

(71,649 posts)
16. Jennifer Connelly.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 07:35 PM
Saturday

I saw her in "Labyrinth" in 1986 when I was seventeen, and just went nuts for her. "Labyrinth" was the last movie I saw before going off to Basic Training in the Army. And every night before falling asleep in my bunk after a brutal, stressful day of training, that image of her at the beginning of the film, the "give me the child" scene, was the last thing that went through my mind.

The crush didn't last. She has gone on to Oscar-winning acclaim in her career. But my admiring eye moved over to mature women, where it has stayed since. Meryl Streep, Annette Bening, Judy Dench, Helen Mirren, and so on.

lucca18

(1,443 posts)
24. I wouldn't call it a crush, but I loved Bob Dylan!
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 09:59 PM
Saturday

To this, day, I love listening to him!
I like everything about him.❤️

.Deb, my husband liked Jim Morrison.
When we visited Paris, he made sure we visited his grave, where he is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
(Little disappointed, as he tombstone was wedged in a corner, almost behind another tombstone)

debm55

(55,728 posts)
82. Thank you very much lucca18, I have seen photos of Morroson's grave, It seemed like a shrine.
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:07 PM
Monday

debm55

(55,728 posts)
84. Thank you very much CanonRay. I remember her on the Donna Reed Show and the song Johnny Angel
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:11 PM
Monday

walkingman

(10,343 posts)
29. Jane Fonda then and even now....from Barbarella to Red Coat activism
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
Sunday

she is my kind of lady....sexy, fearless, and intelligent. In my single days, almost any hippie chick of the late 60s and 70s.

lark

(25,896 posts)
37. Same!
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:28 AM
Sunday

I had a boyfriend who looked a lot like Morrison and it was love on my part anyway.

darkstar

(5,771 posts)
50. The Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:04 PM
Sunday

I was completely crazy for her.

In addition, dug Cynthia from Sly and the Family Stone. I just thought she was so cool. I had a magazine page head shot of her in my room, her Afro hair fully poofed out, along with pictures of other rock stars. My dad tore down the picture of Cynthia because he thought it was Angela Davis.

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debm55

(55,728 posts)
86. Thank you darkstar. I loved dancing to Sly and the Famiy Stone. Peggy Lipton on the Mod Squad. I liked Michael
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:29 PM
Monday

MuseRider

(35,130 posts)
51. A LOT of them
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:10 PM
Sunday

but the guys that stuck were not exactly crushes but were probably mostly because of their music.

George Harrison and Ian Anderson The music, oh my God. Add in Donovan.

boonecreek

(1,390 posts)
53. Cheryl Holdridge
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:27 PM
Sunday

She played Wally's girlfriend Julie Foster on Leave it to Beaver, also the young dancer who
had a crush on Rob on the Dick Van Dyke Show. She was also an original Mouseketeer.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,188 posts)
56. Fine. I will admit it.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:46 PM
Sunday

Although I couldn't have cared less about his singing career (but, he could sing), I was rather smitten by Shaun Cassidy.

Also his brother, but I was more into blondes back then.

Also Leif Garrett. I loved watching him in things. But, again, did not care for his music.

(Growing up gay in the south was such a bitch at times, but so was I... at times... LOL!)

pandr32

(13,780 posts)
59. Rudolf Nureyev
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:00 PM
Sunday

Watching him dance was enthralling and his nostrils flared a bit when his heart-rate went up--the only sign of strain. I was enamored. What a handsome man from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was a prince.
I took ballet as a young girl.

Ocelot II

(129,073 posts)
76. Richard Chamberlain. Had a huge crush on Dr. Kildare.
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 07:19 PM
Monday

Imagine my surprise when years later I learned that he was playing for the other team... Oh, well. It's not like I ever would have actually met him.

spooky3

(38,273 posts)
81. Cat Stevens - a bit of trivia I learned last year
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:00 PM
Monday

He was the inspiration for Carly Simon's "Anticipation."

Talitha

(7,683 posts)
90. There were so many of them!
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 11:25 PM
Monday

When I was 3, I wanted to marry Mighty Mouse - what a hunk!


As I got older - Ricky Nelson, Michael Landon, Paul McCartney, Mark Lindsay and others - and yes of course... Jim Morrison.

When my younger son was in high school, we got our first home computer. He always put the WWF wrestlers as the desktop image - as soon as he'd leave for school I'd switch it to an astronomy picture - Moon, Galaxies etc.

The photo we both finally agreed on was that classic close-up of Jim Morrison - I think most everyone knows which one I mean. Fast forward many decades... that same son and his wife made a trip to the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame - and sent me a ceramic coaster of Morrison in that memorable close-up. After all these years, he remembered.

BTW Jim's looking at me right now, Deb - he says hi.

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