CONFESS!!!!!! Celebrity Crushes you had when you were a kid!!!!

[LynneSin]

I can think of 3

Engelbert Humperdick (my mother had an album of his Greatest Hits and I loved "Release Me"

Tony Orlando - My brother and I would fight each week to see who would get to watch either my show (Tony Orlando and Dawn) or his (some goofy war show that wasn't MASH)

and Davy Jones of the Monkees

What celebrity crushes did you have when you were a kid!!!

[Jack_Dawson]

1. Catwoman - Big Time!

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Andy Gibb...

MMMMMMMmmmmmm....

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Are you 36?

[proud patriot]

11. Me too Andy Gibb

FYI I'm 34 almost 35 ...For JackDawson

[kaitykaity]

3. Barnabas Collins.

I think I was 5.

[nini]

20. HAHAHAHHA... Old Barnabas... Gotta love Dark Shadows!!

[kaitykaity]

86. Thank you for the photo.

He was tortured dreamy. Big sigh.

[trackfan]

82. I had a crush on Angelique! n/t

[zbird]

5. Tom Jones.

Used to love watching his TV show.

[nini]

6. Burt Reynolds, James Franciscus(sp), Roman Gabriel (Ram's QB)

I was gonna marry one of them dontcha know?

[Logansquare]

98. My god, I thought I was the only James Franciscus groupy

on earth... Remember "Longstreet?" Sigh..the cute blind guy next door.

[hlthe2b]

7. Robert Conrad-- Wild Wild West

in those tight pants LOL! (and I was, but a very young child, but very aware for my age!)

Unfortunately, I've since come to find his political leanings (far right wing)......

[Love Bug]

84. Thank you!!!

Let's hear it for Robert Conrad's butt! Woo-hoo!

[kmla]

Kristy McNichol

http://www.dreamstarlets.com/features/!bios/kristy_mcnichol22.jpg

She was just so damned cute...

Ahhhhh...

[CaptainClark23]

48. Hear Hear!

[BigDaddyLove]

57. You betcha!!!!!

.

[terrya]

Tony Dow, Wally from "Leave it to Beaver"

Man, what a cutie. Particularly when he got to high school age (I'd be waiting for Wally to take off his shirt. He never did, darn it)

[arwalden]

12. OMG... I Still Do! Also "Robby" From "My Three Sons" And "Little Joe"

from Bonanza.

-- Allen

[terrya]

21. Ah...Robby. "sigh"

Man, he was cute.

Terry

[bubblesby2002]

34. I forgot all about him

Yep loved him too and Little Joe. In fact I think I must have had crushes on every guy on TV at one time or another.

[arwalden]

52. Tony Dow Photos

[terrya]

61. Woof!

That picture on the left...what a man.

Thanks for the eye candy, Allen.

Terry

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. Johnny Depp - who did'nt ?

and I still do to this day .

James Spader - even if he played the bastard in the movies , he is still hot .

[Loonman]

9. Jodie Foster

That's still valid, actually.

[West Coast Democrat]

10. Michael J. Fox

even though he played a Republican on TV, I loved his sweater vests!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. me too !

[lovedems]

13. Sean Cassidy, Donny Osmond.

Ok, I am smarter now.

[kaitykaity]

45. Were Dirk Benedict and

the 'real' Richard Hatch on your list?

I was right there with you on "Da Do Run Run".

[lovedems]

53. No, but Leif Garret was.

And he looks like such a dork now.

[kaitykaity]

83. Doesn't he, though?

Ah, the memories. :spank:

[myrna minx]

101. Dirk Benedict

was my dream boat. Shaun Cassidy, too.

[judge_smales]

15. Susan Day.

Boi-oi-oi-ng!

[VelmaD]

16. Christopher Dean...

the ice dancer. As in Torvill and Dean.

Jim Morrison (and yes I know he was already dead.)

Harrison Ford...well actually who I had the crush on was Han Solo. :-)

[TolstoyAndy]

17. Linda Carter

My first Wonder Woman.

[jimbo fett]

23. Oooooh, yeah. Wonder Woman. I had more than one adolescent fantasy

involving her and her magic lasso!!!

[skypilot]

18. Lee Majors and...

...the guy who played Hyata on "UltraMan".

[jimbo fett]

19. Kristi McNichol on "Family" and Pam Dawber on "Mork and Mindy"

[GOPisEvil]

22. Add Tatum O'Neal, and you have my trifecta.

:thumbsup:

[CO Liberal]

24. Shirley Temple

Because they showed her movies a lot on TV in the '50s, and I thought she was the same age as me. It wasn't until I was 5 or 6 that I learned that she was the same age as my mother.

[danbee46]

25. Kim Novak

I guess I'm older than the rest of you (57). But Kim Novak was mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[Loonman]

26. Darlene from Mickey Mouse Club was hot, too

I think she did some risque pics at one time, also.

[madrchsod]

27. mary ann-dawn wells

cat woman-julie newmar
jeannie- barbara eden
i forgot annette!!!! boobs!!!

[LynneSin]

28. To add to my list: Richard Chamberlin circa "The Thorn Birds" era

I so wanted a Catholic Priest from Australia to sweep me off my feet - and to look like Richard Chamberlin.

:sigh:

[kmla]

33. Little did you know....

... he plays for the other team.

That's what I've heard rumors of recently about my adolescent crush, Kristy McNichol, as well.

Poo.

[LynneSin]

39. Richard Chamberlin outed himself

and yes, I was disappointed even though he did it 2 years ago and the crush was over 20 years ago.

Any teenage girl that read "The Thorn Birds" back in the mid 80's was drooling for Catholic Priest Richard Chamberlin

:shrug:

[judge_smales]

43. Nahhh. Kristy is straight,

But she has some pretty serious emotional/mental problems, which is why you haven't seen her in 20 years or so.

[jimbo fett]

46. She was in that late 80s, early 90s show with the guy from Soap.

Can't think of the name of it.

[kmla]

54. Empty Nest..

w/ Richard Mulligan, Dinah Manoff, Kristi McNichol, and Park Overall.

I remember the stupidest things...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

51. Uh....no she isn't...

She's been with an older woman for many years now. She's just not very "out" about it.

[underpants]

29. Dorothy Hammill then later Alley Sheedy and Justine Bateman

Whooohoooo!

[underpants]

I almost forgot Squeeky Fromme

And I have no idea why.

[PDittie]

42. Dorothy Hamill FOR SURE

SI had some pictures of her skating in the Olympics back in the day that so accentuated her booty, it drove me crazy...

[DODI]

30. Although I was not of this generation:

Errol Flynn and Donald O'Connor.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. Brazilian soap opera actress Norma Blum

Circa 1975 (I was ten).

[bubblesby2002]

32. Pat Boone eeeewwwwww

...even before Tony Dow of Leave It To Beaver. He wore white buck shoes and I pestered my mother to get me a pair for months and months. And then it was Tony Dow, and then Ricky Nelson, I must have gooten smarter.

[jimbo fett]

35. Charlene Tilton from "Dallas" I likes my women vo-lup-tu-ous.

[PDittie]

36. Linda Ronstadt

That album cover where she had on the blue hot pants and roller skates nearly caused me to explode...

[Bonhomme Richard]

44. Jeez, I forgot

Huge crush on Linda. Saw her as an opening act for Neil Young at Univ of Alabama for $2.00

[Bonhomme Richard]

37. Marlo Thomas - That Girl

Smart, independent, and funny

[mvd]

38. Tiffany, Molly Ringwald, and Debbie Gibson

I still like them, especially Debbie Gibson. But my favorites now include these:

Katie Holmes
Colleen Haskell
Alyssa Milano
Rachel Bilson
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Scarlett Johansson
Alicia Silverstone
Anna Faris
Natalie Portman
Erika Christensen
Kate Bosworth
Eliza Dushku
Reese Witherspoon
Amanda Peet
Ali Larter
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Aniston
Amber Tamblyn
Lake Bell
Larisa Oleynik
Kiera Knightly
Salma Hayek
Thandie Newton
Sharon Case
Lauren Woodland
Aubrey Dollar
Deborah Zoe
Lindsey McKeon
Jennifer Finnigan
Terri Columbino
Ashley Jones
Bree Sharp
Andrea Corr
Michelle Branch
Gwen Stefani
Cindy Alexander
Sherrie Austin
Lucy Woodward
Mindy Smith

[mvd]

50. Wendy and Chynna from Wilson Phillips were also crushes

Not anymore, though.

[Jokerman]

40. Valerie Bertinelli

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[Misinformed01]

41. Robert Redford

I still have good taste

[Birthmark]

47. Barbara Eden.

She was my first.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

49. David Cassidy...

his brother Shaun,
both Starsky AND Hutch,
Michael Ontkean from "The Rookies",
John Davidson from "The Happiest Millionaire",
Ringo Starr,
Kerry MacLaine from "The Cowboys",
Michael Brandon,

and those are just a few...I was SERIOUSLY "boy crazy" when I was younger. :)

[m-jean03]

55. Richard "MacGyver" Dean Anderson

I love this show forever...Yes...I grew up during...the 80's!!!
MacGyver was a great liberal type too, he had a lot of shows dealing with gun control & environmental & other social issues.

[XNASA]

56. Mary Tyler Moore, Diana Rigg, Caroline Jones

Still do.

[ewagner]

65. Dianna Rigg for sure!

Always a favorite of mine...

Also Katheryn Ross of The Graduate fame.

[neverforget]

58. Erin Gray of Buck Rogers

Catherine Bach of Dukes of Hazard

Almost forgot, some of the women on Battlestar Galactica: Maren Jenson (Athena), Cassiopea, Sheba whose real names escape

edited because i figured out some of their names!

[kmla]

62. Ooooh. Erin Gray...

Hubba Hubba.

(or beedy beedy beedy, if you REALLY used to watch the show).

[fudge stripe cookays]

59. ALL of the Bay City Rollers

Sigh. Yes, I'm 37.

[ploppy]

60. Kurt Russell

and Desi Arnaz Jr. Please don't tell anyone though!

[salinen]

63. Karen Valentine

Diane Carrol, Victoria Principal, Emmy Lou Harris, Diana Rigg, Rocky, Tony Tennile.

[shanti]

68. yep

i had a crush on kurt too, he was a cutie! (still is)

[SOteric]

64. David Copperfield

[GOPisEvil]

95. Really?

You didn't find him a little creepy?

Oh...wait...it's the first name, isn't it? ;-)

[Rowdyboy]

66. Elizabeth Montgomery, Inger Stevens and Grace Kelly

As a pre-teen, I liked my cool, collected blondes.

[shanti]

67. mark lindsay

from paul revere and the raiders. i also had a crush on elton john before i discovered that he was gay;-)

[TXlib]

69. Linda Carter as Wonder Woman

When I was just a small boy, I had fantasies about her tying me up with her lasso, long before I had any idea about sex or bondage.

Somehow, she made me feel warm and squishy inside...

[NightTrain]

70. Jaclyn Smith when "Charlie's Angels" was on.

Later on, it was Belinda Carlisle when she sang lead for the Go-Go's.

[geniph]

71. Geez, am I the only late-edition boomer

who fixated on all four Beatles?

Yes, they broke up by the time I was 10...didn't stop me from having adolescent crushes on them. Although eventually I only had John's picture on my wall. :loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

72. Elvis, John Schneider, Jon-Erik Hexum, Erik Estrada, Scott Baio

Rob Lowe, Jonathan Frakes, Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, David Lee Roth, Jon Bon Jovi, Vince Neil, John Taylor, Robert Sweet, that Winger guy, The bay city rollers, the hardy boys, shaun cassidy

I am sure there are more I loved for all of two days whom I have forgotten now. *lol*

[GreenPartyVoter]

105. Add Barbarino, Washington, and Epstein

from "Welcome Back Kotter".

[GregW]

73. Melody Patterson

aka "Wrangler Jane" in F-Troop

[GregW]

78. Awww heck! Add Lindsay Wagner, Joanna Lumley, Jenny Agutter

:eyes:

[GregW]

81. And more ... Suzi Quatro, Linda Rondstadt, Maureen McCormick

:eyes:

[populistmom]

74. Pierce Brosnan, Robert Redford, Emilio Estevez, Ed Begley Jr....

Pierce Brosnan (actually my husband looks a little like him, kind of a cross between Pierce and Steve Buscemi)

Robert Redford- big 70's intellectual hunk

Emilio Estevez- why him I'm still not sure (too many of those teen movies)- zero appeal now though

Ed Begley Jr.- a little weird, but I remember being very into St. Elsewhere and I liked him

Doug McKeon- the "suck face" kid in On Golden Pond (for some reason, I had my first (ahem) "dream" about him when I was about 12

David Letterman- major crush from age 10 or 11 on

Tim Robbins- still have a crush on him, but since it started when I was 16, I guess it still counts as a childhood crush too

[Mr.Green93]

75. Mercedes McCambridge

[skypilot]

79. The voice of the demon in "The Exorcist"???

You did NOT!:)

[Mr.Green93]

106. she was hot in 50s westerns

[belladonna]

76. Shawn Cassidy and Andy Gibb

My very first post in the Lounge and I embarrass myself. Not exactly an auspicious start, but I'll trust you guys to keep my shameful secret. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

80. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[belladonna]

94. Thanks!!

I actually joined a few months ago, but after seeing the flame wars in GD2004, decided to wait until March to jump into the fray. In all the excitement last night, I decided that I couldn't wait anymore. :D

SO far I haven't been banned, tho that sex thread rule COULD prove to be a problem for me. }(

[GOPisEvil]

96. Heehee...it's a problem for a lot of us.

}(

[noonwitch]

77. Donny Osmond

He was so cute. When I was 8, I had all his records, read Tiger Beat regularly to see pictures of him and watched American Bandstand every time he was on it. I was over him by the time he and Marie got their show.

[MaineDem]

85. Peter Asher

Of Peter & Gordon.

I had this thing for redheads at the time.

[chiburb]

87. Miss Landers on Leave it to Beaver... sigh. n/t

.

[Richardo]

88. 90+ responses and NO BARBARA FELDON? Are y'all INSANE?

...Then she's mine! all mine! :D Mwa-hahahahahaha :evilgrin:


:loveya:

[chiburb]

89. I was waiting to post #99 in this thread...n/t

.

[gator_in_Ontario]

90. Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella

also Madeline Kahn, and Linda Grey

[salinen]

92. OooooooooLeslie Ann Warren

hubbahubba yeeeaaaahh baby.

[camero]

91. Farrah Fawcet, Suzanne Sommers, Raquel Welch

Especially Raquel. :)

[beyurslf]

93. Keanu Reeves

and Kirk Cameron

[Mobius]

97. Johnny Cash

I was 4

[redqueen]

99. First was David Bowie

Yeah I'm weird. I have this thing about redheads... later it was Anthony Michael Hall. I still think he's too cute. :)

[Ramsey]

112. I lusted after Bowie

But he wasn't my first celebrity crush (see my post below), just my longest lasting one. In fact I still lust over Bowie and that Voice!!

[Kickin_Donkey]

100. Like a lot of people here, I'm a '70s kid, so ...

Florence Henderson on Brady Bunch
Joanie (Erin Moran) on Happy Days when she was pre-high school age
Bailey (Jan Smithers) on WKRP in Cincinnati. Wow!!!!
Jamie Summers on Bionic Woman
Joanie, the artsy sister on Eight is Enough
Pam Dawber on Mork and Mindy
Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island
Jo on Square Pegs
LaVerne on LaVerne and Shirley
Susan St. James on MacMillan and Wife
Blythe Danner in West World

... those are just the ones off the top of my head ...

[Richardo]

104. Jan Smithers! Discerning eye, Kickin...

:thumbsup:

I was too far along to consider her a "childhood" crush. But she was definitely an "adult" crush. Yowza! :9

[chiburb]

107. Jan Smithers, with her then-hubby James Brolin!

See this fan page:
http://www.clothmonkey.com/smithers.htm

[BurtWorm]

108. Did I mention I had a crush on Natalie Wood?

I did in another thread. Might as well repeat myself here.

[dback]

109. Oh, who played Joanie on "Eight is Enough?"

I loved her!! She was the only one on the show who seemed to have something approaching a genuine comic style--very warm and bubbly, with just a slightly distracted air, in that Sandy Duncan way.

Has no one mentioned Bobby Sherman?

[bmbmd]

102. Great Thread

How about Hayley Mills, Annette Funicello, and Natalie Wood?

[hyphenate]

103. Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere

and the Raiders was one big one.

On TV, James T. Kirk, Roger Moore in "The Saint" and David Hedison as Lee Crane on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

I would be remiss if I forgot to mention Napoleon Solo, and one that I still have a crush on nowadays, Rod Taylor.

[eek]

110. I'll just do list up to age 10

because otherwise it gets into that messy "define KID" thing.



Danny Kaye
Rex Harrison
Donovan
Mike Nesmith
George Harrison
The Hudson Brothers

[Ramsey]

111. Bruce Boxleitner

When he starred in How The West Was Won.

I had pictures of him all over my locker at school.

[Bertha Venation]

113. Toni Tennille and Lynda Carter. n/t

[northofdenali]

114. Spock!

Not Leonard Nimoy, SPOCK! (Now I'm blushing!)

[ikojo]

115. Here goes through the ages

Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins when I was in kindergarten...I would RUN home from school to see Dark Shadows. My now deceased younger brother was an Underdog fan. We would play Underdog and Barnabas.

Tom Jones....I loved watching the show with my mom

Donny Osmond....so much so that purple is STILL my favorite color

Leonard Nimoy as Spock...

Barry Manilow

Bay City Rollers...I think my favorite was Woody

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

Paul Michael Glaser as Starsky and Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (the movie)...Perchik was a radical who dared to teach Tevye's daughters how to read the Torah. He used to Torah as metaphor on the class struggle...Jacob's experience teaches us never trust an employer.
I am looking forward to the release of Starsky and Hutch Season One on DVD...I remember my friend Michele and I would watch S&H and hold our hands cupped to signify that we liked PMG's tushy! I was so embarrased when my mom asked me what that meant and I told her (I was maybe 13)

Tom Baker as Dr Who 4

I guess that's enough.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

116. Taylor Hanson!

ah ha ha ha


The kid from Saved By The Bell



and these two

[alwynsw]

117. Maureen O'Hara

i was crushed when I learned that she had 30 years on me.

[bobthedrummer]

118. Bridget Bardot was my dream girl for awhile, so were the Shrimpton

sisters, Jayne Mansfield and Elizabeth Taylor.
Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, Haley Mills and Annette Funicello too!