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debm55

(55,502 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:09 PM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
Barry Manilow. 💕 mucifer Yesterday #1
Thank you very much much mucifer. I liked him too. debm55 Yesterday #2
It had to be True Dough Yesterday #3
HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you True Dough. debm55 Yesterday #5
Well, when "Jesus Christ Superstar" was sending the RW Xians into waves of fit... hlthe2b Yesterday #4
Thank you very much for sharing that with us.hlthe2b. debm55 Yesterday #6
You picked a goody there. MuseRider 9 hrs ago #52
And, that voice! Wow! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #55
Jayne Mansfield anciano Yesterday #7
Hahaha Thank you anciano. debm55 Yesterday #8
A couple of actresses LogDog75 Yesterday #9
Excellent choices, LogDog75. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Yesterday #10
I'm a geek, Carl Sagan was my first big crush. JustKay Yesterday #11
I so enjoyed Carl Sagan. Always watched him on television. Thank you. JustKay. debm55 Yesterday #12
Richard Burton some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #13
Thank you some_of_us_are_sane. Richard Burton. was a great actor and looker. debm55 Yesterday #21
Deb, I was hooked from the time I was 12 some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #22
Rick Springfield Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #14
Thank you so much, Mad_Dem_X. He was hot. debm55 Yesterday #19
David McCallum as Ilya Kuryakin in... 3catwoman3 Yesterday #15
Thank you 3catwoman3. Yes, he as eye candy for sure.and smart. debm55 Yesterday #18
Jennifer Connelly. Aristus Yesterday #16
Thank you very much, Aristus. What a sweet post. debm55 Yesterday #17
Thank you. Aristus Yesterday #20
Gabriella Sabatini JMCKUSICK Yesterday #23
Thank you very much. John. Great tennis player debm55 7 hrs ago #62
I wouldn't call it a crush, but I loved Bob Dylan! lucca18 23 hrs ago #24
As a preteen, Andy Gibb. As an older teen, Steve Perry from Journey. nt Dulcinea 21 hrs ago #25
Shelly Fabres CanonRay 21 hrs ago #26
Christina Applegate Coldwater 21 hrs ago #27
Shaun Cassidy - photos all over my walls ... TBF 21 hrs ago #28
Oh yes, Shaun Cassiday. Loved him and especially his older brother David Cassidy. debm55 9 hrs ago #49
Jane Fonda then and even now....from Barbarella to Red Coat activism walkingman 21 hrs ago #29
Yes, agree with you wallingman. Terrific woman. debm55 9 hrs ago #48
James Baldwin, Roberto Clemente, Johnny Unitas. LoisB 20 hrs ago #30
Excellent choices, LoisB. Thank you. debm55 9 hrs ago #47
Bernadette Peters duckworth969 19 hrs ago #31
Thank you very much, duckworth969, Lovely voice, multitalented. debm55 9 hrs ago #46
George Takei, and I'm still a big fan. markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #32
Thank you very much for your great selections, markocochartaigh. debm55 10 hrs ago #45
Ricky Nelson Tiny Tabby 18 hrs ago #33
Thank you very much Tiny Tabby. I remember him. Also , welcome to DU debm55 10 hrs ago #44
Michael York, the actor no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #34
Oh yes, he was a great actor and a looker. debm55 10 hrs ago #43
Leonard Nimoy From The Ashes 12 hrs ago #35
Great. thank you From the Ashes. debm55 10 hrs ago #42
George Harrison of course! Beatlelvr 12 hrs ago #36
He was my second favorite. debm55 10 hrs ago #39
Same! lark 11 hrs ago #37
Oh lark, lucky you. debm55 10 hrs ago #41
Bardot justaprogressive 10 hrs ago #38
Thank you , justaprogressive. debm55 10 hrs ago #40
The Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton darkstar 9 hrs ago #50
A LOT of them MuseRider 9 hrs ago #51
Cheryl Holdridge boonecreek 8 hrs ago #53
Grace Slick DBoon 8 hrs ago #54
Fine. I will admit it. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #56
Joan Baez Cirsium 8 hrs ago #57
Roger Daltrey luvallpeeps 8 hrs ago #58
Oh yes, the voice and the eye candy looks. Thank you luvallpeeps. debm55 5 hrs ago #68
Rudolf Nureyev pandr32 8 hrs ago #59
Thank you very much for sharing with us. I agree, Rudolf was a prince of ballet. debm55 5 hrs ago #66
Joni Mitchell BeneteauBum 8 hrs ago #60
Thank you very much , BeneteauBum, Wonderful singer. debm55 7 hrs ago #61
Jane Fonda Emile 7 hrs ago #63
Thank you Emile. Jane is an ageless beauty. debm55 5 hrs ago #67
Janis Joplin WmChris 6 hrs ago #64
Thank you very much. She had a great voice and an inner shine. debm55 6 hrs ago #65
Elizabeth Montgomery. Borogove 5 hrs ago #69
Annette Funnicello bobalew 2 hrs ago #70

hlthe2b

(112,782 posts)
4. Well, when "Jesus Christ Superstar" was sending the RW Xians into waves of fit...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:14 PM
Yesterday

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

(1,095 posts)
9. A couple of actresses
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:37 PM
Yesterday

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

(2,746 posts)
13. Richard Burton
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:24 PM
Yesterday
DEAD OR ALIVE that voice ricochets around and through me as if I were a conch shell

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,746 posts)
22. Deb, I was hooked from the time I was 12
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 09:13 PM
Yesterday

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

(10,124 posts)
14. Rick Springfield
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:43 PM
Yesterday

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

(28,570 posts)
15. David McCallum as Ilya Kuryakin in...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:48 PM
Yesterday

…The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

I’ve always found intelligence very attractive.

Aristus

(71,625 posts)
16. Jennifer Connelly.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 07:35 PM
Yesterday

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
23 hrs ago

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

(55,502 posts)
49. Oh yes, Shaun Cassiday. Loved him and especially his older brother David Cassidy.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 11:53 AM
9 hrs ago

walkingman

(10,319 posts)
29. Jane Fonda then and even now....from Barbarella to Red Coat activism
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
21 hrs ago

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

(25,887 posts)
37. Same!
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:28 AM
11 hrs ago

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

darkstar

(5,769 posts)
50. The Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:04 PM
9 hrs ago

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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MuseRider

(35,127 posts)
51. A LOT of them
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:10 PM
9 hrs ago

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

(1,385 posts)
53. Cheryl Holdridge
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:27 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(10,145 posts)
56. Fine. I will admit it.
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 12:46 PM
8 hrs ago

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

(13,763 posts)
59. Rudolf Nureyev
Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:00 PM
8 hrs ago

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.

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