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Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous?

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kittylester Sat 02-Jun-12 10:45:29

We've probably had one of these threads before but I couldn't find it.

Seeing susiecb's latest post made me think about how much I would have loved to look like Twiggy when, in reality, I have only been mistaken for Sandie Shaw smile or Cilla Black confused when I was MUCH younger and MUCH MUCH thinner.

More recently, I have been likened to Brenda Blethin which is quite flattering but not in the Twiggy catergory, either as she was then or now! sad

NannaAnna Sat 16-Jun-12 00:41:33

It's a funny thing, isn't it, this 'looky-likey' business? Very, very subjective, and most people are not actually that analytical, so they pick up on a particular feature rather than accuracy.
A few years ago I was buying a new car, and became aware of some of the showroom staff whispering and looking at me. Turns out they thought I was Julie Walters!
I look nothing like Julie Walters, but at the time we both had the same dark, short, choppy hairstyle!
I have a photo of me with my eldest daughter when she was a new baby. It just happens to catch a particular tilt of my head, and a particular smile, that make me look uncannily like the late Princess Diana. Once again, I don't actually look anything like her!
My middle daughter was often told as a teenager that she looked like Drew Barrymore. There is a slight resemblance around the jaw and mouth only, and my daughter was not flattered by the comparison!
My youngest daughter has, over the years been compared to 'Pink' and Lily Allen. Apart from being a singer, she bears no resemblance to either. It came down to hair colour and style at the time. She wasn't flattered by either comparison either!
So, having dismissed the 'looks like' syndrome, I do think that with my 2 Aussie sons in law, one can look uncannily like Johnny Depp, and the other alternates between looking like Vincent Simone and Hugh Jackman smile

Ella46 Sat 16-Jun-12 08:29:11

Your daughters obviously have impeccable taste IMHO!! wink