Most beautiful woman?

Lys60 Your choice is interesting, is there a difference between what men v women find attractive. Neither of your choices would strike me as attractive. Now, Judy Dench, Goldie Horn, Meryl Streep among many others (Including Mrs P) are attractive in my eyes and definitely float my boat.

Beautifully written

W.B. Yeats on beauty, from A Prayer for My Daughter

May she be granted beauty, and yet not
Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught,
Or hers before a looking-glass; for such,
Being made beautiful overmuch,
Consider beauty a sufficient end,
Lose natural kindness, and maybe
The heart-revealing intimacy
That chooses right, and never find a friend.

Most beautiful women-Charlize Theron and the fabulous Catherine Deneuve

Johnny Depp is beautiful! (to me, anyway...)

Just thought of a woman who seems to have become more attractive as she has grown older-Judy Dench-not beautiful, quite pretty when she was younger, but stunning now.
Oh and for someone who wasn't beautiful but very attractive what about Glenda Jackson?

Defining beauty is something which has always been a problem. Hollywood had definite restrictions- Ingrid Bergman I believe was told she would need to have her nose changed and refused.
Attraction is equally difficult sometimes someone who seems unattractive at one age seems to "grow into" their looks- Harrison Ford is an example of this. Caught a glimpse of him in "Apocalypse Now" where he was highly forgetable.
Ooh that's just reminded me Marlon Brando- attractive or beautiful when he was younger? Attractive certainly

I very deliberately said attractive rather than beautiful, I think there is a big difference, to me beauty conjures up perfection (most often found in the young) whereas attractive means the complexity that comes with age.

Lauren Bacall

Yes to Peter O'Toole in Lawrence and Terence Stamp (particularly in Far From TMC). Julie Christie ,
By the way check out TS using his bus pass and in FFTMC
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2126729/Far-madding-crowd-Movie-legend-Terence-Stamp-hops-London-bus.html
Grace Kelly. Ingrid Bergman and her daughter Isabella Rossilini for 2 generations of beauty

I'm still going with Joanna Lumley - she is aging so beautifully and Terence Stamp looks great for his age.

I used to be very keen on Denholm Elliot - anyone remember him?

Vivian Leigh was so beautiful, and a man - Denzil Washington because of his smile

Well pompa when I see the fresh faces of children and young people I think they are beautiful but I also love the look of maturing men who have grown some laughter crinkles like Michael Caine and Roger Moore for me there has to be something else other than looks - the promise of a good conversation that includes lots of laughing. I've heard it said that men laugh women into bed- true in my case. As to women if you look into the face of someone like Mary Berry what you see there is lovely twinkly eyes and lots of love and to your original point Sophia Loren - DH says she is nearly as good as me!!! - he would say that wouldn't he.

But back to Rufus Sewell - I'd give him a bounce

Women = they are all beautiful how does one decide ?

For me, Sophia Loren comes to mind first.

As a slight aside, at what age are women and men most attractive to you ?(please note my choice of words)

IMO Sophia Loren was at her most attractive at 50/60, but she still looks pretty good at 80.

Terence Stamp definitely and Joanna Lumley - neither conventionally handsome or beautiful but very attractive people.

Oh yes to Doris Day.

oetra thank you for your endorsement re Peter O' Toole , and Ana glad that you could see it too!

I always thought that Doris Day had a natural looking beauty, still looks good and she`s about 90 now.

Yes Colin Firth was in Mama Mia Grannyknot he was one of the other two fathers.

Terence Stamp is still gorgeous, he was so elegant and beautiful as the transvestite in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Someone who was lovely in his younger days was Peter Cook. I bumped into him a few times at the Festival Hall and he had the most beautiful eyes.

Sophia Loren for me, such perfect bone structure and a natural beauty that never faded. Very closely followed by Elizabeth Taylor.

And Audrey Hepburn, yes I'd agree there, but a very different sort of beauty, not the sophistication that Sophia Loren had. Oh and what about Gina Lollabrigida? She was gorgeous!

grannyonce are you confusing Colin Firth with Pierce Brosnan? CF wasn't in Mamma Mia... or was he?

Virginia O'Brien
Marilyn Monroe
Diana Rigg
Ava Gardner
Jean Simmons

They will do for starters..!

I always thought Honor Blackman was beautiful and I think has aged really well. Never liked 'pretty boys' needed to be mean and moody for me. Terence Stamp and Alan Rickman Mmmmm.

A beautiful man?
Rudolph Nureyev, also several athletes /sportsmen who 'came out' come to mind

[swoon in vain ]

For me it would have to be Elizabeth Taylor. From youth to old age she was really beautiful.