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FannyCornforth Mon 16-Nov-20 08:56:21

On another post, someone suggested that it would be a good idea for posters to have avatars so that it would be easier to recognise each other.

In mind of that, I thought that perhaps we could describe ourselves a little, so that we can have a mental image?

You could start with a well known person who you have been told that you look a bit like; or a person who you would like to look like; or just give three adjectives.

So, to get the ball rolling, MrC thinks that I look like Boy George in his younger days (I know, aren't I the lucky one, blush)

I would love to look like Helena Bonham Carter, but I'd settle for Kirstie Alsop (they are sort of idealised versions of me).

I hope that we have some fun with this thread.
Do with it what you want!
Like I said, it's just a bit daftsmile

Lucca Mon 16-Nov-20 14:47:10

Apparently she. I was very young I looked like a actress call Ed Mimsy Farmer.
I now just look like a wrinkly old lady (with nice hair)

Lucca Mon 16-Nov-20 14:47:32

Apparently when not she....

Bluecat Mon 16-Nov-20 14:49:17

In my younger days, I thought I looked a bit like Stephen Fry. That would have been OK but I'm a woman.....

FannyCornforth Mon 16-Nov-20 14:51:42

Bluecat

In my younger days, I thought I looked a bit like Stephen Fry. That would have been OK but I'm a woman.....

Like me and Boy George then.
I'm sure that we would make a striking couple!

FannyCornforth Mon 16-Nov-20 14:55:36

Joplin

I've always been mistaken for Jilly Cooper - the smile & the hair, I believe.

But do you look like Janis?
Janis and Jilly have quite a similar look.

Auntieflo Mon 16-Nov-20 15:20:34

Before we were married, I was told I looked like Princess Margaret, sigh ?....
But now I am my mum, my daughter is me, and her daughter, is her.....
Maternal genes run strong here .

Kate1949 Mon 16-Nov-20 15:32:49

As I've said before on a similar thread, when I had my Mary Quant hairstyle in the '60s, someone told me I looked like Paul Mccartney.

lindiann Mon 16-Nov-20 15:40:36

I was told I look like Anton UMM!!! (Wish I could dance like him two left feet) My DH used to say my Mum looked like the Queen on a dad day smile

gulligranny Mon 16-Nov-20 15:48:50

When I was younger I looked like a cross between Delia Smith and Judi Dench.

Now I look like my maternal grandmother. I didn't like her much, so tend to avoid mirrors/photos!

lemongrove Mon 16-Nov-20 15:59:32

I don’t look now ( or ever did) like anyone famous,
This is me hiding behind a furry owl given to me by a GDS
During the last lockdown

glammagran Mon 16-Nov-20 16:01:02

I most definitely do not resemble my mother. She was partly Indian, very dark haired and thin. I am blonde with green eyes and not thin (but not very overweight either).

minxie Mon 16-Nov-20 16:15:32

I can’t think of anyone famous that I look like, but my partner says I laugh like a Joan Simms

FannyCornforth Mon 16-Nov-20 16:26:17

lemongrove that owl looks familiar.
There's something about the slightly skewiff beak...

Mistymoocake Mon 16-Nov-20 16:35:12

Hattie Jakes Same size also Statute of my mum I have her lovely hair which was think well into her 80's but look like my dad

knspol Mon 16-Nov-20 16:38:37

At school I was always told I looked like Morticia in the Adams family. In the 60's and 70's I was frequently told I looked like Cilla Black. Now I look like my mother - old, grey and lined - good job my eyesight's fading.

threexnanny Mon 16-Nov-20 17:05:13

If we can choose who to look like I want to be Anna Ford when she was about 40 please.
I've got a drawing of me done by GD which I think is a much better likeness than my passport photo.

pinkpeony Mon 16-Nov-20 17:08:40

Allegedly, I look like Brenda Blethyn (Vera).

4xGranny Mon 16-Nov-20 17:14:27

This is me

4xGranny Mon 16-Nov-20 17:15:47

Actually the hair is more grey face looks older ?

FannyCornforth Mon 16-Nov-20 17:16:29

4xGranny loving the freckles!
Are those personalised emojis an iPhone thing?

suzette1613 Mon 16-Nov-20 17:36:13

When l was a bit (well, much) younger people used to tell me l either looked like Mary Quant or Kiki Dee. I look like their mothers now!

LadyO Mon 16-Nov-20 17:46:32

Took a while to work out how to insert the Avatar... my GD ‘helped’ me make this one... ?

Happysexagenarian Mon 16-Nov-20 18:28:43

When I was younger several people said I looked like Anita Harris. I couldn't see the likeness myself but would happily consider that a compliment now. I probably look more like Mr Blobby these days!

grumppa Mon 16-Nov-20 18:40:21

Sean Connery (not now- when he was in his seventies) and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Trixee Mon 16-Nov-20 18:49:01

Norma Major, according to friends although she is dark and I’ve let my hair go white.