20 modern celebrities with Old Hollywood doppelgängers

Though not a member of old Old Hollywood, Ali MacGraw is well past her younger years. But she appears to have a young twin in Kendall Jenner. The dark hair and middle part seal the deal for these two lookalikes. 

Ann-Margret is a great actress who was particularly popular in the 1960s and 1970s thanks to films like Carnal Knowledge and Bye Bye Birdie. Her looks in her younger years weren’t much different than that of Isla Fisher. 

Give Michelle Williams every Old Hollywood role possible. She played Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, but she needs to star in a biographical film about Brigitte Bardot because that’s who she really looks like. 

Rooney Mara looks quite similar to the iconic actress Audrey Hepburn. Mara looks so similar to the EGOT winner that she’s been tapped to play her in a biopic. 

James Franco looks so much like James Dean that he was tapped to play the Old Hollywood icon in his biopic. Franco was nominated for an Emmy for his work (the film was made for television). 

Christina Aguilera has embodied Old Hollywood glamour many times throughout her career — it just fits her aesthetic. It should come as no surprise that the Grammy-winning singer has a doppelganger in Old Hollywood icon Ginger Rogers. 

Had Taraji P. Henson been alive in the 1960s, she would’ve been fighting Tammi Terrell for roles. The two are strikingly similar in looks. Oddly enough, Henson was born just a few months after Terrell died. 

Had Lana Del Rey been alive when Priscilla Presley was younger, the two might’ve gotten mistaken for one another. Rey has certainly used her as style inspiration in some of her music videos, though the sound influence is more closely aligned with Priscilla’s ex-husband, the late great Elvis Presley. 

Clark Gable and George Clooney have a lot in common. They were born just a state away from each other (Gable in Ohio and Clooney in Kentucky), they both won at least one Oscar during their career, and they look alike. Clooney just took over for Gable in a new era. 

Before her untimely and grisly death, thanks to Charles Manson and company, Sharon Tate was one of the most famous women in Hollywood. Her beauty lives on, though, and she has a modern doppelganger in Australian actress Rose Byrne. 

When comparing photos of a young Leonard Whiting to Zac Efron, it’s hard to tell the difference between the two. If someone were to see 1968’s Romeo and Juliet today, they might think it’s Troy Bolton acting as Romeo. 

A young James Brolin and a current Christian Bale look just about identical. They share plenty of similar features, including their jawlines and their noses. But don’t mention it to Brolin because he doesn’t think they look alike. 

Many women have played Lucille Ball in biopics, but were they the right women? No modern Hollywood star looks more like the Old Hollywood star than Debra Messing of Will & Grace fame. 

Raquel Welch was a stunning actress who took on many roles in vintage Hollywood, and her modern doppelganger is Eva Mendes. Mendes’ husband, Ryan Gosling, agrees. He was such a fan of Welch that he had a poster of her on his wall while growing up. 

Burt Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo’s time in Hollywood overlapped some, but had it overlapped even more, they might’ve gotten mistaken for one another. Ruffalo looks very similar to a young Reynolds. 

Many famous women have found inspiration from Marilyn Monroe. The bygone starlet’s glamour is still a source of inspiration for many today. Gwen Stefani seems to have taken cues from her, too, as she has a very similar look. 

Olga James was a singer and actress whose career was at its height in the 1960s. Working as an actress and a singer sounds familiar to Brandy’s career, and the two just so happen to look quite a lot alike. 

Based on the rumors of Joan Crawford’s behavior, it feels wrong to compare anyone to her, especially someone as seemingly lovely as Kate Winslet. But it’s hard to deny that the two look quite similar to one another. 

The same name with different spellings and the same woman written in two fonts, Sophia Loren and Sofia Vergara, are definitely doppelgängers. They’re both stunning and talented, and they definitely give off bombshell energy. 

Reese Witherspoon could totally pass for a young Cybill Shepherd. And two have similar talents - both are wonderful actresses and can sing, too.