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French actress Brigitte Bardot holds a camera during a break in filming, 1965. It's difficult for anyone who was not alive at the time to grasp the galvanizing effect that Bardot had as an actress and as a sex symbol on moviegoers around the world in the 1950s and early 1960s. Click the link to see the young Bardot in a series of pictures from our archive — most of which never ran in the magazine. (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #BrigitteBardot #1960s 60s Fashion Icons, Brigitte Bardot Hair, Klasik Hollywood, Bardot Hair, Bridgette Bardot, 60s Hair, Bardot Style, Bridget Bardot, Anna Karina
Brigitte Bardot: Rare and Classic Photos of the Original 'Sex Kitten'
French actress Brigitte Bardot holds a camera during a break in filming, 1965. It's difficult for anyone who was not alive at the time to grasp the galvanizing effect that Bardot had as an actress and as a sex symbol on moviegoers around the world in the 1950s and early 1960s. Click the link to see the young Bardot in a series of pictures from our archive — most of which never ran in the magazine. (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #BrigitteBardot #1960s
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Marilyn Monroe: Rare Early Photos of the Young Actress in 1950
Few stars of the 1950s were so compelling, so singular, that they came to define the era in which they lived and in which they created their most enduring work. Marilyn Monroe was one of those stars - see more rare photos of Marilyn by clicking the link! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1953/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #MarilynMonroe #LIFELegend #Hollywood #Star #1950s #Actress #AlfredEisenstaedt
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Sophia Loren
Portrait of award-winning actress, Sophia Loren, in 1961. Powerful, enduring relationships can sometimes develop between photographers and their subjects. Such was the case with LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt and the Italian film star, Sophia Loren. Throughout their decades-long friendship, Eisenstaedt took countless pictures of the Oscar-winning actress most of which never made it into the pages of LIFE. (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #1960s #SophiaLoren #LIFELegend
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Sophia Loren: Rare and Classic Photos of a Movie Legend
Sophia Loren picking roses in a garden at her Italian villa, 1964. Powerful, enduring relationships can sometimes develop between photographers and their subjects. Such was the case with LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt and the luminous Italian film star, Sophia Loren. Throughout their decades-long friendship, Eisenstaedt took countless pictures of the Oscar-winning actress most of which never made it into the pages of LIFE. Click the link to see more! (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection)
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The Beatles
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr of The Beatles take a quick dip in a swimming pool, 1964. (📷 John Loengard/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #TheBeatles #1960s #SwimmingPool #JohnLoengard #LIFELegends #Classic
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Gardner McKay
Actor Gardner McKay lounging on his sailboat, 1959. (📷 Allan Grant/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #GardnerMcKay #Actor #Sailing #Hollywood #1950s
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Icons of the 20th Century - LIFE
Contact sheet of Katharine Hepburn from LIFE Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt's office, 1941. See more legends from the LIFE Archive by clicking the link! ✨ (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AlfredEisenstaedt #KatharineHepburn #1940s #Actress #LIFELegend #ContactSheet
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Grace Kelly
Actress Grace Kelly reading a script during a break in filming for her role as Georgie in "The Country Girl", April 1954. (📷 Ed Clark/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #GraceKelly #Actress #Hollywood #Royal #BehindtheScenes #Filming #LIFELegend
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Anna May Wong
Portrait of American actress Wong Liu Tsong, better known as Anna May Wong. She is widely considered to be the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. 🎞️ Appearing in more than 60 movies, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and is highly regarded as a champion for greater representation of Asian Americans in film and television. (📷 Mansell Collection/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #AnnaMayWong #Hollywood #LIFELegend #Iconic #Actress #Advocate
Actor Errol Flynn with his dog at the helm of his yacht while enjoying a fishing vacation in 1941. (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1940s #ErrolFlynn #Actor #Hollywood #Yacht Errol Flynn, By Any Means Necessary, French Actress, Jet Setter, Hobart, Elba, Sailboats
The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE
Actor Errol Flynn with his dog at the helm of his yacht while enjoying a fishing vacation in 1941. (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1940s #ErrolFlynn #Actor #Hollywood #Yacht
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Ray Charles: Rare and Classic Photos of an American Genius, 1966
Ray Charles singing, with arms outstretched, during a performance at Carnegie Hall - New York, 1966. See more photos of the musical genius on and off stage by clicking the link! 🎙️ (📷 Bill Ray/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #RayCharles #NYC #CarnegieHall #BehindtheScenes #Singer #Performer #LIFELegend #1960s
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Dorothy Dandridge
Portrait of American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge. See LIFE's feature on the dazzling Dandridge from 1954 by clicking the link in our bio! ✨ (📷 Allan Grant/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFELegends #DorothyDandridge #Singer #Actress #Hollywood #1950s
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The Many Sides of Lucille Ball: Rare Photos
A behind-the-scenes look at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on the set of "I Love Lucy”, 1959. Lucille Ball lived several fascinating lifetimes, many of them captured by LIFE’s photographers on her way up the showbiz ladder. See more by clicking the link! ❤️ (📷 Leonard McCombe/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1950s #LucilleBall #DesiArnaz #ILoveLucy #Hollywood #LeonardMcCombe
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Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift
Contact sheet of images showing actors Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift together during the filming of 'A Place in the Sun' (directed by George Stevens) in Hollywood, California - 1950. (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #ElizabethTaylor #MontgomeryClift #ContactSheet #FilmStars #Actors #APlaceintheSun #1950s #Hollywood