updated: 08/12/2009

look-alike makeups: celebrities & icons

Oprah Winfrey
Mary Whitehouse
Fanny Cradock
Rosa Parks
Bettie Page
Gala Dali

A selection of celebrity impersonations. We remember the faces if not always the deeds – if there were any.

If they actually did something you’ll probably find them elsewhere in the look-alike section: politicos; bad girls; saints and wonder-workers. This section is mainly for the celebrities who are famous for being famous; though I make no apology for including others – notably Simone de Beauvoir who was not only a writer and political activist but became a feminist icon – who achieved iconic status.

This site is about the movie makeup, so please do not look here for a considered and objective judgement on these people – occasional vicious asides are as good as it gets. In the main, an icon is an icon: I make no distinction between substance and style.