35 Timeless Celebs Who Proved Their 20s Were Unbelievably Hot—You Won’t Believe #12!

Dustin Lee Hoffman is credited with being one of the key proponents of Hollywood today and is associated with versatility in his acting. Born in California in 1937, Hoffman originally pursued a career in medicine.

He dropped out after getting poor grades and restarted his tertiary education in drama. He spent two years alongside Gene Hackman at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Like many actors of his generation, his beginnings were humble, and he struggled to find roles.

In 2008, the Massachusetts publication South Coast Today reported the actor, saying he felt like he was living in his own “private insane asylum” during that era, while dealing with self-doubt. To the question, “Was Dustin Hoffman handsome in his younger days?” on Quora, the answer was yes, “in a distinctive way.”

This 78-year-old actress recently made headlines for rocking a white jacket and black bra ensemble on the red carpet—drawing criticism from one outlet for dressing “totally inappropriate.” Unfazed, she clapped back by posting a younger, even more daring photo of herself—this time without a bra—on Instagram.

Born Susan Abigail Tomalin in 1946, she began acting in the late 1960s. Her first significant contribution to the film industry came in 1970 with her role in Joe. Sarandon was 24 at the time and, by her own admission, “beautiful.”

She says she didn’t realize it back then. Speaking to Time in 2016, she reflected: “I didn’t realize I was as pretty as I was. Now, I tell people in their 20s that they should appreciate how they look now!”

Singer, actress, and television host Marie Dionne Warwick has scooped six Grammy Awards in her career, among other accolades.

The New Jersey native was born in December 1940 and became famous in the early- to mid-1960s with hit singles like Don’t Make Me Over and Walk on By. Warwick gained international acclaim at age 21 when she performed at the Olympia Theater in Paris in 1962.

Videos of the actress in her 20s show her with short hair. Although she is of average height, her couture—comprising long dresses and heels, a lean build, and leggy silhouettes—made her look much taller.

Born Gloria Fowles on September 7, 1943, this celebrity contributed to the disco scene of the mid- to late-1970s with hits like “Never Can Say Goodbye,” which was considered the first significant club banger.

Let Me Know (I Have a Right) and Never Can Say Goodbye also made the hotlists, along with others. In 1978, she suffered a fall that temporarily paralyzed her and resulted in numerous operations and decades of chronic pain.

Her 20s consisted of singing at various nightclubs until Columbia Records signed her. Photos of the era show the star with generous hairdos, often opulently clad and always beaming.

She was rightfully dubbed the “Queen of Motown Records,” thanks to her involvement in The Supremes, a 1960s all-girl band out of Michigan. As a testimony to this success, the group snatched up first-place positions with 12 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be remembered as the most successful American vocal band.

Ross and her band members were signed by Motown in 1961 when she was only 17, and she took the band to stellar heights between the ages of 21 and 26. As proof that she was, in fact, the magical ingredient, she went solo just before she turned 30 and produced the chart-topper Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.

Ross’s love for flamboyant hairstyles started in her teens and continued through her twenties, as can be seen in her photos of the era.