Both Were 61 in These Photos: 8 Pairs of Stars at the Same Age, Including Sandra Bullock

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11/01/2026
Both Were 61 in These Photos: 8 Pairs of Stars at the Same Age, Including Sandra Bullock

When I started as a personal shopper in 1998, women in their fifties asked me for clothes that would help them disappear. By the time I left, the same women were asking for the red coat. These 8 pairs of stars were photographed at the same age decades apart, and side by side they show how much 50, 60 and 70 have changed.

Audrey Hepburn in 1991 and Juliette Binoche in 2026, Both 62

Audrey Hepburn was 62 when this photo was taken in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 1991. By then, she had spent three years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, traveling to Ethiopia, Sudan and Vietnam to speak for children in need.

Juliette Binoche was 62 at the opening ceremony of the Deauville American Film Festival in France in September 2026. She won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1997 for ‘The English Patient.’

Betty White at the 1992 Emmys and Geena Davis in 2026, Both 70

Betty White was photographed at the Emmys in August 1992, a few months after ‘The Golden Girls’ ended its seven-season run. She was 70. For playing Rose Nylund, she won the Emmy for lead actress in a comedy in 1986.

Geena Davis was 70 at the Saturn Awards in March 2026. She won an Oscar in 1989 for ‘The Accidental Tourist’ and later founded an institute that studies how women and girls are shown on screen.

Lucille Ball on the Set of ‘Here’s Lucy’ and Salma Hayek, Both 58

Lucille Ball was 58 in this CBS photo from ‘Here’s Lucy,’ dated Nov. 25, 1969. She played Lucy Carter, a secretary at her brother-in-law’s employment agency, and her real children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., played her TV kids. Years earlier, she had become the first woman to run a major TV studio.

Salma Hayek was 58 at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025. Her role in ‘Frida’ made her the first Mexican actress nominated for the best actress Oscar.

Aunt Bee of Mayberry Was 61 in This Photo, the Same Age as Sandra Bullock in Hers

Frances Bavier played Aunt Bee, who kept house for Sheriff Andy Taylor and his young son, Opie, on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ from 1960 to 1968. This CBS portrait is dated May 31, 1964. She was 61, and three years later she won an Emmy for the role.

Sandra Bullock was 61 when she was photographed on set in August 2025, filming the sequel to her 1998 movie ‘Practical Magic.’ She won the Oscar for best actress in 2010.

Mary Tyler Moore at the 1988 Emmys and Nicole Kidman, Both 51

Mary Tyler Moore was 51 at the Emmys in August 1988. From 1970 to 1977, she played Mary Richards, a single woman working in a TV newsroom in Minneapolis, on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show.’

Nicole Kidman was 51 at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018, where she presented ‘Aquaman,’ in which she played the hero’s mother, Queen Atlanna. She won the Oscar for best actress in 2003 for ‘The Hours.’

Ann-Margret at a Film Festival in 1988 and Kate Winslet in 2023, Both 47

Ann-Margret was 47 at the Deauville American Film Festival in France in September 1988. She became a star in the early 1960s with ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ and ‘Viva Las Vegas,’ and she has won five Golden Globes.

Kate Winslet was 47 in this photo from September 2023. She won the Oscar for best actress in 2009 for ‘The Reader.’

Edith Bunker of ‘All in the Family’ and Jodie Foster, Both 63

Jean Stapleton was 63 at a “Working Women on TV” seminar in Los Angeles on March 14, 1986. She played Edith Bunker on ‘All in the Family’ for nine seasons and won three Emmys for the role.

Jodie Foster was 63 at a 50th-anniversary screening of ‘Taxi Driver’ at the Tribeca Festival in New York in June 2026. She has won the Oscar for best actress twice, in 1989 and 1992.

Rose From ‘The Golden Girls’ and Kim Cattrall, Both 67

Betty White was 67 at the Emmys in September 1989, midway through the run of ‘The Golden Girls,’ the hit comedy about four women friends sharing a house in Miami.

Kim Cattrall was 67 in Washington, D.C., in March 2024. She played Samantha Jones on ‘Sex and the City,’ another hit comedy about four friends, and in December 2025 she married Russell Thomas in London.

Betty White made this list twice, at 67 and at 70, and both times she was at the Emmys. When I worked as a personal shopper, the red coat was never about the color. It was about having somewhere to go, and every woman in these photos clearly did.

Which pair surprised you most, and who did you think was older? Tell us in the comments.

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