A "Sex symbol" is a celebrity of either sex, typically an actor or actress, musician, supermodel, teen idol, sports star, or even a politician, noted for being widely regarded as sexually attractive. The concept of the 'sex symbol' was first used sometime between the 1910s and 1920s, before gaining much more prominence in general culture in the mid-1950s with the popularity of certain film stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Raquel Welch.[2]
Examples
editBefore 20th Century
edit1900's to 1920s
edit- Josephine Baker[5]
- Theda Bara[3]
- Clara Bow[6][3][7]
- Louis Brooks[6]Cite error: A
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- Eva Tanguay[3]
- Rudolph Valentino[6]
1930s
edit- Clark Gable
- Betty GrableCite error: A
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<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page). - Jayne Mansfield[7]
- Marilyn Monroe[7]
- Elizabeth Taylor[7]
1960s
edit- Ursula Andress[7]
- Ann-Margret[7]
- Bridgette Bardot[7]
- Warren Beatty
- Alain Delon
- Catherine Deneuve[7]
- Anita Ekberg[7]
- Jane Fonda[7]
- Helen
- Anna Karina
- Rajesh Khanna
- Helen Mirren[7]
- Mumtaz[8]
- Omar Sharif
- Sharmila TagoreCite error: The opening
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- Raquel Welch[7]
- Natalie Wood
1970s
edit1980s
edit1990s
edit21st Century
edit2000s
editReferences
edit- ^ "BBC World Service – Witness, The Death of Marilyn Monroe". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Hollywood's Ultimate Sex Symbols | Barnebys Magazine". Barnebys.com. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nilsson, Jeff (2017-06-01). "9 Sex Symbols Before Marilyn Monroe". The Saturday Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Nastasi, Alison (2015-04-19). "Silent Film Sex Symbols: The Men". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ Goldsbrough, Susannah (2021-08-24). "Singer, sex symbol, spy: how Josephine Baker became De Gaulle's secret weapon". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ a b c d "Sex Symbols of the 1920s: Featuring Clara Bow, Evelyn N…". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "The 50 Greatest Female Sex Symbols in Film History - Nerve". web.archive.org. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
25 female bollywood sex symbolswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Romantic Couch bring back 80s sex symbol". Indieful ROK. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Herald, The Korea (2010-04-05). "Kim Hye-soo`s sex appeal beams in comedy film". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "김혜수 "노출 의상 불편하면 안 입어야"" [Kim Hye-soo"I don't feel inconvenient when I wear revealing dress"]. Yonhap News Agency. February 23, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.
Further reading
edit- Donna Leigh-Kile, Sex Symbols, Random House Inc, Aug 28, 1999, ISBN 188331951X
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