The Women Celebrities Who Rocked the ‘70s!

Published on 02/23/2021
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Meryl Streep

Ah another absolute living legend. Meryl Streep began her acting career in theater, and made it onto screen with her role in Deadliest Season in 1977. After that, it wasn’t long before she won herself an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her performance in Kramer vs Kramer, since which she has only gone on to become one of the most decorated actors in Hollywood. Streep has actually been nominated for more Oscars than any other actor in the industry has!

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

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Marilu Henner

In 1977, Marilu Henner featured in her first film in Between the Lines, and in 1978 she had her second film role opposite Richard Gere in Bloodbrothers, before her on-screen debut she had been acting on Broadway, where she actually had a role in the original cast of the musical Grease, and a few roles alongside a then-unknown John Travolta too. But it was her being cast as Elaine O’Connor Nardo in the sitcom Taxi in 1977, where she really made her mark. Henner was nominated for five Golden Globe nominations for this role!

Marilu Henner

Marilu Henner

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