The Women Celebrities Who Rocked the ‘70s!

Published on 02/23/2021
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Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd rolled onto our screen in 1971 with her role in The Last Picture Show. Her performance in the film led her to land more roles in films such as in The Heartbreak Kid in 1972, and in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver in 1976 as Betsy. Shepherd has also acted in theater, and has also done numerous television shows such as The L Word and Psych. Shepherd has always been an outspoken activist for gay rights and abortion rights, and was awarded a National Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign in Atlanta

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd

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Agnetha Faltskog

Agnetha Faltskog is one part of the foursome that was the sensational Swedish pop hit group, ABBA. The group reached critical acclaim and international success across Europe and in America during the 1970s. The group formed in 1972 and over the coming decade they had hits that were hummed across the world, such as Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me, and Waterloo which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. Sadly, the group split in the 1980s, but reunited in 2018 to release new music, exciting fans world over. Falskog also had a solo career for a while, and in 2016 she published her autobiography.

Agnetha Faltskog

Agnetha Faltskog

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