The Women Celebrities Who Rocked the ‘70s!

Published on 02/23/2021
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Jacqueline Bisset

English actress Jacqueline Bisset began her film career in 1965 and first received real recognition for her role in The Detective opposite Frank Sinatra in 1968, as well as Bullitt and The Sweet Ride, the latter also earning her a Golden Globe nomination for most promising newcomer. In the 1970s Bisset appeared in nearly twenty movies, and has appeared in many more since then, receiving countless nominations for awards too.

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

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Dawn Wells

Dawn Wells had various supporting or guest roles until she took the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island in 1964 which became her signature role for a while. Since then, Well’s has worked on a number of films and other television shows but her main focus was theater, and spent most of the 1970 and 1980s touring with theater productions, and appeared in about one hundred theater productions over the years. Wells was also an enthusiastic activist for a number of humanitarian causes. Sadly Dawn Wells passed away in 2020 at the age of 82.

Dawn Wells

Dawn Wells

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