One of the most stunning screen sirens of 1970s cinema stepped out in recently looking almost unrecognizable - and astonishingly youthful at the age of 77.
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70s Actress and Clint Eastwood Rumors: Unrecognizable Now
One of the most stunning screen sirens of 1970s cinema stepped out in Los Angeles recently looking almost unrecognizable - and astonishingly youthful at the age...
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The actress, who famously starred opposite in 1971’s The Beguiled, appeared to have barely aged a day as she ran errands in a simple maroon top and white trousers.
She later went on to appear alongside Warren Beatty in 1974’s The Parallax View, further cementing her status as a Hollywood scene-stealer of the era.
With her signature blonde look, she also made memorable guest appearances on classic TV shows including Adam-12, Dragnet and Gunsmoke.
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But it was her steamy on-screen chemistry with Eastwood - then 40 and married, while she was just 20 - that fueled long-running romance rumors, frequently .
Can you guess the mystery star still turning heads all these years on?
One of the most stunning screen sirens of 1970s cinema stepped out in Los Angeles recently looking almost unrecognizable - and astonishingly youthful at the age of 77
The actress, who famously starred opposite Clint Eastwood in 1971’s The Beguiled, appeared to have barely aged a day as she ran errands in a simple maroon top and white trousers
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With her signature blonde look, she also made memorable guest appearances on classic TV shows including Adam-12, Dragnet and Gunsmoke
If you guessed Jo Ann Harris, you know your Hollywood trivia.
In The Beguiled, Harris played Carol, a student at a secluded Southern girls’ boarding school whose character actively attempts to seduce Eastwood’s wounded Union soldier.
Jo Ann Harris began acting as a teenager, landing her first role in the 1967 drama series Run for Your Life opposite Ben Gazzara at just 18 years old
It was her steamy on-screen chemistry in The Beguiled with Eastwood - then 40 and married, while she was just 20 - that fueled long-running romance rumors
At the time of The Beguiled, Eastwood was married to his first wife, Maggie Johnson; Above, with Shelly Novack in Most Wanted
She also landed spots on The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Laverne & Shirley
She also landed spots on The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Laverne & Shirley.
Her film work also gained momentum during this period, with roles in Maryjane (1968), The Gay Deceivers (1969), The Sporting Club (1971), Act of Vengeance (1974), Cruise Into Terror (1978) and Deadly Games (1982).
She later appeared as a panelist on Match Game ’77 for a week and held a co-starring role in the short-lived 1977 series Most Wanted alongside Robert Stack.
Expanding into voice work, Harris portrayed Tina in the 1973 Hanna-Barbera animated series Goober and the Ghost Chasers, and later contributed to Oliver & Company (1988) as well as various characters in The Simpsons.
In later years, she returned to television with appearances on Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, playing Candy Cantwell and Terri across eight episodes between 2008 and 2010.
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