Leslie Parrish | 86 years old

Apart from being a renowned actress, Leslie Parrish thrived as an activist, environmentalist, writer, and producer. Born as Marjorie Hellen, she developed her skills in music at the  Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. She worked as a maid, waitress, and piano teacher before starting her modeling career at 19 years old. It is worth noting that she was dubbed as Miss Color TV because her skin was used as a standard to check the degree of accuracy of skin tones.

She eventually caught the attention of the 20th Century Fox and gave up her music career for good. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Parrish appeared in numerous movies such as Li’l Abner, The Manchurian Candidate, For Love or Money, and more.