Mistaken for famous person on travels?
Oct 10th, 2005, 04:35 PM
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Well, to pick up a line from above...when she and I were both (lots)younger...I was being told by everyone from airline stewardesses to my siblings about my resemblance to Jane Curtin (in her Kate 'n' Allie days). But stopped hearing that years ago.
Yesterday, however, a woman had to search for a moment before she could come up with who I reminded her of....Ellen Burstyn. I don't see either one, then or now, but I think that's typical for most of us.
About ten years ago, as we finished a restaurant dinner in Rhinebeck, the waiter said..."mmmm, a bunch of us in the kitchen have been talking...are you an actress?" He didn't say and I never figured out what they were thinking...just hoped it wasn't Doris Roberts (Raymond's mom...lol...since she has a good 15 years on me).
Does each of us have at least one double somewhere in this world? A few years after my Dad died (who'd looked a whole lot like Clark Gable in both of their heydays), my sibs and I were in LasVegas, a place my dad loved, and spied a ringer for him at one of the slots. It took our breath away; my sister got tears in her eyes. Some of this stuff is uncanny, it seems.
Yesterday, however, a woman had to search for a moment before she could come up with who I reminded her of....Ellen Burstyn. I don't see either one, then or now, but I think that's typical for most of us.
About ten years ago, as we finished a restaurant dinner in Rhinebeck, the waiter said..."mmmm, a bunch of us in the kitchen have been talking...are you an actress?" He didn't say and I never figured out what they were thinking...just hoped it wasn't Doris Roberts (Raymond's mom...lol...since she has a good 15 years on me).
Does each of us have at least one double somewhere in this world? A few years after my Dad died (who'd looked a whole lot like Clark Gable in both of their heydays), my sibs and I were in LasVegas, a place my dad loved, and spied a ringer for him at one of the slots. It took our breath away; my sister got tears in her eyes. Some of this stuff is uncanny, it seems.
Oct 10th, 2005, 04:44 PM
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tuckerdc,
I have a double, and she went to my college! I never met her, but her friends would start talking to me and it would take them awhile to realize I wasn't Joanne. Apparently the same would happen to her.
I have a double, and she went to my college! I never met her, but her friends would start talking to me and it would take them awhile to realize I wasn't Joanne. Apparently the same would happen to her.
Oct 10th, 2005, 06:01 PM
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Dear MaryJo:
If you are ever in Northern California, be my guest, but keep your mits off!! When the Monica Lewinsky thing was happening, I wanted us to be Bill & Monica for Halloween. I had a dark blue dress & baret lined up. I was going to put DH in a suit with cigars in his pockets. But it was a no go with him. What a stick in the mud!!!
Oh well. He's still a great guy.
MY
If you are ever in Northern California, be my guest, but keep your mits off!! When the Monica Lewinsky thing was happening, I wanted us to be Bill & Monica for Halloween. I had a dark blue dress & baret lined up. I was going to put DH in a suit with cigars in his pockets. But it was a no go with him. What a stick in the mud!!!
Oh well. He's still a great guy.
MY
Oct 11th, 2005, 08:01 AM
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Back in 1995 I was in Copenhagen walking along through the Havfruen (? forgot the correct spelling) and 2 young adult males starting pointing at me from quit a distance away. They looked very excited to see me. I kept looking behind me to see if there was someone famous behind me but there wasn't. As I approached and walked by they both sighed and waved like giddy school boys. I thought it was very weird but ofcourse I was very flattered and realized later they must have mistaken me for someone famous. Wish I knew who it was. 
Oct 11th, 2005, 09:35 AM
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If anything is said, it's 'you look like my cousin' which may/maynot be good. However, I don't look a thing like my girl cousin (only one out of the whole bunch) because she was adopted.
A friend of mine kind-of looks like Helen Hunt, but she is never stopped because hair style is different.
A friend of mine kind-of looks like Helen Hunt, but she is never stopped because hair style is different.
Oct 11th, 2005, 04:11 PM
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Wayne,
Were you in Hayward,WI the summer of 1974? Was that YOU? LOL
I was at a resort with the family. Another guest took a lot of ribbing (and delight) in people saying he looked like Johnny Carson. I was 14 at the time and had no idea who they were talking about.
Years later, while watching the Tonight Show, I remembered the incident. I pointed to the television set "Hey, that guy DID look like Johnny Carson!"
Were you in Hayward,WI the summer of 1974? Was that YOU? LOL
I was at a resort with the family. Another guest took a lot of ribbing (and delight) in people saying he looked like Johnny Carson. I was 14 at the time and had no idea who they were talking about.
Years later, while watching the Tonight Show, I remembered the incident. I pointed to the television set "Hey, that guy DID look like Johnny Carson!"
Oct 11th, 2005, 05:48 PM
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I have always been told, by strangers and people I am meeting for the first time, that I look like Jane Fonda. Never anyone else, just Jane Fonda. For some strange reason a former serious boyfriend would get really angry every time he heard it.
We were traveling in Rome and were walking around the Coliseum, both wearing sunglasses on a sunny March day. Suddenly he came stomping over to me and said: those people just pointed at us and said "Look! There's Frank Sinatra and Jane Fonda!"
I had one of the biggest laughs of my life while he fummed. Jane is about 20 years older than me and Frank Sinatra (at the time) must have been 30 years older than him. I thought they must have been watching some REALLY old movies!
We were traveling in Rome and were walking around the Coliseum, both wearing sunglasses on a sunny March day. Suddenly he came stomping over to me and said: those people just pointed at us and said "Look! There's Frank Sinatra and Jane Fonda!"
I had one of the biggest laughs of my life while he fummed. Jane is about 20 years older than me and Frank Sinatra (at the time) must have been 30 years older than him. I thought they must have been watching some REALLY old movies!
Oct 12th, 2005, 06:48 AM
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MichelleY,
Too bad you don't know my husband. A few years ago he dressed up as BC for a Halloween party--suit, mask, cigars--the works--plus he handed out business cards that he'd designed on our computer--the cards were for discounts off of any dry cleaning. Clearly he had much too much time on his hands that day
Too bad you don't know my husband. A few years ago he dressed up as BC for a Halloween party--suit, mask, cigars--the works--plus he handed out business cards that he'd designed on our computer--the cards were for discounts off of any dry cleaning. Clearly he had much too much time on his hands that day
Oct 12th, 2005, 09:48 AM
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A few years back I was getting a lot of stares and double takes. And then someone spoke up, "You look just like George Bush". Man, I didn't know how to take that one! It happened on a daily basis. Finally on my 50th birthday I did something about it. I washed that grey right out of my head! It hasn't happened since.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I've been wanting to do that ever since this Thread started! 
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