35 Nostalgic Old School Cool Pictures Of Celebrities At The Height Of Their Coolness (December 6, 2024)
There’s nothing like a dose of nostalgia to remind you how effortlessly cool some celebrities were back in the day—or, in some cases, before they even knew what cool was.
The r/OldSchoolCool subreddit is a treasure trove of iconic photos, capturing stars at their peak or in those candid, early moments before fame hit.
Whether it’s classic Hollywood glam, 70s rockstar vibes, or vintage snapshots of future legends, these pictures are a perfect blend of history and swagger.
Here’s a collection of the coolest old-school cool celebrity moments we found this week—enjoy the trip back in time.
1. Bettie Page at the beach (1953)
 
 2. Joe Pesci at 14 years old, 1957
 
 3. Mike Tyson with his Rolls Royce in 1987
 
 4. Happy Birthday Marisa Tomei. Here she is in the 90s.
 
 5. Behind the scenes of the “original” Star Wars movie.
 
 6. Winona Ryder at the premiere of Bram stoker’s dracula – 1992
 
 7. Michelle Pfeiffer, early 80’s
 
 8. Andre the Giant in 1982
 
 9. Polaroid for a casting of Salma Hayek, 1995
 
 10. Princess Grace of Monaco visiting JFK at the White House, 1961
 
 11. Susan Sarandon 1970s
 
 12. Tom Morello watching a Tool show in 1991
 
 13. Marilyn Monroe without makeup. 1955
 
 14. Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane on their wedding day (1965)
 
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 16. Brigitte Bardot and Pablo Picasso. 1950s
 
 17. Elizabeth Hurley as an 18 year old goth, 1984
 
 18. Track olympic Athlete Florence “FloJo” Griffith Joyner training in 1988.
 
 19. Richard Nixon at age 17, 1930
 
 20. Behind the scenes – Aliens (1986)
 
 21. old polaroid of Winona Ryder and (I think) Robert Sean Leonard in the very early 1990s
 
 22. Six feet tall aspiring actress, Sigourney Weaver, 1979
 
 23. Pamela Anderson, 1993
 
 24. Jennifer Aniston, bts on the set of Leprechaun, 1993
 
 25. Julie Newmar, 1960
 
 26. A Young Katey Sagal 1980s
 
 27. Sophia Loren as Cleopatra (1954)
 
 28. David Bowie and Joan Jett in 1989
 
 29. Actor Mads Mikkelsen’s high school graduation photo 1980s
 
 30. Cherilyn Sarkisian’s mugshot, better know as Cher, when she was 13 y/o for “borrowing” a friend’s car – 1959
 
 31. Hans Zimmer and Moog Synthesizer 1981
 
 32. John Belushi , Carrie Fisher & Dan Aykroyd on the set of The Blues Brothers (1980)
 
 33. Laura Linney in 1995
 
 34. Martina Hingis winning in the ’90s
 
 35. Roger Moore and Christopher Walken behind the scenes for A View to Kill (1985)
 
 
 
 