Vintage Photos of Celebrity Moms Being the Absolute Best
Vintage Photos of Celebrity Moms Being the Absolute Best
These Hollywood actresses are better known for their glamorous red carpet looks and leading roles than for diaper changes and kissing boo-boos—but these photos are proof that they managed to handle both jobs seamlessly. As a friendly reminder to call your mom (seriously, do it!), we rounded up the best vintage photographs of famous mothers with their children.
Josephine Baker
After traveling for work, Josephine greets three of her adopted children at the airport in 1954. She and her husband, Jo Bouillon, adopted 12 children from various countries and ethnicities. Josephine coined her family the "Rainbow Tribe."
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth frequently brought her children to the set of her films. Here, she applies makeup for a scene in Cleopatra in 1962 as her son, Christopher Wilding, looks on.
Diana Ross
While taking a break from performing at the Palace Theater in 1976, Diana tackles mommy duty and entertains her three young children.
Tippi Hedren
To promote her film Roar, Tippi visits the London Zoo with her daughter, Melanie Griffith, and poses in front of the lions. We bet Melanie is reminded of her childhood pet lion, Neil.
Bette Davis
Bette not only took her daughter to set in the early '50s, she put her to work. The actress's three-year-old daughter, Barbara, appeared in Payment on Demand with her mother in 1951.
Shirley Temple
Shirley gets a helping hand in the garden from her two youngest children, Lori and Charles, Jr., in 1957.
Eartha Kitt
Not long after her divorce from William McDonald, the singer plays with her three-year-old daughter, Kitt, at an airport in London.
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jackie makes sure her daughter, Caroline, is dressed appropriately for a rainy day in 1960. The mother and daughter were at their family home in Washington, D.C., before relocating to the White House.
Rita Hayworth
Rita colors with her daughters, Rebecca and Yasmin, in 1953 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
Joan Crawford
Joan's in full-on parenting mode as she cuts into her son Christopher's cake at his birthday party in 1945.
Lauren Bacall
Lauren helps her son Stephen open presents in her Los Angeles home with Humphrey Bogart. The couple, who married in 1945, welcomed their eldest child in 1949.
Grace Kelly
While looking chic (per usual) in a floral swimming cap, Grace shares a tender moment with her son, Prince Albert II, on vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1967.
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie takes a stroll around her Los Angeles neighborhood with in 1957 with her two young children, Carrie and Todd Fisher. She was still married to her first husband, Eddie Fisher, at the time.
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen spends some much-deserved free time with her young family in 1951 on the grounds of Clarence House in London.
Julie Andrews
Julie holds the hand of her toddler, Emma, as they walk around the airport in London in 1964. The actress even gave her daughter her handbag to play with.
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid tackles double diaper duty with her twin newborn daughters. The Swedish actress welcomed Isotta and Isabella with husband Roberto Rossellini in 1952.
Judy Garland
During a performance in 1957, Judy treats the audience to her daughter's rendition of "Jingle Bells." The singer-actress made sure her daughter was the perfect height for the mic.
Janet Leigh
Janet gives her youngest daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, a hug as they spend a summer day together outside in 1967.
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey keeps her son, Sean Ferrer, close at her wedding to Italian psychiatrist Andrea Dotti in 1969. The actress was married to actor Mel Ferrer when she welcomed their son in 1960.
Sophia Loren
A stuffed giraffe towers over the Italian actress, while she plays with her newborn son, Carlo Ponti, Jr., in 1969. Sophia raised her son in a Roman countryside villa she shared with her husband, director Carlo Ponti.
Maria Montez
Maria looks polished in a chiffon blouse for the announcement of her daughter's birth in 1946. The Dominican actress wed French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1943, before the arrival of their child, Maria Christina Aumont.
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen pulls off a matching moment with her daughter, Mia Farrow, in 1950. The Tarzan the Ape Man actress had a total of seven children, with Mia being her eldest daughter.
Lena Horne
Lena and her daughter, Gail Jones, hang out in the singer's Manhattan apartment in 1960. The dancer had two children, both born during her seven-year marriage to Louis Jordan Jones.
Lucille Ball
Lucille plants a massive kiss on her son Desi Arnaz, Jr.'s cheek in 1957. The comedian and actress was spending time with her youngest in the backyard of their Beverly Hills home in 1957.
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine makes a telephone call from bed after the birth of her newborn son, Christian Vadim, in 1963. The French actress welcomed her firstborn with director, Roger Vadim.
May Britt
May cradles her four-month-old daughter, Tracey Davis, while arriving in Stockholm, Sweden, for a visit with her parents in 1961. It was the first time the actress's parents met her child with singer Sammy Davis, Jr.
Natalie Wood
The actress walks through an airport with her daughter, Natasha, strapped to her in a carrier. Natalie welcomed her firstborn with her second husband, Richard Gregson, in 1970.
Merle Oberon
En route to a flight at Heathrow Airport in 1969, Merle smiles for the camera with her two children, Francesca and Bruno.
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne catches some rays in her garden with her son Mickey and daughter Jayne Marie in 1959. The Hollywood actress had five children, including daughter Mariska Hargitay, before her death in 1967.
Jane Fonda
New mother Jane Fonda spends the afternoon in the garden of her Paris home in 1968. The actress welcomed her daughter with husband Roger Vadim.
Nina Simone
Nina's daughter, Lisa, accompanies her to the recording studio in England in May 1968, where she played the piano while her mother recorded The Sound of Soul.
Jane Birkin
Jane poses with her seven-month-old daughter, Kate Barry, in her London apartment in 1967. The actress and singer would divorce her husband, John Barry, a year later.
Mia Farrow
While vacationing in Martha's Vineyard, Mia spends a warm summer day outside with four of her children in 1974. She was on holiday with her husband, André Previn.
Yoko Ono
Yoko keeps a low profile, while attending a New York event with son, Sean Lennon, in 1986. Yoko and husband John Lennon welcomed Sean in 1975.
Princess Margaret
From the backseat of their car, Princess Margaret smiles, while her children David and Sarah make faces at the photographers through the window in 1968.
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla wears a hot pink dress and wraps her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, in a light pink blanket as she and her husband, Elvis, prepare to leave the hospital in 1968.
Gina Lollobrigida
Gina's son Milko Skofic looks ready to race in 1961. The toddler played in a pedal car while the Italian film actress looks on.
Anna Kashfi
Marlon Brando's ex-wife snuggles up with their son, Christian Brando, while reading him a book in 1961.
Princess Diana
Princess Diana plays outside with her young sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, while relaxing at their country home Highgrove House in 1986.
Gale Storm
The television star helps her toddler tie his shoe while at home in Los Angeles in 1945.
Hazel Scott
The jazz musician attends an event in with her husband, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and their son, Adam Clayton Powell III.
Mamie Van Doren
Mamie wears a casual button-down and jeans in her home garden with her 11-month-old son. The actress and her husband, bandleader Ray Anthony, welcomed Perry Anthony in 1956.
Ann Sothern
The actress shares a milk toast with her daughter, Tisha Sterling, during a meal in her dressing room on the set of Shadow on the Wall in 1949.
Zsa Zsa Gábor
Zsa Zsa and her daughter, Francesca Hilton, bid farewell to fans before boarding a flight from Los Angeles to New York in 1952.
Joan Collins
After tucking her children into bed, Joan reads them a Donald Duck book in 1967. The actress was at the time married to singer Anthony Newley.
Claire Trevor
Claire's son Charles joins her on the set of her film, Borderline, in the late 1940s. The Oscar-winning actress even let her son sit in the director's chair.
Bianca Jagger
Jade Jagger scores better seats than most of the audience at a Rolling Stones concert in 1973—and she wasn't even three years old. The toddler watched her father, Mick Jagger, perform with her mother, Bianca Jagger, in London.
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary holds her son, Miguel Ferrer, at the airport in 1957.
Esther Williams
After being dubbed America's mermaid, it's no wonder her children are naturals in the water. The swimmer splashes around with her three children in 1955.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha poses for a photograph with her youngest son, Kecalf Cunningham, in 1981.
No one does it quite like mom.