Kate Jackson

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Sabrina Duncan in the TV show Charlie’s Angels
Kate Jackson signed a contract in 1975 that would see her play a lead role in the TV series Alley Cats until producer Aaron Spelling informed her of the title’s temporary status, proposing the title be changed to Charlie’s Angels. Like a lawyer pit against others alike, Jackson would work alongside Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, and Cheryl Ladd before moving on to other projects in Hollywood that later got her three Emmy nominations for Best Actress as well as a few Golden Globe nominations. She may not have won a single nomination, but her pose alongside the other Charlie’s Angels is still one of the most inspired poses in the history of pop culture.

Susan Anton

Known in the ‘70s for: Making an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show and being the host of the Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular
Susan Anton won the title of Miss California in 1969 before competing in the Miss America pageant where she finished as second runner-up. The mid-’70s saw her as a sought-after showtime starlet who became infamous for her appearance in several famous Muriel cigar commercials. This ‘infamy’ landed her a prosperous TV career where she took credit for starting her own variety show on ABC named Mel and Susan Together alongside country performer Mel Tillis.
Anton’s showbiz career didn’t only stay in the ‘70s as she later landed a hosting gig on the Las Vegas show Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular in the Flamingo Hilton.

Maureen McCormick

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Marcia Brady on the TV sitcom The Brady Bunch
Young ‘70s starlet Maureen McCormick was the decade’s ideal concept of the ultimate teen crush to a certain degree due to her cheerfully bright personality and charming Barbie-esque beauty in the TV sitcom The Brady Bunch. When she was not making our hearts swoon on the show or urging us to call her “Marcia! Marcia! Marcia” either, she focused on her personal life rather than her film and TV performances. In fact, McCormick was reportedly engaged in an off-camera romantic affair with her on-camera brother and co-star Barry Williams (Greg Brady).

Pamela Hensley

Known in the ‘70s for: Playing a lead role in the films Rollerball (1975) and Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Though ‘70s dame Pamela Hensley was not as popular nor as prominent as the other women already mentioned on this list, she was no less a degree of beauty next to the rest of them. During the ‘70s, her starring performances in the films Rollerball (1975) and Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) capped off much of her resume. When the decade came to a close, she was just about ready for her big break and got parts in the science fiction film Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) and the TV series Matt Houston (1982-85).

Maren Jensen

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Athena on Battlestar Galactica
Before she got into the world of acting, Maren Jensen built up a prosperous career as a top model as she would with several other investments. She appeared on the covers of fashion magazines like Vogue and Mademoiselle and also scored several noteworthy modeling stints on TV, proving to audiences everywhere that she has enough charm and allure to try her hand in the world of acting and draw people in. She did not venture far from the small screen, seeing as much of her appearances made its way throughout the run of the TV show Battlestar Galactica.

Tina Turner

Known in the ‘70s for: Performing in the band Ike & Tina Turner as its singer
Tina had always performed alongside her husband Ike Turner since the latter half of the ‘50s, and she knew how to command everyone’s attention by dancing along in a mini-skirt. The first half of the ‘70s saw the pair’s career soar high with several chart-topping hits and a popular series of famous covers.
Despite the couple’s success, those years were hell for Tina. She had already attempted suicide back in 1969, but Ike beating her in Dallas finally gave her the courage to leave him in 1976. She lost everything except her stage name (and debts that arose from then-unpayable loans), in the divorce proceedings.

Faye Dunaway

Known in the ‘70s for: Playing a lead role in the films Chinatown (1974) and Network (1976)
Though she was quite the looker in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, Faye Dunaway was oddly sultry during the ‘70s since she participated in acting roles that prioritized serious acting. Another reason why she was weirdly attractive was because she played women who were both distant but alluring in Chinatown (1974) and Network (1976). Her Chinatown character reveals her as a rape victim by her father’s hand, while her Network persona displayed her as a stoic TV executive.
Her portrayals in the films The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) and Mommie Dearest (1981) were honestly no better than a lawyer who intentionally defends a remorseless serial killer.

Loni Anderson

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Jennifer Marlowe on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati
Loni Anderson was cast to play the hoarse-voiced, airy secretary on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati when the show’s creator came upon a photograph of her clad in a bikini. He would go on to illustrate her as possessing “a body like Jayne Mansfield and the overall sex appeal of Marilyn Monroe”. The ‘70s was largely marked by an absence of student loans and several female starlets working to appeal to their audiences more with bigger and more complex mountains of curls and waves on their heads, and Anderson’s hair always managed to top everyone else’s.

Meryl Streep

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Joanna Kramer in the film Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Presently a successful A-list Hollywood celebrity, Meryl Streep may just be one of the best-performing actresses out there, but before she rose to fame, she merely played an apathetic mother with the frigidity of her respective divorce attorney in the film Kramer vs. Kramer where she earned her first Academy Award out of three. In truth, Streep (claiming that Woody Allen prevented her from ad-libbing much of her lines in his film Manhattan) took much influence from her own working mother to write out most of her lines in the former.

Susan Dey

Known in the ‘70s for: Portraying the role of Laurie Partridge in the TV musical sitcom The Partridge Family
The fabricated family of performers that starred in the TV musical sitcom The Partridge Family may have produced some of the cheesiest songs that our ears may have ever come upon, but those corny songs are not the reason why model-turned-actress Susan Dey gained her fame. In fact, the scenes off-camera and -set of the show got the sultry oldest daughter of the Partridge family into some degree of controversy. Dey was apparently reported to be dating her on-set brother and co-star David Cassidy outside of the show (just like Greg and Marcia in The Brady Bunch).