Once upon a time, finding a
gray hair meant spending the rest of the day armed with a pair of tweezers, in between rushing to the salon and contemplating hari-kari.
Now, embracing those
silver strands -- whether premature or not -- is a sign of confidence, dignity, and,
as the runways have shown us, even trendiness.
With that in mind, we're saluting the celebs who have resisted the urge to hit up the
Clairol and have flaunted their
gray hair with pride. Talk about silver linings!
Browse our gallery of silver foxes over the years.
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Gray-Haired Celebrities
Check out some of our favorite famous silver foxes.
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Gray Haired Celebrities
CNN hunk Anderson Cooper may be prematurely gray, but we wouldn't have him any other way.
Gray Haired Celebrities
A mysterious white powder gave Angelina Jolie's long black locks a salt and pepper effect on the set -- which is fitting since she was filming "Salt."
Gray Haired Celebrities
With her red lips, glam curls, and fancy fur stole, acting legend Barbara Stanwyck epitomized the silver fox look.
Gray Haired Celebrities
And then there's Maude! As TV's outspoken heroine, Bea Arthur wasn't afraid to tackle hot-button issues of the day, all while flaunting a n ombre-style charcoal-on-dove gray bouffant.
Gray Haired Celebrities
A Rose by any name may smell as sweet, but would "Golden Girl" Betty White have been as endearing without her blondish-gray dendelion 'do? We think not. And neither, apparently, does she -- the 88-year-old actress is still rocking the look.
Gray Haired Celebrities
PETA Public Enemy No. 1 must have been in the salon when she wasn't out chasing dalmatians -- that half-black, half-white shag surely required some serious maintenance!
Gray Haired Celebrities
Giving Cruela DeVil an '80s update, Liz Taylor experimented with a few face-framing streaks of gray to break up her towering black bouffant.
Gray Haired Celebrities
Country crooner Emmylou Harris' long layers give her prematurely gray locks a vibrant, youthful edge.
Gray Haired Celebrities
With his ashy stubble and temples, George Clooney became the poster boy for the "Life too's short/I'm too sexy to bust out the Just for Men" look. We likey.
Gray Haired Celebrities
While other older actresses are trying to pass themselves off as teenagers (cough, Demi, cough), Jamie Lee Curtis isn't afraid to accept the graying of her boyish crop.
Gray Haired Celebrities
Meanwhile, read about
options for gray hair.
