I have - twice Once on a TV documentary, a shopper browsing market stalls Then on a TV music show, she was a backing singer, I had several calls asking if it was me Not unusual I'd have thought, only so many variations on a face So - have you seen yerself ?
Nope but years ago when I was much younger I used to get occasionally mistaken for the singer Clodagh Rodgers . I've mentioned this on another forum or thread somewhere ...but my husband is the one who gets constantly compared to the younger version of a famous actor...
I have not seen anyone that I thought looked like my double, although I have had other people say that they thought someone looked like me. One place where I worked, there was a woman who looked so much like my daughter, Robin, that it was amazing. Even more interesting, this person's name was Yvonne, just like mine ! So, she had my name and my daughter's face, and even though she had no interest in me except as another worker for that company, I felt so strongly "attached" to her that if there had been a fire or some other catastrophe at the factory, I would have been hurrying to make sure that she was safe, just like I would have done if it had actually been my daughter. My son, in his younger years, looked a lot like the young Luke Skywalker in the Starwars movies. He had other people besides me tell him that, so it was not just his mother (obviously prejudiced about his looks ) who thought that he resembled the famous movie hero.
@Holly Saunders - I remember that Holly I don't think I've done this thread before, couldn't find me threads to check But I have been browsing 'memory aid supplements' today
Here you are Patsy..here's your other thread ... http://www.seniorsonly.club/threads/lookalikes.3676/
I haven't recently, but when I was younger, I was told I looked like a cross between Ally Sheedy the actress and Martha Quinn, MTV DJ. I wonder what both of them look like today? I can't think of anyone I would look like today. I think Ally Sheedy retired from acting, I haven't seen her for years, and I am not sure if Martha Quinn is still alive.. I sorta think, I look like some generic mom figure...
I still have to meet my doppleganger until now. Maybe my face is so unique, hahahaaah. But my husband had a lot of double. First with the local comedian here named Vic Sotto. And now in Facebook, people are calling him the double of Jacky Chan. There's even one who posted a photo of Pierce Brosnan suggesting a look-alike of my husband. It's really flattering but come to think of it, they have that impression only. On close scrutiny, my husband's face is a normal, ordinary one which has no resemblance to those celebrities. So maybe it's just the impression. PS. When this topic of double is mentioned, my husband would always tease me that I am the granddaughter of Karl Maulden. Blame this big nose of mine, huh.
I think He in his wisdom only made one of me. He knew the world could not deal with two of us, B that I am.
I wrote this some time ago. It's a true story of 'mistaken identity' that happened to me during my misspent life. It happened again last evening. I entered the lobby of my building, coming in as another older couple were leaving. The woman came up, took my chin in her hand and said, "you behave now Jim, ya hear me"? I laughed and as they went out I heard the man say, "That wasn't Jim". She says, "Well, who was it then"? There are three of us in my building. We are roughly the same age. All have short beards, about an inch, inch and a half long. I'm constantly being mistook for one of the others. Sometimes I play along for fun. One of the others is married and has one of those yappy lil' ankle biters who thinks he's a pit bull. People often say, "Hi James, where's your lil' dog"? I'll answer something silly like, "He drowned in the wash machine. We didn't know he fell in there". At one time during my misspent life I was a toll collector on a bridge. Shortly after I was hired, another man was also hired to replace a newly retired man. We couldn't have looked more alike had we been twins. Even I was amazed. Our regular bridge crossers were constantly confusing us. I always worked the midnight shift. Other guy always worked days. I kept hearing comments about how much overtime I was logging. Other guy was having regulars give him cans or bottles of beer for the toll, thinking he was me. My mom had a picture cut out of a magazine, of a baby boy about a year old. She kept it along with a photo of me at that age. Again, dead ringers for each others. The fun just never ends.
@Ike Willis Ike ! So enjoyed reading the above - I laughed hard I did What fun having a look a like close by - I love your humour - Fab !