We have a theory: The classier the elderly celebrity, the harder it is to imagine him or her as a teenager. For example, try to picture Maggie Smith as a high school student. Pretty hard, right? The thought of a young, wide-eyed Maggie Smith piqued our curiosity, so we went ahead and dug up teenage photos of our beloved Dame Maggie and ten of her distinguished celebrity friends. Unsurprisingly, they’re all stunning. Check ’em out after the jump, and hit the comments to lend your thoughts.
Maggie Smith at age 18 (1952)
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Morgan Freeman at age 17 (1954)
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Julie Andrews at age 18 (1953)
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Christopher Plummer at age 13 (1942)
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Judi Dench (center) at age 19 (1953)
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Ian McKellen at age 18 (1957)
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James Earl Jones (#27) at age 16 (1947)
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Sean Connery at age 17 (1947)
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Betty White at age 15 (1937)
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Barbara Walters at age 18 (1947)
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