Jaclyn Smith, Dyan Cannon, Alana Stewart and Donna Mills reunited last week for a photo at the birthday party of Beverly Hills makeup artist Patrick Foley. The four stars, who rose to fame in the 1970s, have a combined age of 335.
Jaclyn Smith, 80
Smith became famous as one of the original Charlie's Angels, appearing throughout the show's run from 1976 to 1981. She later had a cameo in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, starring Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore.
Since the show, Smith has mostly worked in TV movies and mini-series, alongside successful design ventures including women's apparel for Kmart, the Jaclyn Smith Home line and a wig collection.
Smith told You Magazine she does not believe in fillers or Botox and has not had any cosmetic cutting done to her face. She said her husband told her that repeated Botox use can collapse the muscle, and that people can overdo it. She said if she puts anything in her face, she uses her own fat.
She told Fox News Digital that the secret to her looks is clean living and being loved. She said she has a wonderful family, including her husband, two children and three granddaughters, and that it is all about love and family for her.
Smith said she lives a healthy lifestyle, does not drink, has never touched drugs and exercises daily. She said she is married to a heart surgeon who stresses eating fruits and vegetables, and that she drinks green juices, adding that what people put on their bodies shows up on their faces.
She said she works out with a trainer doing Pilates and weights, and that movement is important because of bone loss that comes with age. She said it gets harder to push herself with time, noting she was a dancer and is very aware of her body, but that her longtime trainer, who also taught her daughter dance, keeps her motivated.
Dyan Cannon, 89
Cannon, a former beauty queen, first became known through her marriage to Cary Grant, with whom she had a daughter, Jennifer, now 60. She was the only one of Grant's five wives to have a child with him.
The marriage ended after two years in a bitter divorce and custody battle that led to a severe mental breakdown and a brief psychiatric hospitalization for Cannon.
She went on to build her own Hollywood career, earning three Academy Award nominations for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Number One and Heaven Can Wait.
Cannon has stepped away from acting but co-hosts the podcast God's Table and keeps up a regular fitness routine, which she often shares online. In one recent video, she said she gets on the cardio machine and does sit ups four or five times a week, saying it feels good to move and calling it freeing.
She has also described her diet as non-restrictive, saying she watches what she eats but does not exclude anything, in moderation. She said her breakfast usually includes fruit, an omelet and bagels, and that she likes to write in the mornings with a cappuccino. She said she otherwise eats what her body wants, including fish, chicken, meat, salads, pizza and chocolate, but that she cannot bring herself to eat diet food like fat-free cookies, preferring the real thing.
It has been speculated that Cannon has had plastic surgery, though she has never confirmed it.
Donna Mills, 85
Mills first gained attention on the soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing before her breakthrough role in Play Misty for Me, in which she played Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 thriller. She later starred in the 1980s soap Knots Landing, a Dallas spin off that also featured Alec Baldwin as an unscrupulous televangelist.
Mills still acts today, appearing in the medical drama Doctor Odyssey last year and in the film Nope in 2022.
She told AARP The Magazine in 2022 that at 60 or 70 or later, people have much more to contribute and should not just sit down and say they are done.
Mills said that during her soap opera years she never ate pasta, sugar, bread, ice cream, cookies or similar foods, and that while she now eats more, she is still careful. She said she is not a vegetarian but grows, picks and eats a lot of vegetables, plays tennis three times a week and works out with light weights. She said that like almost everyone her age, she has arthritis, which hurts sometimes.
Mills invested in a home gym with weights, a Peloton and a ballet barre. She said her workout regime is not always fun, and that while she is not Superwoman, discipline helps her see the bigger picture.
Mills recently responded to an Instagram commenter who claimed she wore too much makeup by posting a video that began with her usual youthful look before she snapped her fingers and appeared without makeup, in a gray wig and reading glasses, asking with a chuckle if that was what the commenter wanted, then adding that she was sorry, before whispering that she was not. She has also been open about having a subtle face lift in her 40s while filming Knots Landing.
Alana Stewart, 81
Stewart began her career modeling in the 1970s before moving into acting, making her debut alongside her then husband George Hamilton in Evel Knievel. She was also known for her showbiz connections, including a close friendship with Farrah Fawcett until Fawcett's death in 2009, and a five year marriage to Rod Stewart.
In 2015, Stewart starred in the reality series Stewarts & Hamiltons, which followed her blended family, including her children Kimberly Stewart, Ashley Hamilton and Sean Stewart, along with her ex husband and close friend George Hamilton. The show was canceled after one season.
Stewart told her followers in 2024 that she favors non-invasive beauty treatments like Sylfirm Q, which uses micro needling with radio frequency to stimulate the skin's own collagen production, helping firm, tighten and minimize wrinkles. She said it is mildly uncomfortable but not painful, leaves skin red for a few hours, and returns to normal the next day. She said her goal is to look youthful without expensive plastic surgery or fillers, which she thinks can make the face look too full and unnatural, adding that less is more in her opinion.
Stewart also said she has used human growth hormone therapy to keep her blonde hair from turning gray.
She credited sunshine for her youthful energy, saying she read about the health benefits of a few minutes of early morning sun and started going out on her balcony each morning. She said she was lucky to get through Covid without serious complications, aside from a lingering cough and low energy, and thinks the sun helped her recovery.
