Who was your crush when you were growing up?

[NikF]

Any type of crush at all for any reason at all. Do tell.

[Ken B]

Well, those on actual girls I knew wouldn't be of much interest here. The women who bent my pubescent soul the hardest were Diana Rigg and Veronica Lake.

[NikF]

A blonde and a brunette? How open minded.  . Veronica Lake was before my time, but I remember Diana Rigg - a nice bit of stuff indeed.

This is from a series of compilations that feature soundalike recordings. At the age of eight or nine I was given this copy. Even then I kind of noticed something interesting about the woman on the cover. Years later I recognised her in the TV show 'Are you being served?' Her name is Penny Irving -



But my first crush crush at about 13 or 14 was Mary Tamm on Doctor Who -



Those were the days when Doctor Who was comfortably and cosily crap and not a soap opera.

[NikF]

Anymore for anymore? Was there anyone who you crushed on because they seemed clever or insightful or inspiring?

[vandermolen]

A blonde and a brunette? How open minded.  . Veronica Lake was before my time, but I remember Diana Rigg - a nice bit of stuff indeed.

This is from a series of compilations that feature soundalike recordings. At the age of eight or nine I was given this copy. Even then I kind of noticed something interesting about the woman on the cover. Years later I recognised her in the TV show 'Are you being served?' Her name is Penny Irving -



But my first crush crush at about 13 or 14 was Mary Tamm on Doctor Who -



Those were the days when Doctor Who was comfortably and cosily crap and not a soap opera.

I definitely liked Mary Tamm - I first noted her in the Odessa File.

[lisa needs braces]

From that terrible kids 90s show that earned Democratic donor Haim Saban hundreds of millions of dollars...



She's still gorgeous...

[NikF]

I definitely liked Mary Tamm - I first noted her in the Odessa File.

Yeah, I remember her in that too. But a while back I happened to see a few minutes of a film I'd watched on numerous occasions, 'The Likely Lads' and realised for the first time that she was in it.

[NikF]

From that terrible kids 90s show that earned Democratic donor Haim Saban hundreds of millions of dollars...



She's still gorgeous...

I had to search to find out who that is.  . Closest I ever got to having a superhero crush was Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.   

[lisa needs braces]

The actress name is Amy Jo Johnson. A lot of guys born in the mid 80s developed a crush on her at the height of Power Rangers mania in the mid 90s.

[NikF]

After I replied I realised she looked familiar. Then with you saying now about the time period it clicked into place, because there's another forum where I'd seen her before.

[Draško]

The real ones are more interesting to remember.

My first crush was this very pretty blonde girl named Maša, longhaired, skinny, with slightly slanting beautiful green eyes. I was about ten, she was maybe two years older then me. I met her on summer holiday on Hvar, in Dalmatia, our parents knew each other slightly. For three weeks I followed her around like a puppy, non-stop. It was so obvious that I was teased by everyone about her for next two years at least. She grew up to be rather famous presenter on Serbian TV, but we never met after that holiday.

My second big crush was girl called Tatiana, Tanya for short. I was 13-14 and she was a year older than me. Our parents were friends, but not that close friends and they lived across the city, so I'd see her maybe couple of times a year, at birthdays or such. She was very beautiful, dark haired, pale, with circles around her eyes even as a teen, seemed serious and old for her age. Used to call me 'her little sister', as I had a long hair when I was 13-14, just to tease and annoy me. But she was trouble, big trouble. Self destructive, at fifteen in a fit of rage stabbed her dad with a kitchen knife, had a serious drug problem, string of boyfriends from bad to worse ... We lost touch, no idea what happened with her. 

Never had a huge celebrity crush but in late 80s, early 90s when I was of crushable age I did fancy (thanks to Yugoslavian TV rather international programming) Sophie Marceau and Emanuelle Beart (pre duck lips) and Kathleen Turner and Winona Ryder. Today I still might have a slight crush on Kate Beckinsale. 

[NikF]

Those are cool and interesting real life crushes indeed. Thanks for the descriptions.
And I was with a Tatiana for a few years, but in her case it was Tanika for short.

In real-life I can only remember one woman who was a crush, but not a real crush as such. I saw her and she saw me, but seconds later it was over and I never saw her again.    I was 20 years old but can remember everything about her like it was yesterday.
It's funny, I've a small number of memories I write down and storyboard that I return to. Those few seconds are one of them. 

[MN Dave]

Debbie Harry. Duh. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Anymore for anymore? Was there anyone who you crushed on because they seemed clever or insightful or inspiring?

My first serious girlfriend fits the bill: National Honor Society: high school class valedictorian; a talented piano player; earned a doctorate in psychology. Of course the fact that she was also a cute blonde (at least I thought so) was part of the crush.






Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Debbie Harry. Duh. 

Of course...but I couldn't mention her because the question is about crushes we had growing up. I was practically a geezer the first time I laid eyes on Miss Harry.

Sarge

[Cato]

This girl, who is probably a grandmother by now    !



Yes, I know, completely pathetic!   0:)    But I thought she was just perfect! 

[Ken B]

Of course...but I couldn't mention her because the question is about crushes we had growing up. I was practically a geezer the first time I laid eyes on Miss Harry.

Sarge

Pity poor Cato. He was a geezer when Veronica Lake first showed up!

[NikF]

My first serious girlfriend fits the bill: National Honor Society: high school class valedictorian; a talented piano player; earned a doctorate in psychology. Of course the fact that she was also a cute blonde (at least I thought so) was part of the crush.






Sarge

She's lovely indeed, Sarge.
Thanks for posting the photos - you shoot the one with her behind the wheel?

[NikF]

This girl, who is probably a grandmother by now    !



Yes, I know, completely pathetic!   0:)    But I thought she was just perfect!

Pathetic? No. But I think I kind of know what you mean. And I'd say it's in line with a lot of first crushes, were the girl or woman often appears (for want of a better term) relatively non-threatening.   

Pity poor Cato. He was a geezer when Veronica Lake first showed up!

[Sergeant Rock]

She's lovely indeed, Sarge.
Thanks for posting the photos - you shoot the one with her behind the wheel?

I did. Borrowed my friend's Canon FT. Her father snapped the graduation pic.

Sarge