20 RARE Pre-Plastic-Surgeries in Old Hollywood History

20 RARE Pre-Plastic-Surgeries in Old Hollywood History

Did you know that some Old Hollywood stars underwent some pretty jaw-dropping transformations through plastic surgery before it became the norm? From Marilyn Monroe, whose X-ray records show that she did surgical tweaks to her nose and chin to Gary Cooper who had a full face-lift and other cosmetic surgery, here are 15 rare pre-plastic surgeries in old Hollywood history.

Introduction 00:00
1. Marilyn Monroe 00:28
2. Rita Hayworth 03:13
3. Bete Davis 05:18
4. Dean martin 07:52
5. Judy Garland 9:52
6. Elizabeth Taylor 11:41
7. Mary Pickford 13:47
8. Gary Cooper 15:30
9. Carole Lombard 17:22
10. Joan Crawford 19:17
11. Gloria Swanson 21:02
12. Merle Oberon 22:15
13. John Wayne 24:23
14. Hedy Lamarr 26:02
15. Jocelyne Wildenstein 28:19

[OldLibrarylady]

Rita Hayworth had a naturally low hairline, and had surgery to raise it, not lower it.

[glw]

The surgeons did better work back then and the stars knew when to stop. Today, stars get so much work that they don't look natural.

[ModyBlue]

At least they ended up looking like themselves, instead of the “cookie cutter” looking like a Kardashian trend of today.

[oliverklosov]

Stopped watching after the false info about Rita Hayworth. She had her hairline RAISED, not lowered, to make her look less Hispanic.

[c.f.]

That's ridiculous there are no chemicals or incisions involved in "raising" (not lowering) the hairline with electrolysis. "Electrolysis is a hair removal treatment. A trained electrologist inserts a thin wire into the hair follicle under the surface of the skin. An electric current moves down the wire to the bottom of the follicle, destroying the hair root. The follicle damage prevents hair from growing and causes the existing hair to fall out." The patient just has to undergo repeated sessions to remove all the hair from an area. Do your research.

[Glamrockqueen]

Rita Hayworth would have had to undergo bleaching of her hair in order to dye it the Ginger colour. As a natural Brunette, it was far too dark to just apply a colour on top. Same with Marilyn Monroe, loads of bleach. There's more than a few inaccuracies in this video.

[KweenBee]

Wow, today’s plastic surgeons could learn a thing or two from these old plastic surgeons. These stars look very natural, you wouldn’t think they’d had any work done

[ccmarcum]

Incredible errors in the narration ("Bet" Davis?) and unnecessary repetitions. Faye Dunaway shown instead of Crawford in the ''Mommie Dearest ''clip. Gary Cooper only shown in early roles. Merle Oberon's segment shows a final shot of the king and queen of England in full regalia. Huh? Doesn't anyone review this stuff before it is put online? I guess it is at least good for a laugh.

[cyndythomas]

This whole video is full of misinformation. Shame on you for posting this crap

[konjurekatrina]

Marilyn Monroe had more done than a nose job and chin implant. She had her upper eyelids tucked. and a browlift. The combination of having an overly agressive eye surgery and browlift is what gave her that sleepy eyed/half closed eye look she had. She didn't have that in her modeling photos. Her nose job and chin implant were earlier than 1950. She has a scene from " Ladies Of/In The Chorus" in 1947. So it was done before then. Because she didn't get hired for anything much until getting her nose job and especially her chin implant. I'm not sure why this video is entitled "Pre-Plastic Surgery". These were absolutely Plastic Surgery and was called Plastic Surgery back then. It began with surgeons learning how to fix men's damaged faces from WWI.

[yougottabekidding]

Before and after photos would have helped here.

[TheSharron]

Bette’s name is pronounced “Betty” not Bet..good lord.You’re pronouncing it as Bette Midler does.

[mrm]

Bad pronunciation, wrong information, Not worth watching.

[KarenOCallaghan-uo]

Merle Oberon was born in India and was Anglo-Indian. Her Indian mother was presented as her maid. She claimed to be born in Tasmania figuring nobody would go there to confirm her story.

[cynthiablandford]

That was when 30 year old men looked like they where 50!

[ritahorvath]

The surgeons were so much better
back then
than nowadays .

[health]

She went through a painful surgery to make it higher NOT lower! Get your facts straight before you post like doing the research--- which you obviously didn't!!

[ElizabethTheunissen-pivi]

My great grandmother had a whole face lift in 1955. She looked great. Then had a nose job. She looked amazing.

[PoshPilgrim]

Marlene Dietrich had a facelift to prolong her career into middle age. After she retired she hid in her large Paris apartment because she wanted people to remember her as she was, not as a little old lady.

[DavyThomas]

It’s always been common knowledge that Monroe had work done.