Redigerer Sexsymbol (avsnitt)

=== Skuespillere ===
[[Film]]- og [[fjernsyn]]sindustrien har historisk sett spilt en betydelig rolle i å skape og opprettholde forestillingene om sexsymboler. Følgende liste er en del eksempler på sexsymboler som fikk sin status ved at de ble eksponert på film.

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====1920-tallet og før ====
*[[Lillian Russell]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Lillian Russell: A Biography of America's Beauty|first=Arnold|last=Fields|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|ISBN=978-0786438686|page=215}}</ref>
*[[Pola Negri]]
*[[Asta Nielsen]]
*[[Ramon Novarro]]
*[[Clara Bow]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The 1920's|url=https://archive.org/details/1920s0000drow|first=Kathleen Morgan|last=Drowne|coauthor=Patrick Huber|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2004|ISBN=0313320136|page=[https://archive.org/details/1920s0000drow/page/237 237]}}</ref>
*[[Theda Bara]]<ref name="Mix">Mix, Deborah M. (2000) "Sex Symbol" ''In'' Pendergast, Tom (editor) (2000) ''St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: Volume 4: P - T'' St. James Press, Detroit, Michigan, ISBN 1-55862-404-X</ref>
*[[John Barrymore]]
*[[Alla Nazimova]]
*[[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*[[Mata Hari]]
*[[Mae Murray]]
*[[Nita Naldi]]
*[[Evelyn Nesbit]]
*[[Gloria Swanson]]
*[[Rudolph Valentino]]
*[[Rudy Vallee]]
*[[Lya de Putti]]
*[[Valeska Suratt]]
*[[Louise Brooks]]
*[[Myrna Loy]]
*[[Joan Crawford]]

====1930-tallet ====
*[[Marlene Dietrich]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Marlene Dietrich, 90, Symbol of Glamour, Dies|first=Peter B.|last=Flint|newspaper=New York Times|date=7. mai 1992|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/07/us/marlene-dietrich-90-symbol-of-glamour-dies.html?pagewanted=1}}</ref> 
*[[Jean Harlow]]
*[[Bette Davis]]
*[[Joan Crawford]]
*[[Mae West]]
*[[Errol Flynn]]
*[[Anna May Wong]]
*[[Clark Gable]]
*[[Greta Garbo]]
*[[Cary Grant]]
*[[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*[[Dolores del Rio]]
*[[Charles Boyer]]
*[[Robert Taylor (skuespiller)|Robert Taylor]]
*[[Alice Faye]]
*[[Vivien Leigh]]
*[[Fay Wray]]
*[[Maurice Chevalier]]
*[[Claudette Colbert]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
*[[Ginger Rogers]]

====1940-tallet ====
*[[Rita Hayworth]]
*[[Veronica Lake]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Porter|first=Darwin|title=Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel|url=https://archive.org/details/howardhugheshell00darw|publisher=Blood Moon Productions Ltd.|date=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howardhugheshell00darw/page/n568 639]|isbn=0-974-81181-5}}</ref> 
*[[Ava Gardner]]
*[[Carmen Miranda]]
*[[Betty Grable]]
*[[Ann Sheridan]]
*[[Olivia de Havilland]]
*[[Cary Grant]]
*[[Judy Garland]]
*[[Hedy Lamarr]]
*[[Lana Turner]]
*[[Tyrone Power]]
*[[Maria Felix]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Burt Lancaster]]
*[[Gregory Peck]]
*[[Gene Tierney]]
*[[Jane Russell]]
*[[Lena Horne]]
*[[Lauren Bacall]]

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==== 1950-tallet ====
*[[Elvis Presley]]
*[[Marilyn Monroe]]
*[[Bettie Page]] 
*[[Gina Lollobrigida]]
*[[Sophia Loren]]
*[[Jayne Mansfield]]
*[[Marlon Brando]]
*[[Grace Kelly]]
*[[James Dean]]
*[[Rock Hudson]]
*[[Mamie Van Doren]]
*[[Susan Hayward]]
*[[Sara Montiel]]
*[[Diana Dors]]
*[[Audrey Hepburn]]
*[[Tony Curtis]]
*[[Kim Novak]]
*[[Dorothy Dandridge]]

====1960-tallet ====
*[[Paul McCartney]]
*[[John Lennon]]
*[[Elizabeth Taylor]]
*[[Ann-Margret]]
*[[Ursula Andress]]
*[[Brian Jones]]
*[[Raquel Welch]]
*[[Jane Fonda]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Biond|first=Chris|title=Fpnda memories and the changing face of the sex symbol|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Fonda-memories-and-the-changing.3608012.jp|accessdate=3. mars 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Catherine Deneuve]]
*[[Julie Christie]]
*[[Paul Newman]]
*[[Brigitte Bardot]]
*[[Robert Redford]]
*[[Clint Eastwood]]
*[[Sean Connery]]
*[[Warren Beatty]]
*[[Claudia Cardinale]]
*[[Jimi Hendrix]]
*[[Virna Lisi]]
*[[Natalie Wood]]
*[[Uschi Obermaier]]
*[[Mick Jagger]]
*[[Jim Morrison]]
*[[Edie Sedgwick]]

====1970-tallet ====
*[[John Travolta]]
*[[Farrah Fawcett]]
*[[Diana Ross]]
*[[Faye Dunaway]]
*[[Pam Grier]]
*[[David Cassidy]]
*[[Steve McQueen]]
*[[Ali MacGraw]]
*[[Ryan O'Neal]]
*[[Burt Reynolds]]
*[[Jon Voight]]
*[[Charlotte Rampling]]
*[[Goldie Hawn]]
*[[Lee Majors]]
*[[Catherine Bach]]
*[[Kris Kristofferson]]
*[[Candice Bergen]]
*[[Lynda Carter]]
*[[Sam Elliott]]
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====1980-tallet ====
*[[Kim Basinger]]
*[[Christie Brinkley]]
*[[Brooke Shields]]
*[[Kathleen Turner]] 
*[[Harrison Ford]]
*[[Daryl Hannah]]
*[[Mickey Rourke]]
*[[Patrick Swayze]]
*[[Val Kilmer]]
*[[Tom Cruise]]
*[[Isabelle Adjani]]
*[[Madonna (artist)|Madonna]]
*[[Michael Jackson]]
*[[Mel Gibson]]
*[[Jon Bon Jovi]]
*[[Melanie Griffith]]
*[[Don Johnson]]
*[[Sting]]
*[[Rob Lowe]]
*[[Kevin Bacon]]
*[[Nastassja Kinski]]
*[[Michelle Pfeiffer]]
*[[Tom Selleck]]
*[[Michael Douglas]]
*[[Kevin Costner]]
*[[Richard Gere]]
*[[Meg Ryan]]
*[[Heather Locklear]]
*[[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
*[[Bruce Willis]]

====1990-tallet ====
*[[Sharon Stone]]
*[[Leonardo DiCaprio]]
*[[Pamela Anderson]]
*[[Cindy Crawford]]
*[[Johnny Depp]]<ref name="independent.ie">[http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/so-just-who-was-it-for-you-last-night-1055246.html So just who was it for you last night?] ''Irish Independent'', publisert 8. oktober 2007</ref>
*[[Brad Pitt]]
*[[Demi Moore]]
*[[Julia Roberts]]
*[[Keanu Reeves]]
*[[Uma Thurman]]
*[[Gillian Anderson]]<ref>[http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/96fhmsup.shtml 100 sexiest women of the year!]</ref>
*[[David Duchovny]]
*[[Jennifer Aniston]]
*[[Naomi Campbell]]
*[[Axl Rose]]
*[[Mariah Carey]]
*[[Juliette Binoche]]
*[[Ricky Martin]]
*[[Linda Fiorentino]]
*[[Denzel Washington]]
*[[Sandra Bullock]]
*[[Antonio Banderas]]
*[[Salma Hayek]]
*[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
*[[Nicole Kidman]]
*[[Cameron Diaz]]
*[[Vanessa L. Williams]]
*[[Mark Wahlberg]]
*[[Tyra Banks]]
*[[Lenny Kravitz]]
*[[George Clooney]]
*[[Enrique Iglesias]]

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====2000-tallet====
*[[Angelina Jolie]]
*[[Megan Fox]]
*[[Robbie Williams]]
*[[Jennifer Lopez]]
*[[Orlando Bloom]]
*[[Beyonce Knowles]]
*[[Hugh Jackman]]
*[[Charlize Theron]]
*[[Halle Berry]]
*[[Natalie Portman]]
*[[Gisele Bündchen]]
*[[Eva Longoria]]
*[[Scarlett Johansson]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5369980.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=Scarlett Johansson the reluctant sex symbol | first=Martyn | last=Palmer | date=27. desember 2008| accessdate=5. mai 2010}}</ref>
*[[Gerard Butler]]
*[[Monica Bellucci]]
*[[Taylor Lautner]]
*[[Josh Holloway]]
*[[Katy Perry]]
*[[Usher]]
*[[Keira Knightley]]
*[[Penelope Cruz]]
*[[Robert Pattinson]]
*[[Eva Green]] 
*[[Jessica Alba]]
*[[Kate Beckinsale]]
*[[Jude Law]]
*[[Justin Timberlake]]
*[[Ashton Kutcher]]
*[[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
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