8 Hollywood Stars Who Make Exercise Look Glamorous

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Any vintage issue of Confidential magazine, the Old Hollywood printed precursor to TMZ, offers definitive proof: The silver screen stars of decades past had a flair for looking pristine while performing perfectly ordinary, everyday tasks—and working out was no exception. To cut a striking figure, the leading ladies of Paramount (and beyond) followed strict, fine-tuned fitness regimens. But when they hit the gym, it was coiffed to the athleisure nines, without a trace of a ruddied complexion or a hair out of place.

A trained dancer since her childhood, Audrey Hepburn maintained her reed-like physique through pliés and arabesques, while the famously zaftig Jayne Mansfield gained flexibility with graceful stretches in a cone-shaped bra. An athlete throughout her life, Katharine Hepburn demonstrated agility and coordination on the tennis court (and on-screen in 1952’s Pat and Mike), often wearing pleated white miniskirts and sweeping her hair back in a Victorian-esque updo.

Taking a more targeted approach, Marilyn Monroe famously lifted weights in cropped sweaters and hot pants as part of her “simple bust-firming routine.” And leave it to golden couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward to have mastered the art of his-and-hers yoga in their living room, clad in chic daytime attire, no less.

Here, all the Hollywood legends that made a standout effort to look glamorous while breaking a sweat.

Katharine Hepburn, 1935
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Ava Gardner, 1942
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Rita Hayworth, 1949
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Jayne Mansfield, 1952
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Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, 1963
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Audrey Hepburn, 1952
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Marilyn Monroe, 1951
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