Sometimes all that glitters can be silver as well as gold, as these celebrities prove by showing off their gray pride.
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George Clooney
Sometimes all that glitters can be gray, as these entertainment and political stars prove by proudly displaying their silver hairs.
Birthdate: 05/06/1961
Earned Gray Hair By: Playing charming and likable scam artists/scoundrels in such films as "Out of Sight" (1996), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000), "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) and "Burn After Reading" (2008), as well as through exposing and campaigning for the Darfur crisis.
— Damien Meyer / AFP
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Diane Keaton
Birth date: 01/05/1946
Earned Gray Hair By: Putting up with difficult men like Michael Corleone, Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson in such films as "The Godfather" (1972), "Annie Hall" (1977), "The First Wives Club" (1996) and "Something’s Gotta Give" (2003).
— Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images North America
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Richard Gere
Birth date: 08/31/1949
Earned Gray Hair By: Sweeping leading ladies like Lauren Hutton, Debra Winger and Julia Roberts off their feet in such films as "American Gigolo" (1980), "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "Pretty Woman" (1990) and "Nights in Rodanthe" (2008).
— Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images North America
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Birth date: 11/22/1958
Earned Gray Hair By: Trying to avoid horrifying death in such "Scream Queen" classics as "Halloween" (1978), "The Fog" (1980), "True Lies" (1994) and "Halloween: Resurrection" (2002).
— Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images North America
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Anderson Cooper
Birth date: 06/03/1967
Earned Gray Hair By: Reporting the hard breaking news and asking the tough questions as anchor of CNN's show "Anderson Cooper 360."
— Gabriel Bouys / AFP
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Helen Mirren
Birth date: 07/26/1945
Earned Gray Hair By: Working hard as an actress, earning Emmys for "Prime Suspect" and an Oscar as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" along the way.
— Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images North America
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Eric Dane
Birth date: 11/09/1972
Earned Gray Hair By: Saving patients' lives and seducing nurses or fellow residents as Dr. Mark Slone of ABC's hit TV show "Grey’s Anatomy."
— Valery Hache / AFP
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Paula Deen
Birth date: 01/19/1947
Earned Gray Hair By: Being an Emmy-winning TV cook, running a Savannah, Georgia, restaurant with her sons, and publishing five cookbooks.
— Anonymous / FOOD NETWORK
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Ted Danson
Birth date: 12/29/1947
Earned Gray Hair By: Serving drinks and talking about his ex-baseball days at the bar where everybody knows your name in the classic TV show "Cheers."
— Frazer Harrison / Getty Images North America
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Judi Dench
Birth date: 12/09/1934
Earned Gray Hair By: Being one of England's greatest actresses, earning an Oscar, two Golden Globes, and a Tony -- as well as trying to control 007 as M in the James Bond movies.
— Chris Jackson / Getty Images Europe
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Robert De Niro
Birth date: 08/17/1943
Earned Gray Hair By: Seeking revenge on those who attempted to kill him in such "mobster" movies as "The Godfather Part II" (1974), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Goodfellas" (1990) and "Analyze This" (1999).
— Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Europe
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Emmylou Harris
Birth date: 04/02/1947
Earned Gray Hair By: Forging a long music career that has garnered her 10 Grammys over 29 years, as well as suffering the devastating loss of music partner Gram Parsons, who died of a drug overdose in 1973.
— Rick Nederstigt / AFP
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Harrison Ford
Birth date: 07/13/1942
Earned Gray Hair By: Fighting the dark side, hunting down replicants/androids and recovering important artifacts in such films as "Star Wars" (1977) "Blade Runner" (1982) and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008).
— Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images North America
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David Gregory
Birth date: 08/24/1970
Earned Gray Hair By: Pinning politicians down with tough questions as moderator of NBC News' "Meet the Press."
— Joshua Roberts / NBC TV
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Roseanne Barr
Birth date: 11/03/1956
Earned Gray Hair By: Rising from blue-collar background in Salt Lake City to a successful comedy and acting career (not to mention surviving criticism of her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a 1990 baseball game).
— Frazer Harrison / Getty Images North America
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Mark Harmon
Birth date: 09/02/1951
Earned Gray Hair By: First from working long shifts at the hospital as "St. Elsewhere" (starting in 1983) and then from conducting criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps in "NCIS" (starting in 2003).
— Frazer Harrison / Getty Images North America
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Bill Maher
Birth date: 02/20/1956
Earned Gray Hair By: Making political satire and sociopolitical commentary every week as host of HBO’s "Real Time."
— Lionsgate
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Ruby Dee
Birth date: 10/27/1924
Earned Gray Hair By: Working for civil rights with her late husband, actor Ossie Davis, as well as forging a distinguished acting career that has spanned some 60 years.
— Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images North America
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Bill Clinton
Birth date: 08/19/1946
Earned Gray Hair By: Serving as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001, writing his autobiography "My Life" in 2004 and campaigning with his wife Hillary during her 2008 presidential run.
— Steve Helber / AP
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Kathleen Sebelius
Birth date: 05/15/1948
Earned Gray Hair By: Governing the state of Kansas from 2003-2009 -- and serving as the 21st Secretary of Health and Human Services.
— Jason Reed / X00458
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Jon Stewart
Birth date: 11/28/1962
Earned Gray Hair By: Having to be funny every night as host of Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show."
— Ethan Miller / Getty Images North America
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Cloris Leachman
Birth date: 04/30/1926
Earned Gray Hair By: Winning eight prime-time Emmys (more than any other actress) and an Oscar for "The Last Picture Show" (1971) -- only to be eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars."
— Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images North America
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Stacy London
Birth date: 05/25/1969
Earned Gray Hair By: Seeing the frightening clothes in peoples’ wardrobes before she helps make them over on TV’s "What Not to Wear."
— Evan Agostini / Getty Images North America
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Lily Munster
Birth date: 1827
Earned Gray Hair By: Being an undead vampire on "The Munsters" (her real-life portrayer, actress Yvonne De Carlo, died in 2007 at the age of 84).
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Meryl Streep
Birth date: 06/22/1949
Earned Gray Hair By: Letting it go that way for her performance as a domineering magazine editor in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006) -- garnering her an unprecedented 14th Oscar nomination as well as a Golden Globe.