A good question Gloria.

I immediately think of Rita Hayworth, a lovely star who sported red hair in a lot of her films but she really had very dark almost black hair from her Spanish ancestors. I really liked her in Cover Girl (and a lot of other films) and her dancing was spectacular but she had trained from childhood. (Jess Barker had a part in this one too - I always loved Jess on screen - he was so very handsome, spoke beautifully and really should have made it higher up the ladder than he did. He also did very well in Scarlet Street.)

As Ginger mentioned, Maureen O'Hara is another lovely lady but the girl who sprang to mind first was Piper Laurie. I remember seeing her in The Prince Who Was a Thief with Tony Curtis. Her hair was glorious, similar to Susan's at the time and I believe she was a natural redhead.

I think Deborah Kerr was a natural redhead too. I always think of her in An Affair to Remember - wonderful. Two other leading ladies who, I believe were natural redheads were Rhonda Fleming and Arlene Dahl. (I loved Lucy too, natural or not).

I can't think of any male redheaded star except of course, Red Buttons. Oh yes, I believe Don Barry had red hair, didn't he? Maybe Van Johnson did too, he certainly had the complexion of a redhead - perhaps it was a sandy blond?

Trish

Maybe Danny Kaye Trish ? James Cagney, Samantha Eggar, Greer Garson ?, Lee Grant , Ron Howard, Nicole Kidman and what about Kate Hepburn ? Oh Shirley Maclaine and Julianne Moore maybe .?

Kerry