Last Updated on October 7, 2025 by Matt Staff
These mugshots of famous actresses from the 1970s-1990s freeze the split-second when celebrity met consequence, and their faces were caught between poise and “let’s just get this over with”.
In this gallery, you’ll flip through 20 mugshots that double as pop-culture time capsules, with snapshots that show expressions that say everything without a single line of dialogue.
1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
The ’80s glamour icon and Green Acres alum became a tabloid legend in 1989 after a Beverly Hills traffic stop ended with her slapping an officer. This mugshot is pure headline-era Hollywood.
2. Suzanne Somers
America knew her from Three’s Company before an early-career 1970 shoplifting arrest surfaced in retrospectives. This mugshot reads like a time capsule from a pre-fame era.
3. Dana Plato
The Diff’rent Strokes star faced a 1991 Las Vegas arrest tied to a video-store robbery. Her booking photo became one of the decade’s most widely circulated images of a child star.
4. Marilyn Chambers
Chambers was a model and actress from the ’70s, whose notoriety made any run-in headline material. She was booked during her turbulent later years.
5. Pamela Anderson
The Baywatch superstar’s mugshot pops up in the late ’90s legal-scrape roundups. It’s a stark counterpoint to the slow-motion icon of ’90s TV.
6. Yasmine Bleeth
Bleeth was another Baywatch standout of the ’90s. She was arrested in 2001 in Detroit on drug-related charges.
7. Tawny Kitaen
Kitaen is known for her ’80s videos and films. She had early-2000s bookings after domestic and drug incidents. Her mugshot shows the ’80s It-girl in a very different light.
8. Heather Locklear
The ’80s and ’90s TV actress (Dynasty, Melrose Place) was arrested in 2008 in California in a DUI-related case.
9. Kim Delaney
Delaney was a ’90s staple from NYPD Blue. She was arrested in 2002 on a DUI charge in Arizona.
10. Michelle Rodriguez
Breaking out in the late ’90s, Rodriguez was booked multiple times, tied to DUI and probation issues.
11. Natasha Lyonne
Lyonne was a ’90s indie darling. She was arrested in 2001 in Miami on DUI charges. Her mugshot followed her as she rebuilt her career into more acclaimed later roles.
12. Amy Locane
Locane was a ’90s face from Melrose Place and films like Cry-Baby. She was arrested in New Jersey in 2010 after a fatal crash.
13. Kim Richards
The former ’70s Disney child star was arrested in 2015 Beverly Hills for public intoxication. At the time, her mugshot revived the interest in her early-career fame.
14. Lisa Robin Kelly
Kelly was known for her role in That ’70s Show. She had multiple arrests in the early 2010s, including DUI charges.
15. Pamela Bach
The ’90s TV actress and producer faced a 2009 DUI arrest in Los Angeles, and her mugshot didn’t fail to make the media headlines.
16. Jaime Pressly
Pressly is better known from her late ’90s roles. She was arrested in 2011 for DUI in Santa Monica.
17. Lindsay Lohan
The star from The Parent Trap had multiple arrests from 2007 to 2011, tied to DUI and probation violations. Her mugshots basically defined a tabloid era.
18. Reese Witherspoon
The 90s star of Election and Cruel Intentions was detained in 2013 for disorderly conduct during her husband’s DUI stop.
19. Jennifer Lopez
The actress and singer from Selena and Out of Sight was arrested in 1999 in New York after a nightclub incident.
20. Carmen Electra
Carmen was a ’90s pop-culture fixture. She was arrested in 1999 in Miami after a domestic dispute.
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