By Tara Young
Anjelica Huston, The Grand High Witch, the priestess of darkness—forever an icon of beauty and style. Known for her piercing gaze and impossibly sharp cheekbones, she’s the embodiment of elegant defiance, blurring lines between Hollywood royalty and her rebellious mystique.
From her early days as a muse for the legendary Bob Richardson to redefining dark gothic glamour in The Addams Family, her presence is hypnotic. We dug deep into the archives to pull up her most glamorous and iconic looks through the years, from; 70s disco diva, Morticia Addams to Fenty model.
Baby Anjelica pictured here with her mom, Ricki Huston.
Again with her mom, for Vogue in 1968.
Anjelica Huston, age 16, 1968.
Fuzzy flyaways peaking out in Life Magazine during a shoot for her first film, A Walk With Life and Death, 1969.
Braids, pencil-thin brows and pink eye shadow. Photographed by her friend, Richard Avedon, in 1970.
Anjelica killing the comb-over, tied shirt and bomber jacket combo.
A spiral perm on the cover of Vogue Italia, 1971.
Fun and flippy bob with a side of sequins in 1972. Photographed by Irving Penn.
A slick-back style for Anjelica Huston in 1972. Note the matching yellow eyeshadow - power move.
Lady-like glamour, voluminous curls with bangs in 1972, photo by Irving Penn for Vogue.
Sultry curls with a touch of disco for Vogue, 1973.
Skullcap and co-ordinating makeup get a tick from us. Photo by Paolo Barbieri.
This iconic shot; the beret, smoky eye and cigarette. Winter muse.
Disco diva in green - again with the matching eye shadow.
Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson for Interview Magazine.
1976
Wearing her hair in a topknot to showcase "A Jealous Husband" c 1940, by Muriel Kallis Newman.
All hair for Diane Von Furstenberg.
A slick-back ponytail during The Ice Pirates, 1984.
Chic ballet bun never goes out of style.
Masc. By Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair in 1985.
1985 Fashion Aid with Grace Jones and Jerry Hall.
Anjelica Huston picked up an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1986 for 'Prizzi's Honor', a film directed by her late father, John Huston.
The year is 1989, the hair is permed, the jewels are dripping and Anjelica Huston is presenting an award at the Oscars.
The Grand High witch. A kid from the 90s introduction to Anjelica Huston.
Old money, on set for The Grifters in 1990.
Morticia Addams is arguably her finest work to date. The Addams Family, 1991.
Looking vampy in red with Michael Kors in 1999
Anjelica Huston and Wes Anderson on the set of The Royal Tenenbaums in 2000.
As Etheline Tenenbaum.
2005 with the long layers and a liquid silk dress at the Vanity Fair Oscars party.
As Lady Louise in Seraphim Falls, 2006.
Her signature red lip and flippy, glossy shoulder-length hair for the Golden Globes in 2013.
2013, lounging at home with perfectly smoothed bangs.
Ladies who lunch. Anjelica Huston with bestie Jerry Hall in Beverly Hills, 2018.
A Fenty x Puma moment with Chloe Cherry in 2024.
