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12 Times Movie Heroines Rocked an ’80s Perm, From Flashdance to the New Permanent

By Laura Regensdorf
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    Kira McLean in Permanent, 2017.

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    Julia Roberts in Mystic Pizza, 1988.

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    Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher, and Susan Sarandon in The Witches of Eastwick, 1987.

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    Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science, 1985.

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    Jennifer Beals in Flashdance, 1983.

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    Sarah Jessica Parker in Girls Just Want to Have Fun, 1985.

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    Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet, 1986.

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    Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing, 1987.

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    Barbra Streisand in A Star Is Born, 1976.

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    Shelley Long in Troop Beverly Hills, 1989.

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    Stacey Dash in Moving, 1988.

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    Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, 1989.

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    Geena Davis in Beetlejuice, 1988.