Jaclyn Smith is proving that time really does seem to stand still—for her, at least.
The Charlie’s Angels icon, now 80, left fans stunned after sharing a recent family photo alongside her 43-year-old son, Gaston Richmond. The image quickly went viral, with many social media users marveling at how the legendary actress appears almost unchanged—decades after her TV heyday.
Smith posted the photo on Instagram earlier this week, pairing it with a nostalgic throwback from November 1984, when she and Gaston appeared together on the cover of Good Housekeeping. In the vintage image, a 41-year-old Smith holds her young son close, their resemblance unmistakable even then.
What shocked fans most was the side-by-side comparison. Nearly 40 years later, Smith looks remarkably similar in a new photo, wearing a striped sweater with her signature brunette hair cascading over her shoulders. Gaston, now fully grown, towers beside her in a green T-shirt and Los Angeles Dodgers cap, sporting a salt-and-pepper beard.
“Then and now. Some things never change—he’s still my Sonshine!” Smith captioned the post.
Reactions poured in almost instantly, with fans commenting on her seemingly ageless beauty and joking that she looks younger than her own son.
Smith shares Gaston and her daughter, Spencer Margaret, with ex-husband Tony Richmond, a filmmaker she was married to from 1981 to 1989. Over the years, she’s balanced family life with an enduring Hollywood legacy.
The actress rose to superstardom as Kelly Garrett on Charlie’s Angels from 1976 to 1981, starring alongside Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Cheryl Ladd. Smith made history as the only original Angel to appear in all 110 episodes across the show’s five-season run.
She later reprised her iconic role in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle in 2003, joining Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Demi Moore. Beyond the Angels franchise, Smith earned acclaim for roles in Windmills of the Gods and Florence Nightingale, cementing her status as a television legend.
Now, decades after redefining TV glamour, Smith is once again captivating fans—not with a new role, but with a single photo that has everyone asking the same question: how does she look this good at 80?
