Written By: Eliza Berman
For the historically inclined, LIFE magazine’s archives offer a treasure trove of Halloween inspiration. Music lover? There’s Little Richard’s signature look and Elvis Presley’s smart army get-up. For coordinated couples, there’s Hollywood’s onetime leading couple (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) playing one of history’s leading couples (Cleopatra and Antony). And for those with a “quarantine beard” to work with, Donald Sutherland displays a daring feat of facial topiary.
Project Mercury Astronauts
Ralph Morse / (c)The LIFE Picture Collection
Elvis Presley
Al Fenn / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Marilyn Monroe
Ed Clark / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Lee Balterman / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
The Beatles
John Dominis / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
The Addams Family
(c) Don Cravens Estate / The LIFE Images Collection
Jayne Mansfield
Allan Grant / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Queen Elizabeth
Cornell Capa / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
The Jackson Five and their parents in 1970: (clockwise L-R): Jackie, parents Joe and Katherine, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine and Michael in their backyard.
John Olson /The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation
The Three Stooges
Michael Rougier / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Jane Fonda as Barbarella.
Carlo Bavagnoli / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Winston Churchill
Alfred Eisenstaedt / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Jim Morrison
Yale Joel / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Sophia Loren
Alfred Eisenstaedt / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dmitri Kessel / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy
Paul Schutzer / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Pablo Picasso as The Minotaur
Gjon Mili / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Albert Einstein
Alfred Eisenstaedt / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Raquel Welch
Bill Eppridge / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Jackie Robinson
Allan Grant / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Johnny Cash
Michael Rougier / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Dorothy Dandridge
Ed Clark / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Donald Sutherland
Co Rentmeester / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Julie Andrews as Cinderella
Gordon Parks / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Paul Schutzer / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Mia Farrow
Bill Eppridge / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Fred Astaire
Bob Landry / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Leonard McCombe / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
Little Richard
Ralph Morse / (c) The LIFE Picture Collection
