This Time in 1981, See Patti LuPone, Chaka Khan...

Hollywood's biggest names were out and about at this time 43 years ago

Published Time: 18.05.2024 - 01:31:04 Modified Time: 18.05.2024 - 01:31:04

Hollywood's biggest names were out and about at this time 43 years ago.

Mid-May 1981 saw celebs stepping out for A-list events, royal appearances and promotional pressers around the world. Patti LuPone was poised to star in Evita down under, while Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange previewed a new film in Cannes. In the States, Chaka Khan, Ozzy Osbourne and Johnny Cash performed for adoring fans, while across the pond Prince Charles made appearances with fiancée Lady Diana Spencer and mom Queen Elizabeth II.

Travel back in time to see what the hottest stars of the decade were up to during the peak of spring in 1981.

Hot off the release of her third solo album, What Cha' Gonna Do for Me, Chaka Khan performed live at the Park West in Chicago.

Pro baller Tiny Archibald and the Boston Celtics celebrated their NBA Championship win in Boston.

Months after announcing their engagement Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles visited the village of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England.

Star Trek star William Shatner posed on the balcony of his home in L.A.'s Sherman Oaks neighborhood.

Tony winner Patti LuPone appeared at a press conference at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne ahead of taking over the role of Eva Perón in the original Australian production of Evita.

Happy Days star Henry Winkler beamed alongside wife Stacey Weitzman while receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ahead of the release of 1981's Endless Love, 15-year-old star Brooke Shields attended an event at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City with mom Teri Shields.

Prince Charles wore a Guardsman's uniform alongside his mother, Queen -

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Elizabeth II, for the Presentation of Colours to the First Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, at Windsor Castle.

Madeline Kahn looked fabulous at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, where the Friars Club was honoring Burt Reynolds as "Entertainer of the Year."

Comedians George Carlin and Richard Pryor had host Johnny Carson in stitches on an episode of The Tonight Show.

Ozzy Osbourne rocked hard onstage at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom during a stop on his "Blizzard of Ozz" tour.

Johnny Cash and daughter Cindy Cash made sweet music together live onstage at The Ritz in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Danny DeVito mugged for the camera while filming an episode of Taxi.

Photographers clambered for pics of Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange during a press conference for their film The Postman Always Rings Twice at the Cannes Film Festival.

British comedian John Cleese and wife Barbara Trentham looked casual and cozy as they flashed smiles for the camera.

Billie Jean King smiled alongside Barbara Walters during an episode of ABC's 20/20 in which the tennis champ discussed her affair with another woman for the first time.

Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, took some time to smell the roses during a visit to Spain.

New York Islanders players Wayne Merrick, Stefan Persson, Anders Kallur and Canadian John Tonelli celebrated the team's Stanley Cup win.

Jenilee Harrison took a break from playing Cindy Snow on Three's Company for some windsurfing.

Alan Alda appeared to be having a blast, yucking it up with daughters Beatrice and Eve Alda in N.Y.C.