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Good looks and talent: Who could ask for more?

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Blythe Danner & Gwyneth Paltrow

"The only reason I turned out halfway okay is because of my mother and my dad," Oscar winner Paltrow has said. Danner’s an Emmy-winning actress who has played many a colorful mother (_Will & Grace_, Huff), and Paltrow’s late father, Bruce Paltrow, was a producer-director of the acclaimed series The White Shadow and St. Elsewhere.
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Peggy Lipton & Rashida Jones

After Mod Squad star Lipton split from music producer and composer Quincy Jones, 10-year-old Rashida lived with her mom. "My mother and I are more than best friends," Rashida (_The Office_, Parks and Recreation) has said. "We are partners in crime." The two starred in the 2002 play Pitching to the Star together. It was a real family affair-Peggy’s brother Robert Lipton also had a part.
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Naomi, Ashley & Wynonna Judd

The Judd matriarch has not one but two daughters who followed in her performing footsteps. Wynonna made a name for herself singing with Mama, while actress Ashley picked the soundstage over the live stage.
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Sissy Spacek & Schuyler Fisk

What’s a girl to do when she can’t decide between singing and acting? Both, of course. Spacek’s daughter with Oscar-nominated production designer husband Jack Fisk wasn’t a Hollywood brat-she was raised in Virginia. "My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces," she has said.
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Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jaden & Willow Smith

Jaden starred in The Pursuit of Happyness with dad Will, and Willow made her screen debut with the action star in I Am Legend. Mom, meanwhile, has kicked butt in the Matrix sequels and as the fierce nurse in TV’s Hawthorne.
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Susan Sarandon & Eva Amurri

Amurri, whose dad is director Franco Amurri, played a 9-year-old version of her mother’s character in Dead Man Walking and is now being featured on Californication. "I’ve seen little bits and pieces of some of the nudity and she looks beautiful," Sarandon has said of her daughter’s role on that risque series.
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Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson

Mom and daughter share a boho style, golden locks and a talent for comedy. They also got together (along with stepdad Kurt Russell) in August to cheer for Hudson’s love, Yankee star Alex Rodriguez, at a game against the Red Sox.
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Meryl Streep & Mamie Gummer

Streep and Gummer (_Evening_, Taking Woodstock) are about to embark on that most sacred of mother-daughter rituals: wedding planning. Mamie (whose dad is sculptor Don Gummer) announced her engagement to actor Ben Walker this fall with an enthusiastic, "My mom loves him!"
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Demi Moore & Rumer Willis

Willis started out in small roles in mom’s films Now and Then and Striptease. She’s now nabbing plum parts in projects such as Sorority Row. "The great thing is I’m seeing her mature and operate as a complete professional," Moore has said. "And it’s giving us, I think, another opportunity to connect in a totally different way." Mom, dad (Bruce Willis) and stepdad (Ashton Kutcher) are all very supportive.
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Jane Fonda & Troy Garity

Fonda might have played the worst in Monster-In-Law, but in real life the actress is said to be extremely fond of daughter-in-law Simone Bent, reportedly helping actor son Troy (whose father is Fonda’s second ex-husband, Tom Hayden) pick out the engagement ring.
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Kate & Jessica Capshaw

With her heavy Hollywood upbringing, how could Jessica avoid the limelight? Mom Kate is best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, directed by stepdad Steven Spielberg. Jessica (whose dad is Kate’s non-showbiz ex Robert Capshaw) has made her own mark recently as a pediatric surgeon on Grey’s Anatomy.
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Patricia Wettig & Roxy Olin

Brothers & Sisters really is a family show for Roxy Olin. Her mom plays businesswoman Holly Harper and dad Ken Olin produces and occasionally acts in the family drama (as Wettig’s former love interest, no less). Roxy also plays herself on MTV’s The City. NEXT: View Look Who’s Turning 40 and 50 here
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