21 Stars Who Are Way Closer in Age to Their On-Screen Parents Than You Think
When it comes to fictional characters in movies and on TV, it seems like almost anything is possible. People in their late 30's can pass for teenagers, parents and kids can be as little as one year apart, and believe it or not, kids can even be older than their on-screen parents. Isn't that fascinating?
Click through the gallery to see famous actors who were almost as old as their on-screen parents.
![Anne bancroft katharine ross](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anne-bancroft-katharine-ross.jpg?fit=565%2C420&quality=86&strip=all)
AVCO Embassy Pictures
![Laurence harvey angela lansbury](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laurence-harvey-angela-lansbury.jpg?fit=331%2C470&quality=86&strip=all)
United Artists
![Estelle getty bea arthur](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/estelle-getty-bea-arthur.jpg?fit=800%2C960&quality=86&strip=all)
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
![Phylicia rashad sabrina le beauf](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/phylicia-rashad-sabrina-le-beauf.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=86&strip=all)
Carsey-Werner Productions
![Maureen stapleton dick van dyke](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/maureen-stapleton-dick-van-dyke.jpg?fit=800%2C538&quality=86&strip=all)
Columbia Pictures
![Lionel jeffries dick van dyke](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lionel-jeffries-dick-van-dyke.jpg?fit=450%2C450&quality=86&strip=all)
Warfield Productions
![Sally field tom hanks](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sally-field-tom-hanks.jpg?fit=500%2C698&quality=86&strip=all)
Paramount Pictures
![Len cariou tom selleck](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/len-cariou-tom-selleck.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=86&strip=all)
CBS Television Studios
![Laurence fishburne anthony anderson](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laurence-fishburne-anthony-anderson.jpg?fit=800%2C533&quality=86&strip=all)
ABC Studios
![Don ameche betty white](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/don-ameche-betty-white.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=86&strip=all)
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
![Anna walton torrance coombs](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anna-walton-torrance-coombs.jpg?fit=512%2C393&quality=86&strip=all)
Warner Bros. Television
![Miriam colon al pacino](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/miriam-colon-al-pacino.jpg?fit=800%2C588&quality=86&strip=all)
Universal Pictures
![Larry cedar chevy chase](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/larry-cedar-chevy-chase.jpg?fit=600%2C400&quality=86&strip=all)
Sony Pictures Television
![Angelina jolie colin farrell](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/angelina-jolie-colin-farrell.jpg?fit=700%2C465&quality=86&strip=all)
Warner Bros. Pictures
![Drew barrymore adam garcia](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/drew-barrymore-adam-garcia.jpg?fit=594%2C493&quality=86&strip=all)
Columbia Pictures
![Jaime camil gina rodriguez](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jaime-camil-gina-rodriguez.png?fit=600%2C401&quality=86&strip=all)
CBS Television Studios
![Charlize theron christina hendricks](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/charlize-theron-christina-hendricks.jpg?fit=500%2C500&quality=86&strip=all)
Denver and Delilah Productions
![Mark wahlberg melissa leo](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mark-wahlberg-melissa-leo.jpg?fit=698%2C473&quality=86&strip=all)
Paramount Pictures
![Amy poehler rachel mcadams](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/amy-poehler-rachel-mcadams.jpg?fit=667%2C500&quality=86&strip=all)
Paramount Pictures
![Melissa mccarthy allison janney](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/melissa-mccarthy-allison-janney.jpg?fit=698%2C436&quality=86&strip=all)
Warner Bros. Pictures
![Winona ryder zachary quinto](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/winona-ryder-zachary-quinto.jpg?fit=698%2C422&quality=86&strip=all)
Paramount Pictures