Hollywood legend, 69, unrecognizable 44 years after her biggest movie. She was 80’s sensation

After more than four decades after her appearance in the smash hit “Urban Cowboy,” Debra Winger, a legendary figure in 80s Hollywood, appears totally different at 68 years old.

Famous for her roles in “Terms of Endearment” and “An Officer and a Gentleman,” Winger was most famous for her 1980 love drama “Urban Cowboy” co-starring John Travolta. Golden Globe and British Academy Film Award nods for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer, respectively, were hers for her portrayal.

Winger retired from the public eye in the mid-nineties, with “Forget Paris” being her last feature film appearance in 1995. For six years, she stayed away from the film industry.

Winger wrote a memoir on her time away from performing and lectured at Harvard University when she was on hiatus from Hollywood. She wrote a book on her passion for the art form and her disappointment with the industry’s commercial side.

Winger has won numerous accolades for her acting, including a 1984 Best Actress award from the National Society of Film Critics and three Best Actress Oscar nods for her work in “Terms of Endearment,” “Shadowlands,” and “An Officer and a Gentleman.”

She met her future husband, writer/director Arliss Howard, on the set of “Wilder Napalm.” They tied the knot in 1996. Gideon, their son born in 1997, is one of three children they have between them; the other two are from their prior marriages.

“Drive Away Dolls” premiered in New York not long ago, and Winger was there. She sported a dark blazer, blue shirt, loose-fitting dark pants, and big black boots, accessorizing with her naturally silver curly hair. Her defining style—minimal makeup and voluminous curls—retained, despite her transformation, from brunette to blonde.

Here is her current appearance (scroll down for additional images)