A Brief History of Cougars

Dustin Hoffman looks over the stockinged leg of Anne Bancroft in
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The Girl Next Door
She may not have been the first, but in 1967's The Graduate, her long legs, leopard coats and sardonic hotness made Mrs. Robinson an icon and model for the modern cougar. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson! Coo, coo, ca-choo.

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