--- description: LIFE.com celebrates Father's Day with classic photos of famous dads and their daughters. title: Father's Day Special: LIFE Photos of Famous Dads and Their Daughters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6f85c5cc1f5e9a0/69884a45a988ca3d056b1ee3/10_00284728.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Father's Day Special: LIFE With Famous Dads and Their Daughters by [Ben Cosgrove](/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2014 7:11 PM CUT  John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958. John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958.Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Ben Cosgrove](/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2014 7:11 PM CUT Back in 1995, the singer-songwriter — and [excellent cartoonist](http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Leviathan-Peter-Blegvad/dp/B001VNBA7M "undefined") — Peter Blegvad released a song later made semi-famous when a cover version by Loudon Wainwright III was featured on the soundtrack for Judd Apatow’s _Knocked Up_. The song, “Daughter,” is as sweet and true as any song ever written by a parent to a child, and manages to capture in relatively few words the intense, tender, exasperating and, through it all, loving relationships that dads and daughters enjoy — or, at times, simply endure. (Wainwright, interestingly, enough, is the father of Rufus Wainwright and the son of a longtime LIFE magazine writer and editor, Loudon Wainwright, Jr.) Here, in a special Father’s Day gallery, LIFE.com applauds that unique familial bond with photos of famous fathers and their daughters — and, for a little variety, one famous daughter and her dad. Blegvad’s lyrics to “Daughter,” meanwhile, are worth celebrating in their own right. See them below. You can also [buy the song itself](http://www.amazon.com/Daughter/dp/B001QHV7WQ/ref=sr%5F1%5Fcc%5F1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1371135034&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=peter+blegvad+daughter "undefined"), or get the whole CD, [_Just Woke Up_](http://www.amazon.com/Just-Woke-Up-Peter-Blegvad/dp/B0000250CR "undefined"), on which “Daughter” originally appeared. Go. Now. Buy it. “Daughter” © 1995 Peter Blegvad Everything she sees she says she wants. And everything she says she wants I see she gets. That’s my daughter in the water, everything she owns I bought her, Everything she owns. That’s my daughter in the water, Everything she knows I taught her. Everything she knows. Everything I say She takes to heart. And everything she takes, She takes apart. That’s my daughter in the water, Every time she fell I caught her, Every time she fell. That’s my daughter in the water I lost every time I fought her. Yeah, I lost every time. Every time she blinks she strikes somebody blind, And everything she thinks Blows her tiny mind. Happy Father’s Day, everyone. [\[MORE: See the LIFE gallery, “LIFE With Famous Moms.”\]](http://life.time.com/culture/mothers-day-special-life-with-famous-moms/#1 "undefined")  John Barrymore and daughter Diana, 1942. Eliot Elisofon—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Alfred Hitchcock and daughter Patricia, 1942. Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Orson Wells, Rita Hayworth and daughter Rebecca, 1945. Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Michael Redgrave and daughter Lynn, 1946. Ian Smith—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Gary Cooper and daughter Maria, 1949. Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jackie and Rachel Robinson with their infant daughter, Sharon, Los Angeles, 1950. J.R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Pablo Picasso and daughter Paloma, 1951. Dmitri Kessel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Harry Truman and daughter Margaret, 1952. George Skadding—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Desi Arnaz with daughter Lucie, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr., 1953. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Richard Burton and daughter Kate, 1957. Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Dean Martin with daughter Gina Caroline, 1958. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Tony Curtis with daughter Jamie Lee, 1959. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  John Glenn with daughter Lyn, 1959. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Henry Fonda with daughter Jane, 1960. Leonard McCombe—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ann-Margret with her father Gustav Olsson, 1961. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Burt Lancaster with daughter Sighle (pronounced Sheila), 1961. Allan Grant—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Al Hirschfeld with his daughter Nina, 1961. Bob Gomel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Astronaut Scott Carpenter with daughter Candy, 1962. Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  John Mills with daughter Hayley, 1962. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Steve McQueen kisses his daughter Terry goodnight in 1963. John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Robert F. Kennedy with daughter Mary, 1963. John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Lyndon Johnson with daughters Lucy and Lynda, 1964. Stan Wayman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton and daughter Hayley, 1965. Stan Wayman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Frank Sinatra and daughter Nancy (with Yul Brynner), 1965. John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Charlie Chaplin with daughters Josephine and Victoria, 1966. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Charles M. Schulz and daughter Jill, 1967. Bill Ray—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Paul Newman with daughter Clea and wife Joanne Woodward, 1968. Mark Kauffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Robert Redford and daughter Shauna, 1969. John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Dustin Hoffman with his daughter Karina, 1969. John Dominis—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jack Nicholson and daughter Jennifer, 1969. Arthur Schatz—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Donald Sutherland and daughter Rachel, 1970. Co Rentmeester—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Richard Nixon and daughter Patricia, 1971. Walter Bennett—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Bill Clinton with daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary, 1993. 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