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Actress Goldie Hawn, pictured here in 1967 while still enjoying a modeling career, enjoys a tub of ice cream in a Washington, D.C. park.
Katy Perry arrives on the red carpet in an ice cream van for the MuchMusic Video Awards in June 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
Kim Kardashian clutches a double scoop ice cream with all the trimmings during a day out in New York City's Soho district in October 2010.
Spencer Tracy digs into an ice cream sundae while Katharine Hepburn prefers a cup of tea.
Model and television personality Heidi Klum poses with a tub of ice cream while out and about in New York City in 2014.
Bing Crosby and Mary Pickford enjoy their ice cream on a Hollywood back lot in 1933. She was famously one of the co-founders of United Artists.
Bette Davis, looking cool behind designer sun glasses, goes for a double scoop ice cream as the thermometer rises in Hollywood in August 1935.
Popular American film, stage, and television actress Peggy Wood played matriarch Marta Hansen in the TV series 'Mama' (1949–1957). Her big screen appearances include 'A Star is Born' (1937) and 'The Sound of Music' (1965). She's seen here in 1930 eating ice cream surrounded by some of the Cochran's Young Ladies dance troupe.
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida takes a back seat while enjoying ice cream in Rome in 1955.
A lucky young fan shares an ice cream sundae with Walt Disney during a visit to Disneyland in the late 1950s.
The Redgraves, Britain's foremost acting family, eat ice cream at the premiere of Lynn Redgrave's (1943–2010) latest film, 'Smashing Time' (1967). Lynn sits in the front row with her husband, John Clark. In the second row from left are: Corin Redgrave (1939–2010) and wife, Deirdre; unidentified escort of Vanessa Redgrave; Vanessa; Lady Redgrave; and the man who started it all, Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985).
Singer Holly Johnson of English pop group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, about to enjoy ice cream and chocolate in 1984. The band scandalized the UK pop scene in the early 1980s with their suggestive lyrics and controversial videos.
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver makes his own ice cream during a 2000 product launch in England.
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Scottish actor Ewan McGregor makes short work of an ice cream at the 160th Lonach Highland Gathering Games at Strathdon near Balmoral in Scotland in 2001.
Lana Turner, whose films include 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1946) and 'Peyton Place' (1957), eating ice cream with friends in 1937.
A squirrel shares ice cream and the limelight with Paulette Goddard in this 1940 candid photograph. Goddard was especially known for her screen collaborations with Charlie Chaplin, to whom she was married between 1936 and 1942.
British actress Jean Simmons, whose films include 'Hamlet' (1948) and 'The Happy Ending' (1948), indulging in some ice cream therapy around 1950.
Jane Wyman and Van Johnson cool off with popsicles during location shooting of the film 'Three Guys Named Mike' (1951).
Actor, singer, and comedian Sammy Davis Jr. tucks into cake and ice cream backstage in his dressing room before a November 4, 1953 show in Los Angeles.
Kim Novak (left) and best friend Debbie Reynolds enjoying their ice cream sundaes at a Hollywood party in 1955. The following year Novak became the no. 1 female box-office star in the world for three straight years.
Doris Day, dressed formally wearing a red jacket with black trim and a black fur hat, strikes a cute informal pose while licking an ice cream cone in a photograph taken in 1960.
During an outing in Rome in September 1960, Gregory Peck and one of his three sons is spotted attending the Olympic Games while eating ice cream cones.
Walter Matthau pauses before enjoying chocolate ice cream in this 1993 studio shot. Matthau, the foghorn-voiced movie villain who became a master of crotchety comedy, appeared in 'The Fortune Cookie' (1966) and followed this with 'The Odd Couple' (1968) and 'Grumpy Old Men' (1993) with good buddy Jack Lemmon.
Seen taking in an ice hockey game while eating an ice cream treat is Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was watching the game between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers at the Continental Airlines Arena in April 2006 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy eating ice cream sundaes with Glenn Ford and his wife Eleanor Powell in 1953. Reagan enjoyed a successful Hollywood career before entering politics, which eventually saw him become the 40th President of the United States in 1981.
The lady in the background appears mesmerized by the rapper's ice cream sundae, which he was enjoying at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony after party in Beverly Hills, California.
Selena Gomez seen here in 2008 doing what any teenager loves to do—eating ice cream!
Snapped while on holiday in Saint-Tropez, France, in 2015, Samuel L. Jackson beams like a kid with his double-flavored ice cream cone.
When the mercury rises and it starts to get hot, ice cream is often the only salvation. And what better accessory for a cool-looking celebrity than a chilled double-scoop cone, a frosty tall-glass sundae, or a thirst-quenching popsicle?
Click through and take a look at the stars who've got it licked.
Cool celebs eating ice cream
July 17 is Ice Cream Day
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When the mercury rises and it starts to get hot, ice cream is often the only salvation. And what better accessory for a cool-looking celebrity than a chilled double-scoop cone, a frosty tall-glass sundae, or a thirst-quenching popsicle?
Click through and take a look at the stars who've got it licked.