The 1970s was known as a time of tremendous change in the U.S. and around the world. With so many rapid changes taking place day after day and year after year, it could be hard to keep up with. When it comes to famous people and their fleeting 15 minutes of fame, we tend to forget about the last "It" person once we go through a few more stars and starlets. Do you recall these forgotten 70s stars? Who was Dennis Cole or Gig Young? What about Jungle Pam or Priscilla Barnes? Time for a little trip down memory lane!

Pamela Hardy, more commonly known as Jungle Pam, was a household name in drag racing for only four short years, yet her name is still iconic nearly four decades later. That is quite an achievement for someone whose main claim to fame was backing up one of Jungle Jim Liberman’s race cars while donning the skimpiest of clothing!

Former model and stuntman Dennis Cole was best known for his TV roles, such as those on Felony Squad, Bearcats, and Charlie’s Angels. He took a step back from acting when his son, Joe, was shot dead; he avoided acting roles involving violence. In his later years, Cole moved to Florida to become a real-estate broker and perform musical acts on cruise ships before passing away in 2009.

While Teresa Graves’ character as the sassy undercover police officer in drama Get Christie Love may have been stereotypical, it was a start in breaking television boundaries of the time, with Graves in the lead role. This beauty had been a triple threat, starting out as a singer. Graves left show business to focus on religion, but she then died tragically at 53 after a fire in her home.

Groh is definable by his curly mop of hair and his parts on Rhoda as husband Joe and as the vile D.L. Brock on General Hospital. His TV wedding to Rhoda co-star Valerie Harper was a highly anticipated event, so when the characters divorced, viewers actually sent in letters of condolence. Now that’s commitment to your favorite soap!

Debra Clinger played Amy Wadell, the country bumpkin with much to learn, in the short-lived series The American Girls (alongside Priscilla Barnes). Clinger also dabbled in music: She was in a band with her sisters and also had a singing stint on Saturday morning TV as Superchic on The Krofft Supershow.

In The American Girls, Barnes’ character, Rebecca, was the more experienced reporter and a city girl with wit and sex appeal to boot. Barnes is most notably celebrated as Terri Alden, her character in Three’s Company, but she hasn’t stopped delivering some good primetime TV performances, from NCIS to Jane the Virgin.

Valerie Harper is most famous for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (and its spinoff, Rhoda). Harper is currently battling leptomeningeal carcinomatosis — a rare, incurable disease — but she recently channelled this into a short film titled My Mom and the Girl, which follows a mother with Alzheimer’s disease.

When everybody was watching Westerns in the 1960s, James Drury was a popular guy, starring as a rugged and mysterious cowboy in the 90-minute weekly TV series The Virginian. He also played a firefighter in ABC's Firehouse, so don’t reduce his talents solely to horse wrangling.

Joan Hackett died before her time, losing her battle to ovarian cancer at 49. The beautiful Hackett was at the peak of her career when the disease took hold of her. Her final film, Only When I Laugh, even brought her an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award.

James Franciscus was one of the Hollywood poster boys in his heyday. Not only was he a looker with acting chops, but he was also a producer, adapting such classics as Jane Eyre and Heidi. His chiseled features also bagged him the coveted part of John F. Kennedy in the 1981 TV movie Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Franciscus died of emphysema in 1991.

Charo’s trademark that "shaped" her iconic status was the shake of the hips, accompanied by a squealed "cuchi-cuchi!" Everyone adored her seeming (or feigned) lack of fluency in the English language, which was always used to brilliant comic effect, but her world-recognized skills as a flamenco guitarist will be remembered most. She also remains a gay icon to this day.

Connie Sellecca starred in the short-lived CBS comedy Flying High, about the escapades of three airline flight attendants. She then played a lawyer and the girlfriend to the lead on The Greatest American Hero. In recent years, she has hosted a radio show with her husband, John Tesh.

Pat Klous starred as Marcy Bowers in Flying High alongside Connie Sellecca, and as cruise director Judy McCoy on the ABC sitcom The Love Boat. (She replaced Lauren Tewes, who struggled with addiction.) Klous retired from acting in 2002.

Gig Young was an Academy Award winner (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?), but as is the case for a lot of Hollywood stars, his career came tumbling down thanks to substances, namely alcohol. More tragically, this led to the murder-suicide of himself and his fifth wife, Kim Schmidt. For his contribution to the television industry, Young has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

John Savage rose to fame thanks to his versatility as an actor. (His rugged looks helped a little, too.) His first major film role was as Steven in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter, but he still acts to this day, mostly in television. (He's had roles in Law & Order and Fringe.) In 2018, he'll appear in the Vietnam film The Last Full Measure.

Elizabeth Montgomery will always be best remembered for playing Samantha Stephens on the television series Bewitched, which brought her a ton of awards. Proving that she has plenty of range, she also was the lead in The Legend of Lizzie Borden, channelling the aloofness and suspicious apathy of a potential murderess. She died of cancer at age 62. In June 2005, a bronze statue of her as Samantha Stevens was erected in her memory in Salem, Massachusetts.

Ben Murphy went to eight colleges before acting took a hold of him. Murphy starred in his own series, Gemini Man, in which he played a secret agent with the capacity for invisibility, but he is probably most known for his role as Kid Curry in the ABC series Alias Smith and Jones. Rumor has it that Murphy got the role because of his close resemblance to Paul Newman.

Bernadette Peters is one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway actresses (Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, Into the Woods), and she’s still gracing us with stunning acting and singing performances. The beauty has recently appeared in TV series Mozart in the Jungle and Smash. She’s no stranger to awards, from Grammys to Tonys to Emmys. She has sure made her mark on the industry and will continue to do so, it seems.