Molly Ringwald

Name: Molly Ringwald
Date of Birth: February 18, 1968
Place of Birth: Roseville, California,

Mini-bio: With her cherry, bee-stung lips, vulnerable-yet-tough chocolate eyes and hair color that changed with teen whimsy, Molly Ringwald became the symbol of youth and the changing times in the 1980s, appear...( read more)ing in a trilogy of John Hughes films, always as the underdog, even when playing the in-crowd, sushi-eating princess in "The Breakfast Club" (1985). But teen angst doesn't last forever--it often becomes adult anxiety, and Ringwald didn't move on to become the Generation X queen; rather her parts became less spotlighted, although she did not seem to lose the "It" quality that cannot be taught or learned. The daughter of a musician, Ringwald was singing with her father Bob's jazz band at age four and made her first stage appearance in a 1973 production of "The Grass Harp" when she was five years old. By 1977, she was guesting on TV shows, such as the syndicated "The New Mickey Mouse Club". She was tapped to be a regular in a girl's boarding school on the NBC series "The Facts of Life", on which she appeared from 1979-80. But, when the show was gasping to life and the network ordered a revamping, Ringwald was one of the regular cast members dropped. Licking her wounds, she won the role of John Cassavetes' daughter Miranda in Paul Mazursky's 1982 version of "Tempest", in which she sang "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and made all of Hollywood wonder what nitwit at NBC had dropped her from the "Facts of Life" cast. Ringwald's appeal was confirmed when she played Samantha in "Sixteen Candles", a 1984 John Hughes film in which she was the second daughter in a household that forgets her 16th birthday because her older sister is about to be married. On the brink of womanhood, Samantha/Ringwald, has a crush on a guy, but doesn't know how to approach him or be approached. The film was a hit among all ages and Ringwald became the dream teen of the 80s. She followed that role with "The Breakfast Club" (1985), also for Hughes, in which she played a rich, popular girl who admits to being just as subject to the awful pressures of adolescence as the others. Again, Ringwald had a hit film. It was her popularity and charm, along with a winning performance by Jon Cryer, which carried the lacking "Pretty in Pink" (1986), in which she played a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who refuses to be broken by the nasty assaults by the rich kids. But the bubble began to burst. No longer a high schooler, but not fluffy enough to be an ingenue, Ringwald was handed "The Pick-Up Artist" (1987), in which she was the subject of Robert Downey Jr.'s affections. It was not a box-office hit, nor was "For Keeps" (1988), in which she was again a high school senior who becomes pregnant, marries her boyfriend and discovers that married life isn't what she thought it would be. Ringwald got married in earnest in Alan Alda's "Betsy's Wedding" (1990), another flop and her film career petered out. She moved to the small screen, acquitting herself well in the ABC TV-movie "Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story" (1992), about a young New York woman who contracted the HIV virus during her first sexual experience and eventually died of AIDS. Ringwald moved to Paris in 1991 and settled there with her beau, writer Valery Lameignere. She appeared in several French films, including "Seven Sunday" (1994), in which she juggled several suitors, including Thierry Lhermitte. She did leave Paris to do the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's 'The Stand'" (also 1994). In 1996, came the release of "Enfants de salaud", an ensemble film about illegitimate brothers and sisters who meet at their father's trial and a return to the American screen in the independent "Office Killer", in which she had the supporting role of a editorial assistant who suspects Carol Kane of murder. Also that year, Ringwald returned to TV first as a blind woman with a crush on one of the radio actors in "Remember WENN" (AMC) and later as Carrie, one of a group of twentysomething New Englanders in the ABC sitcom "Townies".

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"I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life."

Molly Ringwald

"I can't say that anyone has my best interest at heart except me and my family."
Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald Mini-Bio
During the mid 1980s, Molly Ringwald was the uncontested queen of teen movies and the poster child of suburban adolescent malaise. Her three-picture run with filmmaker John Hughes - instant classics "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "The Breakfast Club" (1985) and "Pretty in Pink" (1986) - established Ringwald as a teen kindred spirit who awkwardly navigated secret crushes, school dances and bitter clique wars, bravely inching closer to adulthood by the time a triumphant pop song signaled the end credits. However, like all child and teen stars, the redhead's flame never burned quite so bright as those important years which launched a brand new genre of youth filmmaking. After several failed efforts to segue into adult romantic comedies, the actress moved to France where she appeared in French language films and occasionally made stateside appearances in made-for-TV movies. After a long absence from the public consciousness, Ringwald resurfaced in 2008 in the cast of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" (ABC Family, 2008- ), in which she was finally able to shake her teen image by appearing as the mother of a teenager in the controversial drama series about a pregnant high school student.

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Full name:	Molly Kathleen Ringwald
Eye color:	Dark Brown
Height:	5' 8"
Notable features:	Red Hair, Full Lips
Zodiac sign:	Aquarius
Nationality:	American
Education:	Lycee Francaise School, Los Angeles (1986)
Family:	Father: Robert Ringwald Mother: Adele Ringwald Sister: Beth Ringwald Brother: Kelly Ringwald Ex-Husband: Valery Lameignere Husband: Panio Gianopoulos Daughter: Mathilda Ereni Molly & Panio are expecting twins in August 2009.
Resides in:	Los Angeles, California
Interests/hobbies:	Singing & Dancing
Other/Trivia:	Molly speaks French fluently. Began singing with father's band, the Fulton Street Jazz Band at age 4. At the age of 6, Molly released her 1st album titled *"I Wanna Be Loved By You, Molly Sings", a music album of Dixieland jazz. 1984, Molly made her breakout role and first collaboration with director John Hughes, starring in Sixteen Candles. Molly went to Paris, France, originally intended going only for a working holiday but instead making it her home for over 4 years. Molly made the cover of Time* magazine in 1986.

Molly Ringwald Quotes

"I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'"

--Molly Ringwald in MOVIELINE, September 1995

"John Hughes was the first person who broke my heart. I adored him. That sounds like we had an affair or something, which isn't the case. Of course I didn't have an affair with him. But it was definitely the strongest relationship in my life at the time, my teenage years, when everything that happens sort of prepares you for life. For men thing especially."

--Molly Ringwald in "MOVIELINE, September 1995

"Some days I'm ecstatic. Others I'm blue...On the other hand, if you talk to me next week, I may be moving to Spain."

--Molly Ringwald in VANITY FAIR

"I prefer the structure of cinema. Television had a format that I don't like, everything had to lead up to a commercial break."--Molly Ringwald

"I can't say that anyone has my best interest at heart except me and my family."

--Molly Ringwald quoted in Entertainment Weekly, September 1996

"You can't be 16 forever."--Molly Ringwald

"I think I was blessed to be given the opportunity to be in those [Brat Pack] movies. I think they're great movies, and I'm proud of my work in them. But on the other hand, to talk about something I did so long ago when I have continued to work and do other things is a little tiring. I just get bored. I keep going back to those movies when I don't have anything new to say about them."

--Molly Ringwald

"I have to accept the fact that these films have had a fantastic effect on people, and to deny that doesn't make any sense until I do something that has the same cultural and social impact of those movies. That's just the way it is."--Molly Ringwald

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precioustweety4

HI MOLLY, THIS IS PRECIOUS_TWEETY_4 I,M A BIG FAN OF YOURS I LOVE TO WACTH ALL YOUR MOVIES YOU ARE A GREAT ACTRESS. ARE YOU GONNA MAKE ANY MORE GOOD MOVIES I HOPE YOU DO I SURE WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU IN PRESON ONE DAY. WELL MOLLY BETTER GO NOW I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND TO LET YOU KNOW I WAS A BIG FAN OF YOURS. SO YOU TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS YOUR FAN PRECIOUS_TWEETY_4

posted 348 days ago
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posted 463 days ago
JustJordin

i love molly ringwald so i decided to do a school paper on her. im looking up pictures for my visual aid and just thought i'd comment how much i love her. yay!

posted 501 days ago
qtpiesweethart

CLAIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 536 days ago
kayz78

She reportedly turned down the lead role in Ghost and Pretty Woman. She seems happy to settle with mediocracy. The Breakfast Club is the only decent film she ever made.

posted 676 days ago
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omg i luv you ur the best!!!!

posted 736 days ago
ALittleLessSixteenCandles

she is a great actress

posted 779 days ago
lmconley09

She is great. And unlike a lot of child actors, she has made a great career for herself.

posted 784 days ago
troitribble

Molly is so adorable!!!

posted 792 days ago
emeka79

Still lovely after all these years...Please come back to the big screen.

posted 798 days ago