Molly Ringwald
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| Molly Ringwald | |
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 Ringwald in Greece |
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| Born | Molly Kathleen Ringwald February 18, 1968 Roseville, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse | Valery Lameignère (1999–2002) Panio Gianopoulos (2007–present; 3 children) |
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Having appeared in the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), Ringwald has been frequently named the greatest teen star of all time.[1][2][3] She currently plays Anne Juergens in the ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
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[edit] Early life
Molly Kathleen Ringwald was born in Roseville, California, just outside of Sacramento, the daughter of Adele Edith (née Frembd), a housewife and chef, and Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, a blind jazz pianist.[4][5] Ringwald has two siblings, Elizabeth and Kelly. She started her acting career at age five, starring in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland as the Dormouse. The next year, she recorded "I Wanna Be Loved by You," a music album of Dixieland jazz with her father and his group, the Fulton Street Jazz Band.[6]
[edit] Acting career
In 1978, at the age of 10, she was chosen to play Kate in the West Coast production of Annie, performing in Los Angeles.[7]
In 1979, Ringwald appeared in the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and was selected to become a cast member of the spin-off Facts of Life. She played "Molly Parker," a perky, fun-loving student at Eastland Girls School. Although she had essentially a supporting role, one entire episode, "Molly's Holiday" revolved around her character dealing with the effects of her parents' divorce.
In 1980, Ringwald performed as a lead vocalist on two Disney albums. On the patriotic album Yankee Doodle Mickey, Ringwald sang "This Is My Country", "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America". She later performed one track on a Disney Christmas album.[8] Turning toward motion pictures, she found her breakout role in Sixteen Candles (1984). Molly Ringwald was a member of the so-called Brat Pack of 1980s teen actors.[9]
Among Ringwald's films are The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Pick-up Artist and Fresh Horses.
In the early 1990s, Ringwald reportedly turned down the female lead roles in Pretty Woman and Ghost.[10] In 1994, she starred in the TV adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand. In 1996, she played a leading role in the film Malicious as Melissa Nelson, a disturbed woman who has an affair with a college star baseball player. 1996 saw her return to television, starring on the ABC sitcom Townies. She also made one appearance a a blind woman on the critically acclaimed cable series Remember WENN. She starred with Lara Flynn Boyle and Teri Hatcher in the 1998 made for television film Since You've Been Gone. In 2000, she appeared in an episode of Showtime's The Outer Limits.
In 2000, Ringwald appeared in the ensemble restaurant-themed film, In the Weeds; in 2001, she had a cameo in Not Another Teen Movie. In late 2004, she starred in the play Modern Orthodox on Broadway, opposite Jason Biggs and Craig Bierko.[11] In 2006, she starred in the television film The Wives He Forgot.
Ringwald has appeared in Cabaret, tick, tick... BOOM!,[12] and Enchanted April on Broadway, and in the fall and winter of 2006, she starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the national tour of the Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity.[13]
Ringwald is currently starring in the ABC Family network's series The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which debuted on July 1, 2008,[14] playing the title teenager's mother.
[edit] Personal life
Ringwald was married to Valery Lameignère, a French writer, in Bordeaux, France, on July 28, 1999; they divorced in 2002.[15] She married Panio Gianopoulos, a Greek-American writer and book editor, in 2007. They have a daughter, Mathilda Ereni (born October 22, 2003), and twins, Adele Georgiana and Roman Stylianos (born July 10, 2009). Her pregnancy was written into the storyline of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.[16]
In April 2010, Ringwald published her first book, Getting the Pretty Back with It Books (HarperCollins Publishers).[17]
[edit] Filmography
| Features | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Genre |
| 1982 | Tempest | Miranda Dimitrius | |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Niki | |
| Packin' It In | Melissa Webber | ||
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Samantha Baker | |
| 1985 | Surviving: A Family in Crisis | Lonnie | |
| The Breakfast Club | Claire Standish | ||
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink | Andie Walsh | |
| 1987 | P.K. and the Kid | P.K. Bayette | |
| King Lear | Cordelia | ||
| The Pick-up Artist | Randy Jensen | ||
| 1988 | For Keeps | Darcy Elliot Bobrucz | |
| Fresh Horses | Jewel | ||
| 1990 | Strike It Rich | Cary | |
| Betsy's Wedding | Betsy Hopper | ||
| 1992 | Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story | Alison Gertz | |
| 1993 | Face the Music | Lisa Hunter | |
| 1995 | Baja | Bebe Stone | |
| All Day Sunday | Janet Gifford | ||
| 1996 | Bastard Children | Susan | |
| Malicious | Melissa Nelson | ||
| 1997 | Office Killer | Kim Poole | |
| 1999 | Requiem for Murder | Anne Winslow | |
| Teaching Mrs. Tingle | Miss Banks | ||
| Kimberly | Nancy | ||
| 2000 | Cut | Vanessa Turnbill/Chloe | |
| The Brutal Truth | |||
| In the Weeds | Chloe | ||
| 2001 | Cowboy Up | Connie | |
| Not Another Teen Movie | Flight Attendant | ||
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases | ||
| 2006 | The Wives He Forgot | Charlotte Saint John | Television film |
| Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front | Helen McIntire | Television film | |
| 2008 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | Documentary | |
| Short | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Genre |
| 1994 | Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade | ||
| 1998 | Titey | voice | |
| 2000 | The Translator | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Genre |
| 1979–1980 | The Facts of Life | Molly Parker | |
| 1986 | Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends: Johnny Appleseed | Jenny Smith | |
| 1994 | The Stand | Frannie Goldsmith | |
| 1996 | Townies | Carrie Donovan | |
| 2006 | Medium | Kathleen Walsh | 1 episode “The Darkness is Light Enough” |
| 2008–present | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Anne Juergens | |
| 2011 | Psych | Nurse McElroy | 1 episode |
| RuPaul's Drag U | Herself | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "50 Greatest Teen Stars of All Time". Extra. http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/07/50_greatest_teen_stars_of_all_time.php. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ Davis, Laura (December 4, 2009). "Child stars: where are they now?". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/child-stars-where-are-they-now-1834150.html?action=Gallery&ino=9. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ 50 Greatest Teen Stars of All Time. TV.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
- ^ Molly Ringwald Biography (1968–). Filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
- ^ Ancestry of Molly Ringwald (1968–). Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
- ^ Sacramento's Fulton Street Jazz Band's Recordings. Fultonstreetjazz.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
- ^ Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe, "'Too Close for Comfort': American Beauty and the Incest Motif", Cinema Journal, 44, Number 1, Fall 2004, pp. 69–93. University of Texas Press.
- ^ Disney Family Christmas: Various Artists, Molly Ringwald, Larry Groce: Music. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
- ^ Lurie, Karen. "Brat Pack". St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Gale Group). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200128.
- ^ Monica Corcoran (29 June 2008). "Molly Ringwald: Pretty in Pucci". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-molly29-2008jun29,0,7763315.story. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ Austerlitz, Saul (December 13, 2004). "A comic Jewish duel". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/a-comic-jewish-duel-1.143554. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ Melissa Rose Bernardo (November 2, 2001). "Tick, Tick...Boom (2001)". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,253731,00.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ AP. "Molly Ringwald to take 'Sweet Charity' on the road this fall", USA Today, February 27, 2006.
- ^ "Molly Ringwald's Not A Teenager Anymore!", TV Guide, July 1, 2008.
- ^ Agger, Michael (May 21, 2005). "Don’t You Forget About Me". nymag.com. http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/10522/. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ Molly Ringwald Expecting Twins People, January 23, 2009
- ^ Molly Ringwald (May 12, 2010). "‘Getting the Pretty Back’". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/fashion/molly-excerpt.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
[edit] External links
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- Molly Ringwald at the Internet Movie Database
- Molly Ringwald at AllRovi
- Broadway.com interview (October 8, 2001)
- Interview by Katie Holmes (September 1999)
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