Molly Ringwald

  • Name: Molly Ringwald
  • Date of Birth: February 18, 1968
  • Place of Birth: Roseville, California,
Mini-bio: From the mid- to late '80s, slender, carrot-topped, and luscious-lipped Molly Ringwald was the reigning teen queen of mainstream films. At the peak of her popularity, Ringwald was on the cover of Time... read more magazine and even had groups of adolescent girl fans, called "Ringlets," who would emulate her every move.The daughter of jazzman Bob Ringwald, the leader of the Great Pacific Jazz Band, Ringwald was raised in Sacramento, CA, where she was born February 14, 1968. She started performing as a toddler, although not as an actress. She embarked on a very early and brief career as a singer after her parents discovered that she had a remarkable ability to perfectly match the tune and phrasing of almost any song she heard. Ringwald began singing jazz with her father at state fairs, and by the age of six, she already had a jazz album, I Wanna Be Loved By You--Molly Sings. In the meantime, Ringwald began to develop an interest in acting: she was four when she started hanging around the local community theater and five when she started getting small parts, including the role of a preacher's child in Truman Capote's The Grass Harp. At the age of eight, Ringwald appeared on The New Mickey Mouse Club. Encouraged by her talent and driven by her father's desire to get better bookings for his band, Ringwald's family moved to L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. In 1979, the actress won a part on Norman Lear's sitcom The Facts of Life. Ringwald only lasted a season before she was let go, but her television work paved the way for subsequent screen roles.In 1982, Ringwald made an auspicious film debut in Paul Mazursky's acclaimed Tempest, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of John Cassavetes' daughter. In order to prepare for the role, Mazursky had Ringwald and her family move to a flat in New York's Greenwich Village to help her develop the necessary New York accent and attitude. Her performance in the film attracted the attention of screenwriter/aspiring director John Hughes who cast her as the protagonist of Sixteen Candles (1984), his wistful chronicle of suburban teenaged angst. The film was a hit, and so was Ringwald. Hughes would cast her in two more teen films, The Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), both of which were hugely popular with teen audiences. In addition to a solid film career, Ringwald -- who had become a household name -- also occasionally appeared in television movies. Despite her continued success through the early '90s, Ringwald felt her life had reached a crossroads; by 1992, she decided to sell her house, put her personal effects in storage, pack up seven suitcases, and exchange life in the L.A. fast lane for a more romantic existence in Paris, where she was busy shooting Seven Sundays (released in 1994). Ringwald, who had learned French while attending a French high school in Los Angeles, remained there, dividing her time between reading (she has been a voracious reader since childhood when she and her siblings would read stories to her blind father), writing short stories and screenplays, cooking, and hanging out with her French husband. She occasionally continued to act in American and internationally produced films and television projects that include George Hickenlooper's Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1993), Stephen King's The Stand (1994), and Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999). Ringwald also continued to do stage work, appearing in an acclaimed 1998 off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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MOLLY RINGWALD
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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*

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"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 film making. 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, 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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MOLLY RINGWALD
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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
Daughter (Twin): Adele Georgiana
Son (Twin): Roman Stylianos
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

flixster.actor.pane.162659987 - flixster"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


flixster.actor.pane.162659987 - flixster"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


flixster.actor.pane.162659987 - flixster"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


flixster.actor.pane.162659987 - flixster"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


flixster.actor.pane.162659987 - flixster"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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