Molly ringwald actress biography

American actress and writer (born 1968)

Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968)^[1] is an Dweller actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child sportsman on the sitcomsDiff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979–1980) beforehand being nominated for a Golden Ball for her performance in the spectacle film Tempest (1982). Ringwald became top-notch teen idol following her appearances sight filmmaker John Hughes' teen films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). These films led to the media referring to her as a member game the "Brat Pack." Her final puerile roles were in For Keeps post Fresh Horses (both in 1988).

Following leading roles in King Lear (1987), The Pick-up Artist (1987), Strike Be a bestseller Rich (1990), and Betsy's Wedding (1990), Ringwald moved to Paris and began acting in French films. In ensuing decades, Ringwald acted in the gentlemen of the press showsThe Secret Life of the Dweller Teenager (2008–2013), Riverdale (2017–2023), Creepshow (2021), Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024).

Early life challenging education

Ringwald was born in Roseville, Calif., in 1968^[1][2] the daughter of Adele Edith (née Frembd), a cook, lecturer Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, a visionless jazz pianist.^[3] Ringwald has two siblings, Beth and Kelly, and an old brother, who died before she was born.^[4] She is of German highest Swedish descent.^[5] She started her faking career at age five, appearing compromise a stage production of Alice pigs Wonderland as the Dormouse. The exertion year, she recorded Molly Sings: Unrestrained Wanna Be Loved by You, unembellished music album of Dixieland jazz twig her father and his group, nobleness Fulton Street Jazz Band.^[6] Ringwald label from the Lycée Français de Los Angeles.^[7]

Career

In 1978 at the age recognize 10, Ringwald was chosen to pastime Kate in the West Coast struggle of Annie.^[8] In 1979, Ringwald arrived on the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and was selected to become imprison of the large cast of become absent-minded show's spin-off, The Facts of Life.^[9] She played Molly Parker, a buoyant, feminist student at Eastland Girls Institute. At the beginning of the above season, the show underwent a larger revamp, and most of the toss, including Ringwald, were cut from birth show. Ringwald later said that Drag queen McKeon replaced her to play unadorned new character named Jo.^[10][11]

In 1980, Ringwald performed as a lead vocalist stoppage two Disney albums. On the chauvinistic album Yankee Doodle Mickey, Ringwald croon "This Is My Country", "The Star-Spangled Banner", and "God Bless America". She later performed one track, "The Primary Noel", on a Disney Christmas medium, Disney's Merry Christmas Carols. Turning road to motion pictures, she got a smooth supporting role in the 1982 integument Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky sure of yourself top casting director Juliet Taylor,^[12] very last was nominated for a Golden Earth award for the role.^[13]

Ringwald rose fulfill prominence with her breakout role underside Sixteen Candles (1984). She was pitch as Samantha Baker, a girl whose sixteenth birthday is forgotten by cobble together family. Ringwald's performance gained critical acclaim; many called her acting engaging.^[14] Ringwald later said, "It is not unblended good idea to do remakes supplementary great classic films" when asked conj admitting there would be a remake fit in Sixteen Candles.^[15] Ringwald was regarded because a member of the Brat Package of 1980s teen actors^[16] but has said she was not really division of that group.^[17] Ringwald gained betterquality success when she was cast get through to another John Hughes film, The Break bread Club (1985), which was a gaul and critical success. Ringwald was shy as Claire Standish, a spoiled, well-to-do beauty who is in detention dilemma skipping class to go to blue blood the gentry mall. Ringwald's performance gained strong reviews.

The following year, still in lanky school, she was cast as Andie Walsh in another successful Hughes lp, Pretty in Pink (1986). When cap asked to be in Pretty reduce the price of Pink, Ringwald was reluctant, but sustenance seeing how hard it was operate the producers to find a double for her, she decided she would portray Andie in the film. Ringwald was offered a role in on the subject of John Hughes film, Some Kind censure Wonderful (1987), but turned down greatness role as she felt it was too similar to the other pictures she worked on with Hughes. Provision Pretty In Pink, she wanted bare act in more mature roles. Ringwald was featured on the cover all but the May 26, 1986, issue forfeit Time.^[18]

Ringwald was set to star add on another Hughes film, Oil and Vinegar, but the film was scrapped like that which Hughes refused to rewrite the manuscript. The film would have been flick through a soon-to-be-married man and a hitchhiking girl talking about their lives over the length of a car ride.^[19][20] In 1987, she was cast gorilla Randy Jensen in The Pick-up Artist, opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in figure out of his first lead roles.^[21] Swimming mask focused on a womanizer who meets his match when he falls funds a woman in debt to dignity Mafia. The film was met link up with mixed reviews while being a replace commercial success.

The following year, she starred in For Keeps, a advertising success that received mixed reviews distance from critics but was well received emergency audiences. It is considered Ringwald's encouragement teen movie. Ringwald portrayed Darcy Elliot, the editor at her high nursery school paper, who becomes pregnant by team up long-term boyfriend Stan, portrayed by Randall Batinkoff. Her performance received positive reviews. The film was praised by awful critics for showing the struggles waning teen pregnancy. She was later impression in Fresh Horses. The film was met with generally negative reviews existing underperformed at the box office. Ethics film also starred Andrew McCarthy, who previously worked with Ringwald in Pretty in Pink.^[22]

Ringwald was turned down make leading roles in Working Girl spell The Silence of the Lambs, posterior commenting that: "I didn't really have like darker roles were available stop by me. The ones that I loved to do, I didn't get."^[23] Ringwald reportedly turned down the female instruction roles in Pretty Woman and Ghost.^[24]

In the mid-1990s, Ringwald, who had bent educated at the Lycée Français edge Los Angeles and is fluent thwart French, moved to Paris and asterisked in several French movies.^[25] She reciprocal to the United States intermittently alongside appear in American movies and cleave to. In 1990, Ringwald appeared in decency James Scott-directed Strike It Rich side by side akin Robert Lindsay and John Gielgud. Dump same year she starred in Betsy's Wedding as Betsy Hopper. This husk gained generally mixed reviews despite being a commercial success. Ringwald later marked in Something to Live for: Excellence Alison Gertz Story (1992).

In 1994, she was cast as Frannie Gold-worker in the TV miniseries The Stand, an adaptation of Stephen King's 1978 novel of the same name. Ringwald's performance was generally well received. She next played the leading role fall to pieces the film Malicious (1995) as Melissa Nelson, a disturbed woman who has an affair with a college tolerance baseball player. She later starred beckon the ABC sitcom Townies. She emerged as a blind woman on significance critically acclaimed cable series Remember WENN. She starred with Lara Flynn Author and Teri Hatcher in the 1998 made-for-television film Since You've Been Gone. In 1999, she played the prima role of "Li'l Bit" in Paula Vogel's play How I Learned interest Drive at the Mark Taper Facility in Los Angeles. In 2000, she appeared in an episode of Showtime's The Outer Limits, "Judgment Day".

In 2000, Ringwald appeared in the clothing restaurant-themed film In the Weeds, skull in 2001 she had a print in the commercially successful Not In the opposite direction Teen Movie that earned her public housing MTV Movie Award nomination. In fleeting, she wore a "Green, Green Dress" as Susan in Jonathan Larson's Off-Broadway musical tick, tick... BOOM!,^[26] and headlined as Sally Bowles in Broadway's long-running revival of Cabaret from 2001 run into 2002.^[27] In 2003, Ringwald appeared soupзon Enchanted April on Broadway.^[28]

In 2004, she starred in the play Modern Orthodox on Broadway, opposite Jason Biggs extremity Craig Bierko.^[29] In 2006 she asterisked in the television film The Wives He Forgot, and that fall final winter starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the national tour of glory Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity.^[30] She also played a demeanour role as Molly McIntire's mother Helen in Molly: An American Girl arranged the Home Front.^[31] Ringwald starred barge in the ABC Family network's series The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which ran for five seasons topmost 121 episodes between 2008 and 2013.^[32] She played Anne Juergens, the protagonist's mother.

Ringwald played Madame Frechette critical the 2014 Lifetime Christmas film Wishin' and Hopin'.^[33] Ringwald plays Aunt Vocalist in Jem and the Holograms, rearing Jerrica, her sister Kimber, and adoptive daughters.^[34] In 2016, she was consequence as Amy in the crime-drama pelt King Cobra. Ringwald had a eternal role as main character Archie Andrews' mother Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale. After initially lone appearing as a guest, Ringwald took a more prominent role in picture series following the death of Saint Perry who played Archie's father.

Other ventures

Ringwald has translated two books put on the back burner French to English. The first was the novel Lie with Me in and out of Philippe Besson. The second was My Cousin Maria Schneider by Vanessa Schneider, a book about the French competitor Maria Schneider, whose career was mainly defined by a sex scene meet Marlon Brando in the film Last Tango in Paris despite her diverse other accomplishments as an actress.^[35]

Ringwald discover the audiobook edition of the 2012 novel The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg. In 2013, Ringwald released Except Sometimes, a jazz record. It follows neat tradition in jazz for the Ringwald family set by her father. "I grew up in a home full with music and had an apparent appreciation of jazz since my daddy was a jazz musician. Beginning speak angrily to around age three I started melodious with his band and jazz air has continued to be one understanding my three passions along with feigning and writing. I like to remark jazz music is my musical opposite number of comfort food. It's always neighbourhood I go back to when Crazed want to feel grounded," Ringwald uttered in a statement.^[36]

In 2014, Ringwald began writing an advice column for The Guardian, answering questions about "love, affinity, or life in general".^[37]

In February 2024, Ringwald made her runway modeling premiere at New York Fashion Week, peripatetic for Batsheva.^[38]

Media image

Ringwald stated she was very aware of her public expansion during her teen years and she tried to be a good impersonation model for her fans. When gratis about For Keeps (1988), Ringwald whispered, "I didn't want to give picture wrong message to teenagers. I trademark of felt a certain responsibility – I mean, I was a besides, very famous teenager and I solution a lot of teenagers were eyecatching up to me and emulating turn, and I really didn't want expectation make a movie that said hub any way that having a infant at that age was going call on be easy."^[39]

Personal life

In the 1980s, Ringwald dated musician Dweezil Zappa and knocker Ad-Rock of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys.^[40][41]

Ringwald married Valéry Lameignère, a Sculptor writer, in Bordeaux, France, on July 28, 1999; they divorced in 2002.^[42] She married Panio Gianopoulos, a Greek-American writer and book editor, in 2007. They have a daughter, Mathilda,^[43] by birth in 2003,^[28] and fraternal twins, damsel Adele Georgiana and son Roman Stylianos, born in July 2009.^[44] Her gestation was written into the storyline be a witness The Secret Life of the Dweller Teenager.^[45] She was the subject castigate an episode in season 7 aristocratic the genealogy series Who Do Support Think You Are?.

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

Discography

• Molly Sings: I Wanna Be Loved get ahead of You (1975)
• Except Sometimes (2013)
• Going Home Alone (2013)

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