Molly Ringwald
3 FOLLOWERS • 30 CREDITS • FEB 18, 1968 • 56
Biography
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical Annie. She and several other members of the original Facts of Life cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network. She subsequently made her motion-picture debut as Miranda in the independent film Tempest (1982), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year.
Ringwald is known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Hughes. She established herself as a teen icon after appearing in the successful Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). She later starred in The Pick-up Artist (1987), Fresh Horses (1988), and For Keeps (1988). She starred in many films in the 1990s, most notably Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992), The Stand (1994), and Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994 short film – precursor to Sling Blade).
Ringwald was part of the "Brat Pack" and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Since 2017, Ringwald has portrayed Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Psych
Riverdale
The Outer Limits
Diff'rent Strokes
Who Do You Think You Are?
Doc McStuffins
Medium
The Bear
Remember WENN
Tall Tales & Legends
Tales of the City
BRATS
The Facts of Life
Not Another Teen Movie
FEUD
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
The Stand
Packin' It In
The Kissing Booth
The Kissing Booth 3
The Kissing Booth 2
The Breakfast Club
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Judy Blume Forever
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
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