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Molly Ringwald
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American actress and writer (born 1968)
OverviewAI-generated
Molly Ringwald is an American female artist and author whose professional career began in 1977. She has published six works, including *My Cousin Maria Schneider*, *When it happens to you*, *The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place*, and *Getting the Pretty Back*. Her musical output is associated with jazz and vocal jazz, and she has been described as a female vocalist.
Ringwald has three children and maintains an official website. Her social media presence includes 216,022 followers. On Last.fm, her music has been played 15,502 times by 2,266 listeners, with tags including "actresses" and "funny." She is referenced by 424 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- My Cousin Maria Schneider
- When it happens to you
- When it happens to you
- The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
- Getting the Pretty Back
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1968-02-18
Discography
- Except Sometimes2013
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,266
- Total plays
- 15,502
Tags
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Having appeared in the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), Ringwald is part of the 80's "Brat Pack" and has been called the greatest teen star of all time. Universal Music released the first Molly Ringwald solo album Except Sometimes on April 5, 2013 through Concord Records. Except Sometimes is a jazz record. <a href="https://www.last.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,901x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,180x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Molly Kathleen Ringwald , ( 1968-02-18 ) February 18, 1968 (age 58) , Roseville, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress singer dancer writer model
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouses
- Valéry Lameignère ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) Panio Gianopoulos ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Molly
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Roseville
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.iammollyringwald.com
- Image
- Molly Ringwald at Sundance Film Festival 2026-4 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Molly Ringwald
- date of birth
- 1968-02-18
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 213019
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
- birth name
- Molly Kathleen Ringwald
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Molly Ringwald
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child actress on the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979–1980) before being nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her starring role in the drama film Tempest (1982). Ringwald became a teen idol following her lead roles in filmmaker John Hughes's teenage 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 of a group of actors known as the "Brat Pack."
Ringwald's final starring roles as a teenager were in The Pick-up Artist (1987), For Keeps (1988), and Fresh Horses (1988). In the 1990s, she starred in the films Betsy's Wedding (1990) and Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), as well as starring in multiple French films after a move to Paris. Ringwald also returned to television, with main roles as Frannie Goldsmith in the ABC miniseries The Stand (1994) and Carrie Donovan on the ABC sitcom Townies (1996). In the 2000s, she had a main role as Anne Juergens on the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013).
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