Line #22 Creator/MollyRingwald


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2	->''"You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success."''
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4	Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968 in Roseville, California) is an actress famous for being part of the Creator/BratPack (a group of actors associated with several [[TheEighties Eighties]] teenage comedy films) and for starring in films such as ''Film/SixteenCandles'', ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' and ''Film/PrettyInPink''. In addition to her acting career, Ringwald is also an author, singer, and dancer.
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7	!!Works she has starred in include:
8	* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' (1979-80) as Molly Parker
9	* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'' (1979-80)
10	* ''[[Theatre/TheTempest Tempest]]'' (1982) as Miranda Dimitrius
11	* ''Film/SpacehunterAdventuresInTheForbiddenZone'' (1983) as Niki
12	* ''Film/SixteenCandles'' (1984) as Samantha "Sam" Baker
13	* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' (1985) as Claire Standish
14	* ''Film/PrettyInPink'' (1986) as Andie Walsh
15	* ''Theatre/KingLear'' (1987) as Cordelia
16	* ''Film/ForKeeps'' (1988) as Darcy Bobrucz
17	* ''Series/{{The Stand\|1994}}'' (1994) as Frannie Goldsmith
18	* ''Series/RememberWENN'' (1996) as Angela Colton
19	* ''Film/OfficeKiller'' (1997) as Kim
20	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1998) as Anne Frank (voice)
21	* ''Film/TeachingMrsTingle'' (1999) as Miss Banks
22	* ''Series/{{The Outer Limits\|1995}}'' (2000) as Allison Channing
23	* ''Series/TheStreet'' (2000) as Devyn Alden
24	* ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'' (2001) as Flight Attendant
25	* ''Series/{{Medium}}'' (2006) as Kathleen Walsh
26	* ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (2008-13) as Anne Juergens
27	* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' (2011) as Nurse [=McElroy=]
28	* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' (2014) as Dark Princess (voice)
29	* ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015'' (2015) as Aunt Bailey
30	* ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' (2016) as Darla (voice)
31	* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' (2017-2023) as Mary Andrews
32	* ''The Kissing Booth'' series as June Flynn
33	** ''Film/TheKissingBooth'' (2018)
34	** ''Film/TheKissingBooth2'' (2020)
35	** ''Film/TheKissingBooth3'' (2021)
36	* ''Literature/TalesOfTheCity'' (2019) as Mrs. Duncan
37	* ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'' (2021) as Mrs. Porter
38	* ''Series/TheBear'' (2022) as Al-Anon Moderator
39	* ''Series/DahmerMonsterTheJeffreyDahmerStory'' (2022) as Shari Dahmer
40	* ''Series/SingleDrunkFemale'' (2023) as Alice
41	* ''Series/FeudCapoteVsTheSwans'' (2024) as Joanne Carson
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43	!!Books she has written include:
44	* ''Literature/WhenItHappensToYou'' (2012)
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46	!!Provides examples of:
47	* ActorInspiredElement:[[invoked]] She decorated Samantha's bedroom in ''Film/SixteenCandles'' with some items from her own home.
48	* AdamWesting: Satirized herself as a JadedWashout flight attendant in ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'', where she called out how trite and insincere the JerkJock's apology was, and essentially {{lampshaded}} the entire ending scene.
49	* CareerResurrection: For the longest time, she was the only actor included on the CondemnedByHistory page because of how far from grace she'd fallen since her TeenIdol days. However, appearing in ''{{Series/Riverdale}}'' (and eventually becoming a regular) and ''Film/TheKissingBooth'' brought her back to the mainstream and allowed her to enjoy a new image in her forties.
50	* DoubleActsAndGroups: As part of the Creator/BratPack.
51	* DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]] She dyed her famous red hair black for ''Series/TheStand1994''.
52	* {{Fanservice}}: The 1995 direct-to-video thriller ''Malicious'' has her topless for about thirty seconds. The ShowerOfLove scene from ''Film/ForKeeps'' could count as well.
53	* LargeHam: Good God, '''YES.''' ''Film/ForKeeps'', ''Malicious'', and ''Series/TheStand1994'' are prime examples.
54	* TheMuse: John Hughes wrote ''Film/SixteenCandles'' and ''Film/PrettyInPink'' specifically for her. The former was written based only on her headshot, and the latter after she asked him to write a movie based on her favourite song.
55	* OldShame:[[invoked]] The TeenPregnancy film ''Film/ForKeeps'', widely considered to be her StarDerailingRole. She had hoped to make a film that showed the realities of teen pregnancy, but numerous CreativeDifferences resulted in something that she felt glamorized it.
56	--> "I feel like it glamorized teen pregnancy. And the original script that I'd agreed to do did not. But whenever you do a movie, whenever you do anything, it's a collaborative effort, and sometimes the script that you agree to do turns into something else. And I was pretty much a teenager at the time, and it was this runaway train that I didn’t know how to stop. And so I was very unhappy about that, and I felt like the movie was, I won’t say unfairly criticized, because I agreed. I really did feel like it glamorized teen pregnancy."
57	* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]] Although one of her most famous roles, Claire of ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' was different for her; she had previously played weird girls. Conflicting stories even say that she was meant to play Alison because of this, but she herself affirms that she wanted to be Claire because she was different from her usual roles.
58	* RomanceOnTheSet:[[invoked]] She and Anthony Michael Hall dated during the productin of ''Film/SixteenCandles'' and ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
59	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Ringwald's works often possess a cynical slant, with ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' and ''The Pick-Up Artist'' being the more prominent examples. However, there's something to be said about the underlying sincerity and humanity that permeates her films.
60	* StatuesqueStunner: Stands at 5'8".
61	* TrademarkFavoriteFood[=/=]BizarreTasteInFood: Onion rings drenched in ketchup. Not so unusual at first thought, but what would make it odd was that she would ask that the onions be removed after the onion rings came out of the fryer. During the Creator/BratPack years, she would order this at the trendiest restaurants, some of which took to calling it the "Ringwald Special."
62	* WagTheDirector:[[invoked]]
63	** In ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', only Claire was supposed to dance, but Molly felt uncomfortable dancing in front of everyone. So John Hughes had the other characters dance too. Ironically she later felt this hurt the movie, finding the group dance to be overly choreographed.
64	** She insisted on wearing the hat at the beginning of ''Film/SixteenCandles'', against the wishes of the costume designer. After the movie's success, it became a fashion trend among young women.
65	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
66	** She turned down roles in some movies that could have saved her mainstream career; these include Sandy in ''Film/BlueVelvet'', Vivian in ''Film/PrettyWoman'', Claire in ''Film/DaysOfThunder'', Molly in ''Film/{{Ghost\|1990}}'', Kim in ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'', Kit in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', Dorothy in ''Film/JerryMaguire'', and Sidney in ''Film/{{Scream\|1996}}''.
67	** She also expressed interest in doing sequels to ''Film/SixteenCandles'', but turned many of them down. In 2005, she mentioned being impressed with one titled '32 Candles', and wished that one could have been made.

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