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Fun Trivia: S : Something in Common

Special Sub-Topic: Actors in Double Roles


This actress played twin sisters Kate and Patricia Bosworth opposite Glenn Ford in 1946's 'A Stolen Life'.

    Bette Davis.

This actor played nightclub performer Jack Martin and french industrialist Henri Durand in the 1951 film, 'On the Riviera'.
    Danny Kaye. Kaye played opposite both Gene Tierney and Corinne Calvet.

Name the actress who played identical twins in 'The Parent Trap' - 1961 version.
    Hayley Mills. This original version also starred Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara.

This actress played good and evil twin sisters Ruth and Terry Collins in the 1946 film 'The Dark Mirror'.
    Olivia De Havilland. The film also starred Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell and Richard Long.

This son of a famous silent screen actor starred as Lucien and Mario Franchi in 1941's 'The Corsican Brothers'.
    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. This age old tale of twins (siamese) separated at birth only to find each other years later also starred Ruth Warrick and Akim Tamiroff.

Danny Kaye played twin brothers, murdered nightclub performer Buzzy Belew and mild mannered Edwin Dingle, in this 1945 comedy. Name the film.
    Wonder Man. Again Kaye starred opposite two leading ladies, Vera Ellen and Virginia Mayo.

Name the popular actor who portrayed both good natured Dave Kovic and President Bill Mitchell in 1993's 'Dave'.
    Kevin Kline. Kline, known almost as well for his shakespearean acting, starred opposite Sigourney Weaver.

This versatile and perky star played three roles (Dee Dee, Angelica, Patricia) opposite Tom Hanks in the 1990 film 'Joe Versus the Volcano'.
    Meg Ryan.

Sean Young played twin sisters Ellen and Dorothy Carlsson, one of whom is murdered by her gold digging boyfriend played by Matt Dillon in the 1991 version of this film.
    A Kiss Before Dying. An earlier version, produced in 1956, starred Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward and Virgina Leith as the two sisters.

This star of both silent films and talkies portrayed Rudolph Rassendy and King Rudolph in the 1937 production of 'The Prisoner of Zenda'.
    Ronald Colman. Colman starred opposite Madeleine Carroll and Mary Astor. The 1952 version starred Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr and Jane Greer. There was also a comedy version produced in 1979 with Peter Sellers.


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