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61. Molly Ringwald played a stereotypical princess at Shermer High School named Claire Standish. Starting in 2008, Ringwald played Anne Juergens on which television show?

From Quiz Yearbook Memories: Cast of "The Breakfast Club"

Answer: The Secret Life of the American Teenager

The television show "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", which ran from 2008 through 2013, revolved around a young lady named Amy Juergens who dealt with her teen pregnancy and parents' divorce. Ashley's mother, Anne Juergens (played by Molly Ringwald) was supportive of her daughter's pregnancy and possible marriage with her boyfriend. In 1986, Ringwald played Andie Walsh in the film "Pretty in Pink".

From Quiz Careers of the Cast of "Coming to America"

Answer: Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall joined the cast of the television series "Martial Law" on November 21, 1998. Hall played Terrell Parker, a character who helped the show's protagonist, Sammo Law, solve criminal cases. Hall's character, Terrell Parker, served as the comedic foil to the often silent lead character, Sammo Law, who was played by Sammo Hung. Arsenio Hall hosted the late-night talk show the "Arsenio Hall Show" from 1989 through 1994 and again from 2013 through 2014.

From Quiz What Does Not Kill You

Answer: Shoplifting

Ryder first caught Hollywood's imagination with her portrayal of Lydia Deetz in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" (1988) and then enhanced her reputation with Academy Award nominations in "The Age of Innocence" (1993) and "Little Women" (1994). When "Alien Resurrection" (1997) and "Girl, Interrupted" followed it appeared Winona was riding high (ugh, those puns are killing me). Ryder then made off with a little over $5,000 worth of designer clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue and her moment amongst the stars was stolen away from her. Admittedly Ryder was not in a good place at the time; her relationship with Johnny Depp was proving a boon to the tabloids, she was fighting bouts of anxiety and depression and was accused of taking certain medicinal drugs without the proper authorisation. Her climb back from the darkness was slow but it gathered momentum in 2006 when she garnered critical acclaim for her efforts in "A Scanner Darkly" which was followed by another strong performance in "The Ten" in 2007. Her off-beat role in 2009's "Stay Cool" led to strong support roles in "Star Trek" (2009) and "Black Swan" (2010) and a starring role in television's "Turks and Caicos".

From Quiz You May Remember Me From Such Films As...

Answer: Tenacious D

Tenacious D, comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass (though other musicians join them for recording and touring), is a 'comedy rock' act. Tenacious D was formed in 1994; while Jack Black was dabbling in acting at this time (a few bit parts in movies, guest-starring roles in single episodes of TV shows), he was not yet famous as an actor. "High Fidelity" was his breakthrough film role; he was nominated for several awards including MTV movie awards. Black has appeared in many movies and TV shows since then, including a Tenacious D movie, "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny" (2006).

From Quiz Setting the World on Fire

Answer: Kurt Russell

His "Overboard" (1987) co-star and long-term partner was Goldie Hawn. "Backdraft" (1991) was Kurt Russell's firefighting film and received three Oscar nominations. Russell is one of the few child film stars to have been successful in the transition to an adult actor. Much of his childhood work was in television.

From Quiz Searching for Sean

Answer: Sean Bean

Sean Bean's character Boromir also appeared briefly in the other two films of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, mostly in flashbacks. He and seven of the other actors who played the original nine members of the Fellowship have identical tattoos of the number nine in Tengwar script (the eighth actor had his stunt double get the tattoo). In addition to "The Lord of the Rings", Bean has appeared in many other films, such as "GoldenEye" (1995), "National Treasure" (2004), "Troy" (2004), and played Zeus in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (2010). He starred as Lord Eddard Stark in "Game of Thrones". His other TV credits include the UK series "Accused" and "Sharpe".

From Quiz Before They Were Hobbits

Answer: Gods and Monsters

McKellen was born in Burnley, Lancashire, in 1939. He came to prominence as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1970s. His early film roles included the title character in the 1966 adaptation of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield". "Gods and Monsters" is a story of the later life of "Frankenstein" director James Whale, focusing especially on his homosexuality.

From Quiz Facts on Famous Movie Stars

Answer: He had a heart murmur.

He was rejected when he tried to enlist because of this. This great old actor was not only known for his comedic film partnership with fellow actor Dean Martin. He was also known for his singing, producing, directing, screenwriting and for his variety television shows. Actually his normal singing voice, as opposed to the ridiculous one he used in his comedies, was quite pleasant, and he released several records and an album of the same. He and Dean Martin split their film partnership when Martin grew tired of the puerile scripts they were given, but maintained their friendship, after a short cooling off period, until Martin's death in 1995. In 2005, Lewis released a book he'd written. It was called "Dean and Me (A Love Story)" and tells of their working life together, and their friendship. Perhaps more than anything else, however, the greatest achievement of Jerry Lewis - apart from the gift of laughter he gave to the world - was his lifelong support into fundraising research for the terrible childhood disease muscular dystrophy.

From Quiz Character Actors: The Real Stars

Answer: Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel was born Richard Hanley Jaeckel in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA, in 1928. He died from melanoma in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1997 aged 70. Aged 17 and working at the 20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood as a mailboy, he got the part of Pvt. Johnny "Chicken" Anderson in the 1943 movie "Guadalcanal Diary", starring Lloyd Nolan. He served in the United States Merchant Marines from 1944 to 1949, in which year he appeared in the movies "Battleground", starring Van Johnson and "Sands of Iwo Jima", starring John Wayne. Even though he was shot and killed by Johnny Ringo (Gregory Peck) in the opening scene of his next movie "The Gunfighter" (1950) he was still making movies and TV shows 40 years later in the '90s. In 1972 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe Ben Stamper in "Sometimes A Great Notion" (a.k.a. "Never Give An Inch"), directed by Paul Newman. He played the recurring role of Lt. Ben Edwards on the US TV show "Baywatch" which ran from 1989 to 1999.

From Quiz If it's not One Thing, it's Yer Mother!

Answer: Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts played Sabrina Peterson in 1994's 'I Love Trouble', Patricia Watson in 2002's 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind', Sara Waters/Laura Burney in 1991's 'Sleeping With the Enemy' and Von Sidell in 1996's 'Everyone Says I Love You'. In the mid 2000s, Julia Roberts became one of the highest paid actresses worldwide. In addition to acting in films and television, she has also employed her talent on Broadway. Along with winning numerous awards for her film work, and being nominated for the Razzie Award for worst actress, she has contributed both considerable time and money to various charities - including UNICEF. Julia Roberts' brother (Eric Roberts), sister (Lisa Roberts Gilian) and niece (Emma Roberts) are also actors.

From Quiz Fifteen Minutes on the Red Carpet

Answer: He'd lost both of his hands

The film centres on three men returning home after World War II and dealing with their own demons. In Harold's case (as Homer Parish), he is a former football quarterback who loses both hands during the war and has to come to grips with living with prosthetics and the feeling of being helpless. In real life Harold had lost both hands to an explosion while creating a training film. Russell's performance was so well received that he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 1947 Awards. As a non-professional actor the Academy felt that he was, at best, only an outside chance to win and had already presented him with an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance". This made him the first actor to ever win an Academy Award twice for the same performance. Harold has only appeared in two other movies - 'Inside Moves' (1980) and 'Dogtown' (1997).

From Quiz Actors on the Small and Big Screens

Answer: Shannen Doherty

In "Mallrats," Shannen's character was torn between her slacker ex-boyfriend and her fashionable new boyfriend. In "Charmed," Shannen's character, Prue, was killed off at the end of season 3.

From Quiz Silent Stars

Answer: Pola Negri

Negri claimed to have been engaged to Rudolph Valentino at the time of his death and put on a very dramatic appearance at his funeral. She was reported to have been second choice for the lead in Sunset Boulevard, a role that went to Gloria Swanson.

From Quiz Teen Screen Idols of the Fifties and Sixties

Answer: Frankie Avalon

By the time he was 12, Avalon was making television appearances playing the trumpet. As a teenager he played with Bobby Rydell in a band known as Rocco and the Saints. In 1959 his recordings "Venus" and "Why" both hit number one. Before Frankie was The Big Kahuna in beach movies with Annette, he was in "Jamboree". The film was a black and white rock 'n' roll motion picture directed by Roy Lockwood released in 1957. It concerned a boy and girl who became overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo then ran into trouble when their managers tried to make them solo acts. Kay Medford played his girlfriend. The film was notable because of the appearance of such artists as Fats Domino, Buddy Knox, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Dick Clark had a role as a show host. James Darren had rock hits in the sixties and Tommy Kirk appeared in several Disney movies.

From Quiz A Mixture of Stars! 3

Answer: Jason Dolley

Jason Dolley was not new to Disney when he landed the role of Newt. He had played Connor in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Read it and Weep", (2006). Many people say Jason Dolley looks like Cody Linley, because of their blonde shaggy hair. The other choices, Chace Crawford, and Howie Gordon are incorrect because Chace Crawford plays Nate Archibald on "Gossip Girl" (2007), and Howie Gordon was a contestant on the ABC reality show, "Big Brother" seasons six and seven.

From Quiz A Mixture of Stars! 2

Answer: Kiss The Girl

"Kiss The Girl" (2006) was a remixed version of "The Little Mermaid"'s original song. Ashley had a lot of fun on the set. Mike and Sally came to visit too. "The Little Mermaid" (2006) DVD is enhanced with the video.

From Quiz A Mixture of Stars! 1

Answer: Ballet Boy

Corbin Bleu guest starred on the pilot of "Hannah Montana" (2006). Miley gave him the nickname "Ballet Boy", because she found out he danced. When "High School Musical" (2006) came out, Miley was like, "Dude! Props!"

From Quiz Ben and Owen

Answer: Owen

Andrew Wilson is the oldest of the three boys. Luke Wilson is the youngest of them. All three Wilson boys were in "The Royal Tenenbaums"(2001). Both Ben's parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, are comedians and actors. Jerry is Arthur Spooner in "King of Queens" (1998). Anne was in "Reality Bites" (1994) with Ben. Ben's sister Amy has appeared in "King of Queens" episodes, and has been in movies with Ben like "Zoolander"(2001) and "Dodgeball" (2004).

From Quiz Celebrity Smackdown!

Answer: Tom Cruise

Tom got engaged to Katie Holmes at the Eiffel Tower on June 17th, 2005. Tom and Katie became the proud parents of Suri Cruise, born on 18th April 2006. Before meeting Katie, Cruise left Mimi Rogers for Nicole Kidman. Tom has two children he and Nicole Kidman adopted when they were married.

From Quiz Movie Celebrities' Stories

Answer: Orlando Bloom

After a surgery Orlando was able to come out of the hospital walking. A year later, he was found by Peter Jackson and cast as Legolas in "The Lord Of The Rings" (2001 - 2003) trilogy.

From Quiz Two Acting Legends

Answer: Robert Montgomery

Montgomery starred as a man who was too-soon called to Heaven. The re-make ("Heaven Can Wait") starred Warren Beatty and had James Mason in the "Jordan" role.

From Quiz They Made This Movie III

Answer: Jason Robards

Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall were married in 1961, and they divorced eight years later. Their son, Sam Robards, is also an actor. Jason Robards passed away from cancer in 2000, at the age of 78. His acting credits include two Oscar-winning roles in "All the President's Men" (1976) and "Julia" (1977), as well as "Max Dugan Returns" (1983) and "Magnolia" (1999).

From Quiz The Careers of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher

Answer: The Wampa ice creature smacked Luke

In the beginning of "The Empire Strikes Back", Luke is patrolling Hoth and is attacked by the Wampa and taken to its lair. The scar is the result of the confrontation. Between movies, Mark Hamill darn near had his nose ripped from his face in a car accident.

From Quiz The Cast of "Harry Potter"

Answer: Joshua Herdman

Gregory Goyle is one of Draco Malfoy's best friends in Slytherin. Devon Murray is Seamus Finnigan who is known in "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" to blow things up. Mathew Lewis is Neville Longbottom, the forgetful boy in Harry's year and house. James Waylett is Vincent Crabbe another of Draco Malfoy's friends in Slytherin.

From Quiz Which Star Is It? Part VI

Answer: Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson played Capt. Daniel McCormick in "Forever Young", Tom Mullen in "Ransom", and Jerry Fletcher in "Conspiracy Theory". In 1997 he was awarded the AO (Officer of the Order of Australia), Australia's highest honor.

From Quiz Which Star Is It? Part IV

Answer: Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows played Claire Romilly in "Enigma", Dr. Susan McCallister in "Deep Blue Sea" (where the tagline is from), and Lilly Le Blanc in "Tempted". She was discovered as a model at 15 and had her first movie part when she was 17.

From Quiz They Made This Movie II

Answer: Donald Sutherland

Born July 17, 1935, Donald Sutherland's first real break in on-screen acting came with a 1964 televised production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", in which he played Fortinbras. His numerous movie credits now include "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1979), and the Oscar-winning "Ordinary People" (1980).

From Quiz They Made This Movie I

Answer: O.J. Simpson

Born Orenthal James Simpson in 1947, O.J. became a household name from the time he won the Heisman, until his retirement from the NFL in 1979. He remained a fixture in sports as a broadcaster for ABC's "Monday Night Football" in the 1980s. He made his acting debut in the 1973 short film "Why".

From Quiz Which Star Is It? Part III

Answer: Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane played Falstaff in "Henry V", Valentin Zukovsky in "GoldenEye", and The Pope in "The Pope Must Die". He graduated from Glasgow School of Art where he studied drawing, painting, and film. The tagline here is for the movie "Nuns on the Run".

From Quiz Which Star Is It? Part II

Answer: Cate Blanchett

The four movies with the title that contains the name of Cate Blanchett's character are: "Veronica Guerin", "Charlotte Gray", "Elizabeth", and "Thank God, He Met Lizzie". She played Lady Gertrude Chiltern in "An Ideal Husband", Meredith Logue "The Talented Mr Ripley", and Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson in "The Gift".

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