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| Birth Name(s) : Molly Kathleen Ringwald |
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Full Molly Ringwald Biography
Ringwald was born outside Sacramento, California in Roseville, California, the daughter of blind jazz pianist Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, and Adele Edith (née Frembd), a housewife and chef. Ringwald has two siblings, Elizabeth and Kelly. She started her acting career at age five, starring in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland as the dormouse. By the time she was six years old, she had recorded I Wanna Be Loved by You, a music album of Dixieland jazz with her father and his group, the Fulton Street Jazz Band; this album has become highly collectible . She attended Casa Roble High School.
As an actress, Ringwald appeared in numerous local TV commercials and stage plays before landing a guest spot on The New Mickey Mouse Club. In 1978, at the age of 10, she was chosen to play Kate in the 2nd National touring company of the musical Annie. She later took over the role of Pepper, the toughest orphan. In 1979, Ringwald appeared in one episode of the television series Diff'rent Strokes and was selected to become a cast member of the spin-off The Facts of Life. Molly played "Molly Parker," a perky, fun-loving student at Eastland Girls School. Although essentially a supporting role, one entire episode, "Molly's Holliday" revolved around her character dealing with the effects of her parents' divorce. After the first thirteen episodes, the producers restructed the show to be more like the popular film Little Darlings, so Ringwald and three other girls were written out of the series in 1980. However, she made a final guest appearance at the start of the second season.
Ringwald appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, a parody/tribute film of many teen films, including some that featured her. In late 2004, she starred in the play Modern Orthodox on Broadway, opposite Jason Biggs and Craig Bierko. Ringwald recently appeared in an episode of the TV series Medium in the episode "The Darkness is Light Enough", as a blind woman.
In the fall of 2006, Ringwald appeared in Cabaret and Enchanted April on stage, and in the fall and winter of 2006 she stared as Charity Hope Valentine in the national tour of the Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity which starred Christina Applegate. As of January 2007, Ringwald is with the national touring company of the musical Sweet Charity, playing the title role of Charity.
Ringwald briefly dated actor Anthony Michael Hall during the time when they co-starred in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. During the filming of Pretty in Pink, Ringwald was dating Dweezil Zappa, son of Frank Zappa. She was romantically linked with Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz in the mid '80s. They dated for about a year. At the time, rumours incorrectly hinted at their marriage.
Ringwald married her long time fiancé, Valery Lameignère, on July 28, 1999, but they have since filed for divorce. On October 22, 2003, she gave birth to her first child, daughter, Mathilda Ereni, with boyfriend Panio Gianopoulos.
Ringwald was ranked #1 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Teen Stars". She was on the cover of Time magazine issue dated May 26, 1986.
The Detroit rock group Sponge had a 1995 hit "Molly", that appeared to make several clear references to Ringwald and her film career ("Sixteen candles down the drain"), even though the song's title was not mentioned in its lyrics. The band denied that the song was about Molly Ringwald.
The Molly Ringwalds is the name of a popular '80s tribute cover band , claiming to hail from Sheffield, England, and who tour throughout the Southern United States.
In The Simpsons episode "I Am Furious Yellow" her name is parodied as "Molly Ringworm". In the Family Guy episode "Meet the Quagmires," Peter travels to the past and, after meeting Molly in a bar, returns to the present to find he has married her instead of Lois.
In Scrubs episode My Last Chance she is mentioned for the kiss scene from Sixteen Candles, causing J.D. and Molly Clock to make out, who are alone on a couch watching the movie. |
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