Molly Ringwald

Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical Annie. She and several other members of the original Facts of Life cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network. She subsequently made her motion-picture debut as Miranda in the independent film Tempest (1982), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Ringwald is known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Hughes. She established herself as a teen icon after appearing in the successful Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). She later starred in The Pick-up Artist (1987), Fresh Horses (1988), and For Keeps (1988). She starred in many films in the 1990s, most notably Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992), The Stand (1994), and Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994 short film – precursor to Sling Blade). Ringwald was part of the "Brat Pack" and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Since 2017, Ringwald has portrayed Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale.

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Cowboy Up (2002)

"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a rodeo clown, and the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Koller
CAST:  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Marcus Thomas  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Melinda Dillon

"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a rodeo clown, and the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Koller
CAST:  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Marcus Thomas  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Melinda Dillon

In the Weeds (2000)

It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive ...  (more)

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CAST:  Joshua Leonard  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Ellen Pompeo  •  Michael B. Silver

It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive ...  (more)

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CAST:  Joshua Leonard  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Ellen Pompeo  •  Michael B. Silver

Johnny Appleseed (1986)

Shelley Duvall acted as host for this 1980s television series about legendary characters and historical events. This volume chronicles Jonathan Chapman (Martin Short), who loves two things: apples and his sweetheart, Betty Nature (Molly Ringwald). Following Betty's ...  (more)

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CAST:  Martin Short  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Rob Reiner  •  Anne Jackson

Shelley Duvall acted as host for this 1980s television series about legendary characters and historical events. This volume chronicles Jonathan Chapman (Martin Short), who loves two things: apples and his sweetheart, Betty Nature (Molly Ringwald). Following Betty's ...  (more)

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CAST:  Martin Short  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Rob Reiner  •  Anne Jackson

Kimberly (1999)

Four young men fall in love with the same woman. When they all find themselves attracted by Kimberly, hey vow not to fight for her affections during the season -- but then she gets pregnant and doesn't know which teammate is the father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederic Golchan
CAST:  Gabrielle Anwar  •  Sean Astin  •  Patty Duke  •  Jim Gaffigan

Four young men fall in love with the same woman. When they all find themselves attracted by Kimberly, hey vow not to fight for her affections during the season -- but then she gets pregnant and doesn't know which teammate is the father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederic Golchan
CAST:  Gabrielle Anwar  •  Sean Astin  •  Patty Duke  •  Jim Gaffigan

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)

This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Russell  •  Tony Richardson  •  Frederic Raphael
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  James Woods  •  Melanie Griffith  •  Elizabeth McGovern

This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Russell  •  Tony Richardson  •  Frederic Raphael
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  James Woods  •  Melanie Griffith  •  Elizabeth McGovern

The Wives He Forgot (2006)

Into the small law offices of unlucky-in-love Charlotte St. John stumbles a handsome stranger, bloodied and battered, suffering amnesia. The good Samaritan, she cares for him, nurses him to health ... and falls hard for this mysterious angel. He reciprocates -- and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Mark Humphrey  •  Shannon Sturges  •  Maxim Roy

Into the small law offices of unlucky-in-love Charlotte St. John stumbles a handsome stranger, bloodied and battered, suffering amnesia. The good Samaritan, she cares for him, nurses him to health ... and falls hard for this mysterious angel. He reciprocates -- and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Mark Humphrey  •  Shannon Sturges  •  Maxim Roy

Cut (2000)

A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimble Rendall
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Frank Roberts  •  Kylie Minogue  •  Geoff Revell

A group of film students set out to finish filming a movie that was never completed after its director was murdered. After they begin filming, they realize they're in for a bit of trouble, not unlike the late director...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimble Rendall
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Frank Roberts  •  Kylie Minogue  •  Geoff Revell

King Lear (1987)

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Freddy Buache  •  Leos Carax  •  Julie Delpy

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Freddy Buache  •  Leos Carax  •  Julie Delpy

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)

An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom McLoughlin
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Lee Grant  •  Perry King  •  Roxana Zal

An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom McLoughlin
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Lee Grant  •  Perry King  •  Roxana Zal

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006)

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Chopra
CAST:  Maya Ritter  •  David Aaron Baker  •  Tory Green  •  Sarah Manninen

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joyce Chopra
CAST:  Maya Ritter  •  David Aaron Baker  •  Tory Green  •  Sarah Manninen

Betsy's Wedding (1990)

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Alda
CAST:  Alan Alda  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Madeline Kahn  •  Joe Pesci

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Alda
CAST:  Alan Alda  •  Molly Ringwald  •  Madeline Kahn  •  Joe Pesci

Tempest (1982)

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mazursky
CAST:  John Cassavetes  •  Gena Rowlands  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Vittorio Gassman

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mazursky
CAST:  John Cassavetes  •  Gena Rowlands  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Vittorio Gassman

The Pick-up Artist (1987)

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Toback
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Danny Aiello

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Toback
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Danny Aiello

Jem and the Holograms (2015)

As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon M. Chu
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Ryan Guzman  •  Stefanie Scott

As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. Four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon M. Chu
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Ryan Guzman  •  Stefanie Scott

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Dolph Lundgren  •  Bo Derek  •  Marina Sirtis

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Dolph Lundgren  •  Bo Derek  •  Marina Sirtis

Seven Sundays (1995)

Dodo, a French man living in Florida, has one goal in life: Get by without working. Difficult to implement without the help of some women. Betty is one of them, and a gypsy's bride, who suddenly disappears, changing Dodo's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Tacchella
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Rod Steiger  •  Marie-France Pisier

Dodo, a French man living in Florida, has one goal in life: Get by without working. Difficult to implement without the help of some women. Betty is one of them, and a gypsy's bride, who suddenly disappears, changing Dodo's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Tacchella
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Rod Steiger  •  Marie-France Pisier

King Cobra (2016)

It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Kelly
CAST:  Garrett Clayton  •  Christian Slater  •  Keegan Allen  •  James Franco

It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Kelly
CAST:  Garrett Clayton  •  Christian Slater  •  Keegan Allen  •  James Franco

Bad Night (2015)

When Kate and Abby are mistaken for famous art thieves, their fun night out quickly goes from good to bad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Riedell  •  Nick Riedell
CAST:  Lauren Luthringshausen  •  Jenn McAllister  •  Julianna Guill  •  Judy Marte

When Kate and Abby are mistaken for famous art thieves, their fun night out quickly goes from good to bad.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Riedell  •  Nick Riedell
CAST:  Lauren Luthringshausen  •  Jenn McAllister  •  Julianna Guill  •  Judy Marte

Wishin' and Hopin' (2014)

Felix Funicello is a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Theys
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Chevy Chase  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Conchata Ferrell

Felix Funicello is a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Theys
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Chevy Chase  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Conchata Ferrell

More Business of Being Born (2011)

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary,'The Business of Being Born', with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abby Epstein
CAST:  Alanis Morissette  •  Ricki Lake  •  Gisele Bündchen  •  Abby Epstein

Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Filmmaker Abby Epstein follow their landmark documentary,'The Business of Being Born', with an all-new, four part DVD series that continues their provocative and entertaining exploration of the modern maternity care system. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abby Epstein
CAST:  Alanis Morissette  •  Ricki Lake  •  Gisele Bündchen  •  Abby Epstein
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