56 years old (Born on February 18, 1968)
Actress; She is famous from The Breakfast Club, The Facts of Life, Townies.
Is fluent in French, having been educated at the Lycee Francaise School in Los Angeles; having lived and worked in France for a few years; and was married to a Frenchman. Her parents owned a cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles Turned down the Julia Roberts role in Pretty Woman (1990) and the Demi Moore role in Ghost (1990) Measurements: 34C-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Refused the Lea Thompson role in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), ending her successful business relationship with John Hughes, who was furious.Molly Ringwald's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Molly Ringwald
Ranked #1 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Teen Stars."
At the beginning of her film collaboration with John Hughes, she was driving a silver VW Rabbit convertible. By the time it ended with Pretty in Pink (1986), she was driving a white BMW.
Family: dad, Bob; mom, Adele; older sister, Beth; older brother, Kelly.
Grew up singing for her father's (Bob Ringwald) traditional and swing bands in Sacramento. Conrad Janis ["Mork & Mindy" (1978)] also played part time in the band.
Auditioned for one of the lead roles in Ghost (1990). The character she was tested for was ironically named Molly. (That part ultimately went to Demi Moore, a fellow member of the so-called Brat Pack.)
Because her name is so associated with the "brat pack" movies of the 1980s, there is a band that plays covers of '80s hits called "The Molly Ringwalds."
Family: dad, Robert Ringwald; mom, Adele; older sister, Beth Ringwald; older brother, Kelly.
Daughter of Robert Scott Ringwald and wife Adele Edith Frembd (who has remote Dutch American ancestry).
Made the cover of Time magazine in 1986.
Judged the Tropfest film festival 2000 in Australia.
David Lynch sent her the screenplay of Blue Velvet (1986), in the hope that she would be interested in playing the role of Sandy, which was eventually played by Laura Dern. However, Molly`s mother read it first, and because it disturbed her, she never showed it to Molly for consideration.
Book reviewer for the Hartford Courant newspaper in Connecticut, and writes entertainment profiles for the Westchester Journal News (NY). [2004]
Ranked #17 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars."
Expecting Twins.
Lives with her boyfriend of three years, Panio Gianopoulos (29), a book editor and a writer. Younger than Ringwald, he published an elegiac essay about dating older women called "Confessions of a Boy Toy" in a recent anthology.
Was one of the eight original core members of the 1980s 'Brat Pack' along with Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.
Ereni (eeh-ree-nee) her daughter's middle name means "Peace" in Greek
She revealed at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005) (TV) that she's having negotiations about a sequel to Sixteen Candles (1984).
Has very fond memories of Pretty in Pink (1986). She lists it as her favorite film, and says her kiss with Andrew McCarthy a the very end is her favorite on screen kiss.
Her first acting break was as Kate in the West Coast production of "Annie".
Gave birth to first child with Panio Gianopoulos: Mathilda Ereni, born 22 October 2003 in New York City.