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Molly Ringwald

Birth Place: Roseville, CA, USA

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She first toddled on stage in the role of one of Baby-love’s illegitimate children in Truman Capote’s The Grass Harp. She continued to act in other community theater productions in her hometown of Sacramento, inhabiting such roles as the Dormouse in Alice Through the Looking Glass and the only girl in the boy’s chorus of Oliver (where every night she trumpeted “Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard!”). At the age of ten, she wascast in her first professional role as one of the orphans in the West Coast production of the Broadway show Annie at the Curran Theater in San Francisco and the Schubert Theater in Los Angeles. True to the chorus of “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” she had to leave the production after fifteen months when she had grown too tall.
With Gena Rowlands & John Cassavetes

After a brief stint in The Facts of Life, her first television role, Molly was cast at the age of thirteen in Paul Mazursky’s film Tempest. Her performance as Miranda, the daughter of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She went on to star in numerous films, including The Pick-Up Artist, For Keeps, Fresh Horses, Betsy’s Wedding, Cindy Sherman’s directorial debut Office Killer, Billy Bob Thornton’s short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, Jean-Luc Godard’s King Lear, and the now-iconic John Hughes’ movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink.

In 1992, a lifelong Francophile, Ms. Ringwald moved to Paris where she acted in such foreign films as Jean-Charles Tacchella’s Tous Les Jours Dimanche and Toni Marshal’s Enfants de Salaud, which she performed entirely in French (and never tires talking about!). She frequently returned to the U.S. to star in television projects, including the critically acclaimed comedy series Townies, Stephen King’s The Stand, and the Emmy-nominated Allison Gertz Story.

In 1997, Ms. Ringwald returned to the theater in New York City to star in Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize winning How I Learned to Drive, a role she reprised at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. (Prior theater credits include creating the role of Horton Foote’s Lily Dale in the NY off-Broadway production and the role of Salome, with Al Pacino). She went on to play the legendary “Sally Bowles” in the Broadway production of Cabaret, and to star in the Tony-nominated Broadway production of Enchanted April, the London production of When Harry Met Sally, Jonathan Larson’s musical Tick Tick Boom! and the hit comedy Modern Orthodox, directed by James Lapine. She also danced her way through a successful national tour of Sweet Charity—and has the messed-up feet to show for it.

After starring in the breakout hit The Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family, her most recent TV projects include the series Raising Expectations, appearances on Odd Mom Out, and a recurring role as “Mary Andrews” in the hit CW series Riverdale. Recent films include Wishin’ and Hopin’, Bad Night, Jem and the Holograms, King Cobra, Siberia, All These Small Moments, and Netflix’s The Kissing Booth.

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Molly Ringwald STAGE CREDITS

[US Tour]
National Tour, 2006
Charity Hope Valentine

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2003
Rose Arnott

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2001
Susan [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1998
Sally Bowles [Replacement]

Sally Bowles [Replacement]

Sally Bowles [Replacement]

Sally Bowles [Replacement]


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Video: Freeform Shares SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE Season Two Trailer

“Single Drunk Female” stars Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Sasha Compere, Lily Mae Harrington, Garrick Bernard, and Ian Gomez. Also in season two, Busy Phillips (“Cougar Town”) and Ricky Velez (“The King of Staten Island”) will recur, with Molly Ringwald and Charlie Hall also joining. The show is created by Simone Finch. Watch the video trailer!

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Molly Ringwald has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

Molly Ringwald has not appeared in the West End

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