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62-572: Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child actress on the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979–1980) before being nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the drama film Tempest (1982). Ringwald became a teen idol following her appearances in filmmaker John Hughes ' teen films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). These films led to

124-551: A jazz record. It follows a tradition in jazz for the Ringwald family set by her father. "I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It's always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded," Ringwald said in

186-529: A 30-minute time slot. Throughout their history, American sitcoms have often drawn inspiration from British counterparts. Popular shows like All in the Family , Three's Company , and Sanford and Son were adapted from successful British series. More recently, The Office achieved significant popularity in the United States , following the success of its British counterpart. Numerous television networks in

248-484: A Disney Christmas album, Disney's Merry Christmas Carols . Turning toward motion pictures, she got a key supporting role in the 1982 film Tempest , directed by Paul Mazursky with top casting director Juliet Taylor , and was nominated for a Golden Globe award for the role. Ringwald rose to prominence with her breakout role in Sixteen Candles (1984). She was cast as Samantha Baker, a girl whose sixteenth birthday

310-559: A French writer, in Bordeaux , France, on July 28, 1999; they divorced in 2002. She married Panio Gianopoulos , a Greek-American writer and book editor, in 2007. They have a daughter, Mathilda, born in 2003, and fraternal twins, daughter Adele Georgiana and son Roman Stylianos, born in July 2009. Her pregnancy was written into the storyline of The Secret Life of the American Teenager . She was

372-514: A cheap flat", and Sean Penn added "Sometimes writers, like actors, like anybody, do their work to impress three or four of their cool friends in SoHo". With the increased negative attention to them, the actors soon stopped socializing with one another. On the group's camaraderie, Ally Sheedy later said the article "just destroyed it. I had felt truly a part of something, and that guy just blew it to pieces." In 1987, Blum wrote an unapologetic article on

434-764: A college star baseball player. She later starred in the ABC sitcom Townies . She appeared as a blind woman on the critically acclaimed cable series Remember WENN . She starred with Lara Flynn Boyle and Teri Hatcher in the 1998 made-for-television film Since You've Been Gone . In 1999, she played the starring role of "Li'l Bit" in Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2000, she appeared in an episode of Showtime's The Outer Limits , "Judgment Day". In 2000, Ringwald appeared in

496-524: A commercial success. Ringwald later starred in Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992). In 1994, she was cast as Frannie Goldsmith in the TV miniseries The Stand , an adaptation of Stephen King 's 1978 novel of the same name . Ringwald's performance was generally well received. She next played the leading role in the film Malicious (1995) as Melissa Nelson, a disturbed woman who has an affair with

558-544: A core group of characters who interact in a recurring setting, such as a family, workplace, or institution. However, British sitcoms typically consist of shorter series, often six episodes, and are frequently developed by a smaller writing team. The majority of British sitcoms are half-hour comedies recorded in studio settings using a multiple-camera setup. While many adhere to traditional sitcom conventions, some have ventured into more unconventional territory. For example, Blackadder and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister shifted

620-517: A mentor for the group of young actors. During the late 1980s, several of the Brat Pack actors had their careers mildly derailed by problems relating to drugs, alcohol, and in Lowe's case, a sex tape . According to Susannah Gora, "Many believe they could have gone on to more serious roles if not for that article. They were talented. But they had professional difficulties, personal difficulties after that." By

682-542: A regular gay character (Terry Bader as journalist Leslie). In 1987, Mother and Son won the Television Drama Award for portraying a woman suffering from senile dementia and her interaction with her family, presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission . In 2007, Kath & Kim ' s first episode of series 4 attracted an Australian audience of 2.521 million nationally. This

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744-543: A staple of the government broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In the 1970s and 1980s many British sitcoms also screened on the Seven Network . By 1986, UK comedies Bless This House and Are You Being Served? had been re-screened several times by ABC Television ; they were then acquired and screened by the Seven Network. In 1981, Daily at Dawn was the first Australian comedy series to feature

806-462: A statement. In 2014, Ringwald began writing an advice column for The Guardian , answering questions about "love, family, or life in general". In February 2024, Ringwald made her runway modeling debut at New York Fashion Week, walking for Batsheva. Ringwald stated she was very aware of her public image during her teen years and she tried to be a good role model for her fans. When asked about For Keeps (1988), Ringwald said, "I didn't want to give

868-662: A womanizer who meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the Mafia. The film was met with mixed reviews while being a moderate commercial success. The following year, she starred in For Keeps , a commercial success that received mixed reviews from critics but was well received by audiences. It is considered Ringwald's final teen movie. Ringwald portrayed Darcy Elliot, the editor at her high school paper, who becomes pregnant by her long-term boyfriend Stan, portrayed by Randall Batinkoff . Her performance received positive reviews. The film

930-465: Is forgotten by her family. Ringwald's performance gained critical acclaim; many called her acting engaging. Ringwald later said, "It is not a good idea to do remakes of great classic films" when asked if there would be a remake to Sixteen Candles . Ringwald was regarded as a member of the Brat Pack of 1980s teen actors but has said she was not really part of that group. Ringwald gained more success when she

992-556: Is one of the leading channels in India, dedicated entirely to Sitcoms. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest-running sitcom of Indian television and is also known as the flagship show of SAB TV . On Tiptoes and Shabhaye Barareh were among the first and most important sitcoms that led to the growth of this type of comedy in Iran, both receiving wide critical and audience acclaim. El Chavo del Ocho , which ran from 1971 to 1980,

1054-716: The Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series . In 2020, the sixth and final season of Schitt's Creek was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards . This broke the record for the most Emmy nominations given to a comedy series in its final season. During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards , the show became the first ever comedy or drama series to sweep the four acting categories ( Outstanding Lead Actor , Outstanding Lead Actress , Outstanding Supporting Actor , Outstanding Supporting Actress for Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara , Dan Levy , and Annie Murphy respectively) and one of only four live action shows, along with All in

1116-595: The Phil Donahue show and called Blum an "unethical jerk". During the show, Richard Schickel said "I really thought that was a scurrilous article. . . . I really think this is a kind of scuzz journalism. . . . I’ve been around journalism a long time. I look at a piece like that, and I say, this is really slob work, and he was out to get you." After the show, in the Chicago Sun-Times, Rob Lowe reminded that "He’s not Hunter Thompson or Tom Wolfe, he’s David Blum living in

1178-735: The RTR channel. The "boom" of Russian sitcoms began only in the 2000s, when in 2004, the STS started the highly successful sitcom " My Fair Nanny " (an adaptation of the American sitcom " The Nanny "). Since that time, sitcoms in Russia have been produced by the two largest entertainment channels in the country — STS and TNT . In 2007, the STS released the first original domestic sitcom — " Daddy's Daughters " (there were only adaptations before), and in 2010, TNT released " Interns " —

1240-455: The United States feature sitcoms in their programming. CBS , TBS, Nickelodeon , and Disney Channel are just a few examples of networks that air sitcoms. Brat Pack The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. The term "Brat Pack", a play on the Rat Pack from the 1950s and 1960s,

1302-446: The 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filmed in front of a live studio audience using a multiple-camera setup , the latter of which continues in some modern productions such as The Big Bang Theory and Fuller House . Other formats make use of a laugh track or "canned laughter". Since the 1990s, sitcoms have since expanded to animated sitcoms , with successful shows of the genre including The Simpsons , King of

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1364-431: The 1990s these included: Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993), Zabaan Sambhalke (1993), Shrimaan Shrimati (1995), Office Office (2001), Ramani Vs Ramani (Tamil 2001), Amrutham (Telugu 2001–2007), Khichdi (2002), Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2005) F.I.R. (2006–2015), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present), Uppum Mulakum (Malayalam 2015–present), and Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain (2015–present). SAB TV

1426-477: The 2010s, resulting in a decline in sitcom popularity. Nevertheless, there have been recent efforts to revive the sitcom genre. For instance, Netflix released So Not Worth It in 2021, featuring many creators from popular South Korean sitcoms. Popular South Korean sitcoms include the High Kick series, which has spawned several spin-offs. British sitcoms , like their American counterparts, often revolve around

1488-444: The 21st century, the term "Brat Pack" had lost its negative connotation. The films themselves have been described as representative of "the socially apathetic, cynical, money-possessed and ideologically barren eighties generation." They made frequent use of adolescent archetypes , were often set in the suburbs surrounding Chicago , and focused on middle-class teenage angst. According to author Susannah Gora, these films "changed

1550-571: The ABC Family network's series The Secret Life of the American Teenager , which ran for five seasons and 121 episodes between 2008 and 2013. She played Anne Juergens, the protagonist's mother. Ringwald played Madame Frechette in the 2014 Lifetime Christmas film Wishin' and Hopin' . Ringwald plays Aunt Bailey in Jem and the Holograms , raising Jerrica, her sister Kimber, and adopted daughters. In 2016, she

1612-502: The American Teenager (2008–2013), Riverdale (2017–2023), Creepshow (2021), Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024). Ringwald was born in Roseville, California , in 1968 the daughter of Adele Edith ( née Frembd), a cook, and Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, a blind jazz pianist of German descent . Ringwald has two siblings, Beth and Kelly, and an older brother, who died before she

1674-435: The Brat Pack quickly became a common term to identify this young bunch of actors, other actors with similar traits were associated to the made-up group: In her autobiography, Melissa Gilbert connects herself with the Brat Pack, as her social life centered on Estevez and Lowe (each of whom she was engaged to at different times). Through frequent collaborative work, the actor Harry Dean Stanton , then in his late 50s, became

1736-417: The Family , The Golden Girls , and Will & Grace where all the principal actors have won at least one Emmy Award. Sitcoms started appearing on Indian television in the 1980s, with serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), and Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) on the state-run Doordarshan channel. Gradually, as private channels were permitted to operate, many more sitcoms followed. In

1798-607: The Hill , and Family Guy . Critics have debated the exact definition of a sitcom, mostly regarding productions created at the turn of the 21st century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use a single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, instead more resembling documentaries or the comedy-dramas of the 1980s and 1990s. Although there have been few long-running Australian-made sitcoms, many American and British sitcoms have been successful in Australia, since sitcoms are considered

1860-581: The United States in 1926 with the radio show Sam 'n' Henry . The subsequent success of Amos 'n' Andy , also created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll , solidified the sitcom's place in American radio programming. The transition to television brought about significant changes in the sitcom format. Mary Kay and Johnny , which premiered in 1947, became the first American television sitcom. Today, American sitcoms typically run for 22 minutes, allowing for approximately eight minutes of advertising within

1922-470: The age of 10, Ringwald was chosen to play Kate in the West Coast production of Annie . In 1979, Ringwald appeared on the TV series Diff'rent Strokes and was selected to become part of the large cast of that show's spin-off, The Facts of Life . She played Molly Parker, a perky, feminist student at Eastland Girls School. At the beginning of the second season, the show underwent a major revamp, and most of

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1984-469: The bill." When the piece ran, the actors all felt betrayed, especially Estevez. The article mentioned people in several films but focused on Estevez, Lowe, and Nelson, and portrayed those three negatively. The "Brat Pack" label, which the actors disliked, stuck for years afterward. Before the article ran, they had been regarded as talented individuals; after the article, all of them were grouped together and regarded as unprofessional. Some actors went on

2046-407: The cast, including Ringwald, were cut from the show. Ringwald later said that Nancy McKeon replaced her to play a new character named Jo. In 1980, Ringwald performed as a lead vocalist on two Disney albums. On the patriotic album Yankee Doodle Mickey , Ringwald sang " This Is My Country ", " The Star-Spangled Banner ", and " God Bless America ". She later performed one track, " The First Noel ", on

2108-416: The core membership, including 1984's Red Dawn with C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey , Charlie Sheen, Harry Dean Stanton , Patrick Swayze , and Lea Thompson , 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off which starred Matthew Broderick with Grey and Sheen in supporting roles and 1987's The Lost Boys with Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz in key roles. Many of the Brat Pack members have continued to act past

2170-707: The ensemble restaurant-themed film In the Weeds , and in 2001 she had a cameo in the commercially successful Not Another Teen Movie that earned her an MTV Movie Award nomination. In theater, she wore a "Green, Green Dress" as Susan in Jonathan Larson's Off-Broadway musical tick, tick... BOOM! , and headlined as Sally Bowles in Broadway's long-running revival of Cabaret from 2001 to 2002. In 2003, Ringwald appeared in Enchanted April on Broadway. In 2004, she starred in

2232-822: The female lead roles in Pretty Woman and Ghost . In the mid-1990s, Ringwald, who had been educated at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles and is fluent in French, moved to Paris and starred in several French movies. She returned to the United States intermittently to appear in American movies and television. In 1990, Ringwald appeared in the James Scott -directed Strike It Rich alongside Robert Lindsay and John Gielgud . That same year she starred in Betsy's Wedding as Betsy Hopper. This film gained generally mixed reviews despite being

2294-637: The first sitcom, filmed as a comedy (unlike dominated "conveyor" sitcoms). Sitcoms, or "시트콤" in Korean, gained significant popularity in South Korea during the 1990s. This popularity was fueled by the success of shows like Dr. Oh's People , LA Arirang , and Men and Women . The use of computer graphics (CG) in sitcoms began to increase in the late 1990s as more broadcasters adopted CG technology. This led to more visually dynamic and creative sitcoms. However, viewer preferences shifted towards dramas and thrillers in

2356-491: The focus from domestic or workplace settings to the world of politics. A more recent development in British comedy is the mockumentary , a style that blends documentary and comedic elements. Shows like The Office , Come Fly with Me , W1A , People Just Do Nothing , and This Country have successfully employed this format to explore a variety of topics and characters. Sitcoms, or situation comedies, made their debut in

2418-541: The matter, stating "I do have one thing they don't. A job at a magazine. And that entitles me to the freedom of the press", and revealing that he could not copyright 'Brat Pack' even though he had also written an initial plot for a Brat Pack movie. According to Susannah Gora, Blum later admitted that he should not have written the article. An appearance in one or both of the ensemble casts of two specific films released in 1985— John Hughes 's The Breakfast Club and Joel Schumacher 's St. Elmo's Fire —is often considered

2480-524: The media referring to her as a member of the " Brat Pack ." Her final teen roles were in For Keeps and Fresh Horses (both in 1988). Following leading roles in King Lear (1987), The Pick-up Artist (1987), Strike It Rich (1990), and Betsy's Wedding (1990), Ringwald moved to Paris and began acting in French films . In subsequent decades, Ringwald acted in the television shows The Secret Life of

2542-542: The play Modern Orthodox on Broadway, opposite Jason Biggs and Craig Bierko . In 2006 she starred in the television film The Wives He Forgot , and that fall and winter starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the national tour of the Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity . She also played a supporting role as Molly McIntire's mother Helen in Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front . Ringwald starred in

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2604-532: The prerequisite for being a core Brat Pack member. With this criterion, the most commonly cited members include: The initial New York article covered a group of actors larger, or more inclusive, than the currently understood meaning of the term "Brat Pack". For example, he mentioned cast members of Taps , including Tom Cruise and Timothy Hutton . Charlie Sheen appears in several lists – more for his family relationship to Emilio Estevez and his partying than for his film work with other members. After

2666-519: The show has earned an estimated $ 1 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa . Gliding On , a popular sitcom in New Zealand in the early 1980s, won multiple awards during its run including Best Comedy, Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards . The first Russian sitcom series was "Strawberry", which resembled "Duty Pharmacy" in a Spanish format. It was aired from 1996 to 1997 on

2728-422: The subject of an episode in season 7 of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? . Sitcom The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners . These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term "sitcom" emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until

2790-518: The two primary films, there is no generally accepted list of "Brat Pack" movies. While Blum's article credits Taps as the first Brat Pack movie, the list of movies below represents the more traditional filmography, with each movie including at least two core members in starring roles: Other 1980s films, many with similar coming-of-age themes, that starred only one core Brat Pack actor with one or more close contributors include: Some films have been dubbed "Brat Pack movies" despite having no stars from

2852-417: The way many young people looked at everything from class distinction to friendship, from love to sex and fashion to music." They are considered "among the most influential pop cultural contributions of their time." In 2012, Entertainment Weekly listed The Breakfast Club as the best high school movie ever made. On VH1 's 2006 list of the 100 greatest teen stars, Molly Ringwald was ranked No. 1, Rob Lowe

2914-457: The wrong message to teenagers. I sort of felt a certain responsibility – I mean, I was a very, very famous teenager and I thought a lot of teenagers were looking up to me and emulating me, and I really didn't want to make a movie that said in any way that having a baby at that age was going to be easy." In the 1980s, Ringwald dated musician Dweezil Zappa and rapper Ad-Rock of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys . Ringwald married Valéry Lameignère,

2976-570: Was born. She is partly of Swedish descent. She started her acting career at age five, appearing in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland as the Dormouse. The next year, she recorded Molly Sings: I Wanna Be Loved by You , a music album of Dixieland jazz with her father and his group, the Fulton Street Jazz Band. Ringwald graduated from the Lycée Français de Los Angeles . In 1978 at

3038-415: Was cast as Amy in the crime-drama film King Cobra . Ringwald had a recurring role as main character Archie Andrews ' mother Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale . After initially only appearing as a guest, Ringwald took a more prominent role in the series following the death of Luke Perry who played Archie's father. Ringwald has translated two books from French to English. The first

3100-516: Was cast in another John Hughes film, The Breakfast Club (1985), which was a commercial and critical success. Ringwald was cast as Claire Standish, a spoiled, wealthy beauty who is in detention for skipping class to go to the mall. Ringwald's performance gained strong reviews. The following year, still in high school, she was cast as Andie Walsh in another successful Hughes film, Pretty in Pink (1986). When first asked to be in Pretty in Pink , Ringwald

3162-916: Was criticized by several social commentators as inappropriately disrespectful to the office of the Prime Minister. The show nevertheless proved very popular with both television audiences and critics, becoming the most-watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011. It was nominated at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for Best Television Comedy Series. Although there have been several notable exceptions, relatively few Canadian sitcoms attained notable success in Canada or internationally. Canadian television has had much greater success with sketch comedy and dramedy series. The popular show King of Kensington aired from 1975 to 1980, at its peak garnering an average of 1.5 to 1.8 million viewers weekly. The 1999 movie Trailer Park Boys

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3224-590: Was featured on the cover of the May 26, 1986, issue of Time . Ringwald was set to star in another Hughes film, Oil and Vinegar , but the film was scrapped when Hughes refused to rewrite the script. The film would have been about a soon-to-be-married man and a hitchhiking girl talking about their lives during the length of a car ride. In 1987, she was cast as Randy Jensen in The Pick-up Artist , opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in one of his first lead roles. It focused on

3286-501: Was first popularized in a 1985 New York magazine cover story, which described a group of highly successful film stars in their early twenties. David Blum wrote the article after witnessing several young actors being mobbed by groupies at Los Angeles' Hard Rock Cafe . The group has been characterized by the partying of members such as Demi Moore , Emilio Estevez , Rob Lowe , and Judd Nelson . David Blum 's New York story, titled "Hollywood's Brat Pack", ran on June 10, 1985. It

3348-530: Was followed up by a television series of the same name that ran from 2001 to 2018, airing in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Corner Gas , which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009, became an instant hit, averaging one million viewers per episode. It has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. Other noteworthy recent sitcoms have included: Call Me Fitz , Schitt's Creek , Letterkenny , and Kim's Convenience , all of which have been winners of

3410-425: Was jealous of the actors' success. Blum thought of the term the day after meeting the group, while thinking about a friend of his who was following Grace Jones to different restaurants and referred to his experience as following the "fat pack". At this instant, Blum felt like he was following the 'Brat Pack': "I wouldn’t call it an inspiration exactly. I did think it was pretty clever [...] these guys definitely fit

3472-500: Was originally supposed to be just about Emilio Estevez, but one night, Estevez invited Blum to hang out with him, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, and others at the Hard Rock Cafe . It was a typical night out for the group, who had gotten close while filming St. Elmo's Fire . That night, Blum decided to change the article's focus to an entire group of young actors at the time. The St. Elmo's Fire crew members did not like Blum and sensed that he

3534-761: Was praised by some critics for showing the struggles of teen pregnancy. She was later cast in Fresh Horses . The film was met with generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box office. The film also starred Andrew McCarthy , who previously worked with Ringwald in Pretty in Pink . Ringwald was turned down for leading roles in Working Girl and The Silence of the Lambs , later commenting that: "I didn't really feel like darker roles were available to me. The ones that I wanted to do, I didn't get." Ringwald reportedly turned down

3596-456: Was ranked No. 2, Anthony Michael Hall was ranked No. 4, Ally Sheedy was ranked No. 34, and Andrew McCarthy was ranked No. 40. In 2020, Estevez expressed frustration at the persistence of the "Brat Pack" name, saying "That [term] will be on my tombstone ... It's annoying because Brad Pitt , George Clooney and Matt Damon have worked together more than any of us have. We just made two movies and somehow it morphed into something else." Beyond

3658-412: Was reluctant, but after seeing how hard it was for the producers to find a replacement for her, she decided she would portray Andie in the film. Ringwald was offered a role in another John Hughes film, Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), but turned down the role as she felt it was too similar to the other films she worked on with Hughes. After Pretty In Pink , she wanted to act in more mature roles. Ringwald

3720-542: Was the highest rating for a first episode in the history of Australian television, until the series premiere of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in 2009, which garnered 2.58 million viewers. In 2013, Please Like Me received an invitation to screen at the Series Mania Television Festival in Paris, was praised by critics, and earned numerous awards and nominations. Also in 2013, At Home with Julia

3782-534: Was the most-watched show on Mexican television and had a Latin-American audience of 350 million viewers per episode at its popularity peak during the mid-1970s. The show continues to be popular in Central America as well as in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Spain, the United States, and other countries. Syndicated episodes average 91 million daily viewers in all its American markets. Since it ceased production in 1992,

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3844-529: Was the novel Lie with Me by Philippe Besson . The second was My Cousin Maria Schneider by Vanessa Schneider , a book about the French actress Maria Schneider , whose career was largely defined by a sex scene with Marlon Brando in the film Last Tango in Paris despite her many other accomplishments as an actress. Ringwald read the audiobook edition of the 2012 novel The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg . In 2013, Ringwald released Except Sometimes ,

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