Actress of stage,television and movies Molly Ringwald,will be turning 40 on Monday.She made her acting debut on stage at the age of five and by age six she had recorded songs with her fathers jazz band.Ringwald starred briefly in TV's "The Facts of Life" and then gained notoriety in the mid 80's for her performances in John Hughes teen angst movies.She and other "Brat Packers" starred in Sixteen Candles,The Breakfast Club & Pretty in Pink and those are my absolute favorite Ringwald roles.She also dated Dweezil Zappa,Anthony Michael Hall and Beastie Boy Adam Horowitz during her Brat Pack years.
She is now the mother of a 5 year old girl and she has been quite busy since her daughters birth juggling motherhood and acting with a national touring company in musical stage shows.She had a brief cameo a few years ago in Not Another Teen Movie,which was a satirical comedy that spoofed the teen angst film genre,and she delightfully made herself the in-joke reference to those movies we loved like Pretty in Pink!Unlike her Sixteen Candles character Samantha Baker,I hope nobody in her family forgets her birthday!
