Aging Actors: Then and Now Quiz

1. Joan Collins guest starred on a 1966 episode of which sci-fi television show?

Star Trek

Battlestar Galactica

Space Ghost

Babylon 5

2. When did Ellen Burstyn win a Best Actress Oscar for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"?

1970

1975

1964

1980

3. Blythe Danner is mother to which fellow actress?

Juliette Binoche

Nicole Kidman

Gwyneth Paltrow

Kat Winslet

4. Which "The Exorcist" actress was born Edna Rae Gillooly?

Linda Blair

Ellen Burstyn

Sissy Spacek

Eva Marie Saint

5. Which Texas-born actress played "Carrie" and the "Coal Miner's Daughter"?

Debbie Reynolds

Joanne Woodward

Cheryl Ladd

Sissy Spacek

6. Dame Maggie Smith inhabits which role in the "Harry Potter" universe?

Professor Minerva McGonagall

Hermione Granger

Argus Filch

Lily Potter

7. Maggie Smith completed the Acting Triple Crown by winning which 2003 award?

Grammy

Golden Globe

Kennedy Center Honor

Emmy

8. Judy Dench's 1998 Oscar-winning role in which film was onscreen for a mere eight minutes?

The Queen

Sleepless in Seattle

Shakespeare in Love

As Good as It Gets

9. Frances McDormand married which filmmaker, and frequent collaborator, in 1984?

Ethan Coen

Tim Burton

Joel Coen

Harvey Weinstein

10. Debbie Reynold's first role as a dancer was in which 1952 Gene Kelly film?

On the Town

That's Entertainment!

Singin' in the Rain

An American in Paris

11. Which two sisters were nominated for Best Actress Oscars in 1967?

Mia and Tisa Farrow

Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave

Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilind

Janet and Vivien Leigh

12. Joan Collins spent much of the 1980's playing which wealthy television femme fatale?

Alexis Carrington

Sue Ellen Ewing

Amanda Woodward

Murphy Brown

13. How many Emmys did Lucille Ball win?

7

9

8

10

14. Which actress won the first Golden Globe awarded to a horror film?

Kathy Bates

Jamie Lee Curtis

Sissy Spacek

Sally Field

15. In what year did 10-year old Elizabeth Taylor make her on-screen debut?

16

10

Three

21

16. Which actress has been married to both Ted Danson and Malcolm McDowell?

Shirley Jones

Mary Steenburgen

Candace Bergen

Diane Keaton

17. Which actress and her father John were the first Oscar winning father-daughter duo?

Jane Fonda

Sigourney Weaver

Hayley Mills

Vanessa Redgrave

18. Which actress published her diary, "A l'ombre de moi-meme", in 2005?

Sophia Loren

Catherine Deneuve

Helen Mirren

Ann-Margaret

19. Which actress was married to both Jason Robards and Humphrey Bogart?

Sissy Spacek

Liza Minelli

Elizabeth Taylor

Lauren Bacall

20. Joanne Woodward's 50 year marriage to which actor ended with his 2008 death?

Richard Burton

Rock Hudson

Paul Newman

James Dean

21. Jacqueline Bisset played Steve McQueen's girlfriend in which 1968 film?

Bullitt

Rebel Without a Cause

The Birds

Mean Streets

22. In what year did Grace Kelly marry Rainier III, Prince of Monaco?

1956

1952

1978

1960

23. Sally Field made her acting debut on what short-lived 1950's TV show?

Route 666

The Flying Nun

Gidget

Dobie Gillis

24. Which actress starred opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront"?

Lauren Bacall

Grace kelly

Catherine Deneuve

Eva Marie Saint

25. Which of Charlie's Angels was the first choice for the female lead in "Kramer vs. Kramer"?

Cheryl Ladd

Jaclyn Smith

Kate Jackson

Meryl Streep

Aging Actors: Then and Now Quiz

1. Joan Collins guest starred on a 1966 episode of which sci-fi television show?

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2. When did Ellen Burstyn win a Best Actress Oscar for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"?

3. Blythe Danner is mother to which fellow actress?

4. Which "The Exorcist" actress was born Edna Rae Gillooly?

5. Which Texas-born actress played "Carrie" and the "Coal Miner's Daughter"?

6. Dame Maggie Smith inhabits which role in the "Harry Potter" universe?

7. Maggie Smith completed the Acting Triple Crown by winning which 2003 award?

8. Judy Dench's 1998 Oscar-winning role in which film was onscreen for a mere eight minutes?

9. Frances McDormand married which filmmaker, and frequent collaborator, in 1984?

10. Debbie Reynold's first role as a dancer was in which 1952 Gene Kelly film?

11. Which two sisters were nominated for Best Actress Oscars in 1967?

12. Joan Collins spent much of the 1980's playing which wealthy television femme fatale?

13. How many Emmys did Lucille Ball win?

14. Which actress won the first Golden Globe awarded to a horror film?

15. In what year did 10-year old Elizabeth Taylor make her on-screen debut?

16. Which actress has been married to both Ted Danson and Malcolm McDowell?

17. Which actress and her father John were the first Oscar winning father-daughter duo?

18. Which actress published her diary, "A l'ombre de moi-meme", in 2005?

19. Which actress was married to both Jason Robards and Humphrey Bogart?

20. Joanne Woodward's 50 year marriage to which actor ended with his 2008 death?

21. Jacqueline Bisset played Steve McQueen's girlfriend in which 1968 film?

22. In what year did Grace Kelly marry Rainier III, Prince of Monaco?

23. Sally Field made her acting debut on what short-lived 1950's TV show?

24. Which actress starred opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront"?

25. Which of Charlie's Angels was the first choice for the female lead in "Kramer vs. Kramer"?