Actress Trivia Questions and Answers
What comedian married the actress Victoria Tennant in
1986 and then
got a divorce from her in 1994?
A: Steve Martin.
Which British actress, who died in
2008, was married to actors
Don Taylor and Dermot Walsh?
A: Hazel Court.
How are actresses Angela Thorne, Margaret Lockwood, and Googie
Withers, connected?
A: All three were born in Karachi,
Pakistan.
What was the name of the actress who starred in the original
version of the film "King Kong", in 1993?
A: Fay Wray.
Who was the movie actress that played opposite Patrick Swayze in
dirty Dancing?
A: Jennifer Grey.
Who are the 4 actresses who played the March sisters in the movie
Little Women in
1949?
A: Margaret O'Brien, Janet Leigh,
Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson.
Minnie Riperton is the mother of which US actress?
A: Maya Rudolph.
What actress, formerly a model, starred in the
1971 musical The Boy
Friend?
A: Twiggy.
What famous movie star said "I acted vulgar,
Madonna is vulgar"?
A: Marlene Dietrich.
The actress Michelle Yeoh was born where?
A: Malaysia.
Who was the actress who won the Best Actress
Oscar presented in
March 2003?
A: Nicole Kidman.
Who did the voice for Eilonwy in the 1985 film "The Black
Cauldron"?
A: Susan Sheridan.
Which famous movie star has played the characters Karen Silkwood,
Karen Traynor, and Karen Blixan?
A: Meryl Streep.
How are the movies Jezebel, Georgia (1988) and Angie connected?
A: All have title roles for actresses named Davis, Bette, Judy, and
Geena.
What was Joan Crawford's real name before she became
famous?
A: Lucille Le Sueur.
What actress was the first black actress to win an
Academy Award?
A: Hattie McDaniel.
Actresses Betsy Drake, Virginia Cherrill, and Dyan Cannon have
what in common?
A: All three were married to Cary Grant.
The actress Hillary Swank won her first Best Actress Oscar in
what movie?
A: Boys Don't Cry.
What husband and wife couple was the first husband and wife to
win a Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar?
A: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
For what movie did Sophia Loren win the best Actress Oscar for
her role in a 1961 film?
A: Two Women.
For her role in Shakespeare in
Love, what actress won an Oscar?
A: Gwyneth Paltrow.
The Young Victoria was played by which British actress?
A: Emily Blunt.
What did British actress Vivien Leigh win for her role in
Gone
With The Wind?
A: An Oscar.
Julia Roberts, an Oscar winning actress, played the fairy Tinker
Bell in what 1991 movie?
A: Hook.