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Answer: Debbie Reynolds

Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) played Princess Leia in "Star Wars". Her parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, were married in 1955. According to Eddie Fisher's autobiography, he had a number of affairs with other women, and eventually divorced Debbie Reynolds so he could marry Elizabeth Taylor. Carrie Fisher was the oldest child in the Fisher/Reynolds family. She had one brother with the same parents. His name was Todd Fisher, and although he did not star in movies like his parents and his sister, he did work behind the scenes as a filmmaker in Hollywood.

Carrie Fisher had a medical emergency about 15 minutes before the end of a flight from Europe to Los Angeles. She passed away four days later on December 27, 2016. The following day, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, had a stroke while the family was planning Carrie Fisher's funeral. Reynolds passed away just one day after her oldest daughter.

Answer: Mother-daughter

Tippi Hedren was born Nathalie Kay Hedren in 1930. She started her career as a model before moving into acting on television commercials. It was there that she was spotted by Alfred Hitchcock. He hired her for two of his movies. The first was "The Birds" (1963). Hedren won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her appearance in that film. She also appeared in Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964). She went on to appear in over eighty films and television shows before she retired. Hedren is also known for her philanthropic work on behalf of animal rescue and wildlife preservation.

Hedren was married to Peter Griffith from 1951-1960. Their only child, Melanie Griffith, was born on August 9, 1957. She went to high school in California, so after graduating she found a job in Hollywood right away. Griffith appeared in her first credited role in "Night Moves" (1975) at the age of seventeen. Since then, she has appeared in over forty-five films and over thirty television shows.

Answer: True

Actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were married in 1951 and divorced in 1962. They had two children, their oldest daughter Kelly Curtis (b. 1956), and younger daughter Jamie Lee Curtis (b. 1958). Both daughters ended up with careers in Hollywood. Kelly appeared on a number of television programs and a few movies, and worked on the production crews of a number of tv shows.

Jamie Lee Curtis started her Hollywood career by guest starring on a number of television programs such as "Love Boat", "Charlie's Angels", "Columbo", and "Quincy, M.E.". Her first film role was as Laurie Strode in the 1978 horror film "Halloween". According to "Cinefantastique Magazine", the producer of the film specifically sought out Jamie Lee Curtis for the role because her mother, Janet Leigh, had won an Oscar for her role in the famous horror movie "Psycho".

Jamie Lee Curtis went on to play Laurie Strode in seven sequels in the Halloween" franchise. She also appeared in a number of horror films through to 1983. This led to her becoming somewhat typecast as a "scream queen". Then, in 1983, she started taking roles in non-horror movies such as "Trading Places" (1983), "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988), "Forever Young" (1982), and many other romantic and comedy films. This helped her to shed her standing as a scream queen and develop a reputation as a serious actress. Besides acting, Curtis has written a number of children's books, a graphic novel, and is a blogger and podcaster. She is also an inventor, having been awarded two patents related to disposable diapers.

Curtis has received various awards for her work, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2023), a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1984), a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2034), two Golden Globe Awards (1990, 1995), and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995, 2023). She has also received many other awards and honours for her work in Hollywood.

Answer: Mickey Rooney

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (1932-2011) was a British-American Actress who appeared in many movies from the time that she was a child in the 1940s. She appeared in film classics in the 1950s, including "Father of the Bride" (1950), "A Place in the Sun" (1951), "Ivanhoe" (1952), "Giant" (1956), and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958).

In the 1960s, Taylor became the world's highest paid movie star. She performed in movies such as "Cleopatra" (1961), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967), and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). Taylor co-starred with Richard Burton in many of her movies in the 1960s. When they were filming "Cleopatra", they started an extra-marital affair that was considered a Hollywood scandal at the time. In 1960, she was married to Eddie Fisher and he was married to Sybil Williams. They each divorced those spouses and married one another in 1964. That marriage ended in divorce in 1974, but they remarried in 1975 for one year before a second divorce in 1976.

Although Elizabeth Taylor is known for her acting, she is also known as one of the most-married women in Hollywood. Altogether, she married seven men over eight weddings. This includes spouses Conrad Hilton Jr. ​(m. 1950; div. 1951)​, Michael Wilding ​(m. 1952; div. 1957)​, Mike Todd ​(m. 1957; died 1958)​, Eddie Fisher ​(m. 1959; div. 1964)​, Richard Burton ​(m. 1964; div. 1974 & m. 1975; div. 1976)​, John Warner ​(m. 1976; div. 1982)​, and Larry Fortensky ​(m. 1991; div. 1996)​. Of the men listed in this question, Mickey Rooney was never married to Elizabeth Taylor. He was, however, another one of Hollywood's most-married stars, having been married to eight women during his lifetime.

Answer: Charlie, Emilio, and Ramón

Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (b. 1940) is the actor known as Martin Sheen. He married actress Janet Templeton in 1961. Their union lasted for over sixty years, and produced four children, three boys and a girl. The children's first names at birth were Emilio (b. 1962), Ramón (b. 1963), Carlos (b. 1965), and Renée (b. 1967).

When Carlos was young, he was nicknamed "Charlie". So, when he started acting, he officially changed his first name to Charlie and his surname to "Sheen", his father's Anglicized professional name.

Answer: Robin Thicke

Alan Thicke (1947-2016) hosted various game shows and talk shows, and appeared in a number of roles in television shows and films. The role that he is very well-known for is as Dr. Jason Seaver on "Growing Pains" from 1985 through to 1992.

He was married three times. The first of his wives was Gloria Loring, an actress on the soap opera "Days of our Lives". The two worked as actors, but also composed the theme music for the television shows "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Facts of Life". It's no surprise, then, that one of their sons, Robin Thicke, grew to become a very successful musician.

He released his first album in 2003, and followed that up with songs and albums that ended in the top 25 of Billboard's Top 100 charts. His song "Blurred Lines" that was released in the US in 2013 reached Number One on the charts in the US, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, and Ireland.

Answer: True

Jon Voight (b. 1938) is Angelina Jolie's father. He has had success in Hollywood, appearing in over sixty movies, over thirty television shows, and a number of Broadway shows since his theatrical debut in 1961. He has also been nominated for, or won, Academy awards, BAFTAs, Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and various critics' awards. Voight had two children with his second wife, actress Marcheline Bertrand. Both of the children, James Haven (b. 1973) and Angelina Jolie (b. 1975) went on to careers in Hollywood.

Angelina Jolie made her acting debut in "Lookin' to Get Out", a movie in which her father starred. She was only seven years of age when this film was completed. Since then, she has completed over forty big-screen films, a number of television films, and has appeared in video games and music videos. Jolie has also played important roles behind the scenes as director, producer, and writer on a number of films. She has received over sixty awards for her work.

Answer: Laura Dern

Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern were married from 1960-1969. They had two children, including daughter Laura Dern. Laura took up her parents' interests as she grew, becoming a very popular and successful actress in her own right. Mother and daughter appeared in the movies "Wild at Heart", "Rambling Rose", "Citizen Ruth", and "Inland Empire", as well as in the HBO series "Enlightened". Laura Dern and Bruce Dern officially worked together for the first time in 2024 in the Apple TV+ show "Palm Royale". The two also worked together in Bruce Dern's 2013 movie "Nebraska", but daughter Laura appeared in a very brief uncredited cameo towards the end of that movie.

Laura Dern has also appeared in many movies and television shows without her famous parents. These include the movies "Jurassic Park" series, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", "Little Women", and "Marriage Story" for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Laura Dern has also appeared in television programs such as "Big Little Lies" and "Twin Peaks: The Reunion". She won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her work on "Big Little Lies".

Answer: Warren Beatty

Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in 1934. She started her acting career in the theatre in the Broadway musicals "Me and Juliet" and "The Pajama Game". She then made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry" in 1955. She received her first acting recognition for her performance in that movie when she was given a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Since then, she has appeared in over sixty films and over fifteen television programs. MacLaine has received one Academy Award, two BAFTA awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and one Primetime Emmy Award.

MacLaine's younger brother is Warren Beatty (b. 1937). He added an extra "t" to his surname when he became a professional actor. When Shirley MacLaine was honoured with the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 2012, the successful Hollywood siblings had never acted in a film together, yet MacLaine made sure to recognize Beatty as an important part of her life during her acceptance speech.

Answer: Yes

Eric Roberts is Julia Roberts' older brother. Both have had successful acting careers, so it is no surprise that Eric's daughter Emma Roberts has also become a successful actor, singer, and producer. Emma seems to admire her aunt's work, reporting to "People" magazine in July, 2024, "I watch her movies when I'm on location and I'm by myself. I have movies of hers downloaded on my computer that I watch for comfort." Julia Roberts has also posted Instagram photos of Emma beating her at Mahjong during a games night.