Actress and author Carrie Fisher (1956-2016) came to fame by playing Princess Leia Organa in the "Star Wars" franchise. She has been in the "Star Wars" movies, including "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in 2015. Disney announced that, despite her death, she will appear in "Star Wars: Episode IX", using unused footage from the 2015 film.
In 1983, Carrie married songwriter Paul Simon, only to divorce him a year later. On July 17, 1992, Carrie and talent agent Bryan Lourd had a daughter they named Billie. Billie followed in her mother's footsteps and had roles on the TV shows "Scream Queens" and "American Horror Story".
2. Tippi Hedren
Answer: Melanie Griffith
Actress Tippi Hedren, born Nathalie Kay Hedren, is known primarily for two films, i.e., "The Birds" in 1963, and the lead role in "Marnie" the following year. Tippi's other claim to fame is in the genes which she and her former ad executive husband Peter Griffith (not to be confused with Peter Griffin from "Family Guy") passed on to their daughter, Melanie Griffith. Melanie's break-out role was in the film "Working Girl" in 1988.
In addition, Melanie and her ex-husband, Don Johnson, passed those genes to their daughter, Dakota Johnson, star of "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015).
3. Susan Sarandon
Answer: Eva Amurri Martino
Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon has had an interesting romantic life. Her birth name was Susan Tomalin. She was married to actor Chris Sarandon from 1967 to 1979, and kept her married name as her stage name. She then partnered with film director Franco Amurri from 1984 to 1988.
The relationship produced daughter Eva Amurri who made her film debut in 1992 in Tim Robbins' film "Bob Roberts" and then "Dead Man Walking" in 1995. In 2011, Eva married soccer player Kyle Martino and, in 2014, they had a daughter, Marlowe Mae Martino. Will she be the third generation of actors?
4. Diane Ladd
Answer: Laura Dern
After a long career in acting, Diane Ladd first gained fame for her role in the 1974 movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". She played the role of the feisty southern waitress Flo, for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
She was replaced by Polly Holliday on the TV show on which it was based. Ladd was also nominated for "Wild at Heart" (1990) and "Rambling Rose" (1991). In 1960 she married actor Bruce Dern and, in 1967, they had a daughter, Laura Dern. Laura appeared in films like "Jurassic Park", and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for "Rambling Rose" and Best Supporting Actress in "Wild" (2014).
5. Courtney Love
Answer: Frances Bean Cobain
Frances Bean Cobain, born in 1992, is the only child of Courtney Love and Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. Love is an actress, guitarist and singer, having formed the alternative rock band Hole in 1989. She later went on to the music groups Faith No More, Babes in Toyland and Pagan Babies.
She has also appeared in movies including "Sid and Nancy" (1986) and "The People Vs, Larry Flint" in 1996. Frances seems to have overcome her father's suicide and her mother's drug-addiction and studied art at Bard College. Frances became a model and visual artist, and produced the HBO film "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" in 2015.
6. Andie MacDowell
Answer: Rainey Qualley
Andie MacDowell is a well know actress and model, making her film debut in 1984 in the movie "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes". She has had a long career in films, with her role as Rita, opposite Bill Murray, in "Groundhog Day" (1993) as possibly her most famous.
She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for "Green Card", "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral". In 1986, Andie married model Paul Qualley and they had three children, with Rainey, the middle child, born in 1990.
In 2012, Rainey was Miss Golden Globe, and in 2015 she made her musical debut. She has also appeared in films such as "Ocean's Eight" (2018).
7. Peggy Lipton
Answer: Rashida Jones
Anyone remember the TV show "The Mod Squad" which ran from 1968 to 1973? It was a typical 1960s police drama with three "hippie cops", with troubled pasts, who caught criminals preying on the Southern California surfing crowd. Peggy Lipton played Julie Barnes, the token female, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1970 for Best Actress. Sadly, Peggy died on May 11, 2019.
In 1974 Peggy married iconic musician Quincy Jones and, on February 26, 1976, their daughter Rashida was born. Rashida has appeared on the TV shows "Parks and Recreation" and "Angie Tribeca", and in the movie "Toy Story 4" in 2019.
8. Lisa Marie Presley
Answer: Riley Keogh
Who among us has never heard of Elvis Presley, dubbed "The King of Rock and Roll"? Elvis married Brooklyn-born Priscilla in 1967. On February 1, 1968 they had Lisa Marie Presley, a singer and songwriter. Among her albums are "To Whom It May Concern" in 2003, "Now What" (2005) and "Storm and Grace" (2012). Lisa Marie has had several husbands, including both Nicolas Cage and Michael Jackson, but her first husband was musician Danny Keough to whom she was married from 1988 to 1994.
Their daughter, Riley, was born in 1989 and has gone on to an acting career of her own which includes "Magic Mike" (2012) and "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).
9. Vanessa Redgrave
Answer: Joely Richardson
Has there ever been a more 'royal' acting family than the Redgraves (perhaps the Barrymores)? It started with Sir Michael Redgrave and his wife Rachel Kempson who had three children, i.e., Vanessa, Lynn and Corin. Vanessa married filmmaker Tony Richardson in 1962 and they had two daughters, Natasha and Joely Richardson. Vanessa made her film debut in 1958 in a film called "Behind the Mask".
She has appeared in films which include "Howard's End" (1992) and "Atonement" (2007). In 1978, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Julia". Joely went into the family business and has been on TV in "Nip/Tuck" (2003-2010) and in the movie "101 Dalmatians" in 1996.
10. Cindy Crawford
Answer: Kaia Gerber
If you were asked to name a famous American model, wouldn't one of your choices be Cindy Crawford? In the 1980s and 1990s, she achieved international fame as one of the most popular 'supermodels' of all time, featured on the covers of magazines which include Vogue, People, Elle and Cosmopolitan.
She parlayed that into an acting career with movies like "Fair Game" (1985) and on TV shows like "Cougar Town" in 2015. After her divorce from Richard Gere, she married Rande Gerber in 1998, and in 2001 her daughter Kaia was born. Kaia followed her mother's career, has modeled for Vogue, and was awarded Model of the Year at the Fashion Awards in 2018.
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