R You Sure? Trivia Quiz

Answer: a photographer

Hussey played many a part, all good. All sassy and erstwhile, too. In "The Philadelphia Story" she played Liz Imbrie, a photographer next to Mike Connor (played by Jimmy Stewart) who was the writer. The movie was next to flawless - what a bizarre wedding! But Hussey/Liz got to be matron of honor in the end AND she got her man, too. She grabbed her only Oscar nomination for it.

Answer: Bud Cort

What an odd but wonderful film! A May/December romance beyond logic, it was (or maybe that should be January/December romance). Gordon may be most widely known for her Oscar winning turn in "Rosemary's Baby" [1968] but she and her husband Garson Kanin were prolific writers and came up with many a good script long before, but young Cort, who liked funerals in the movie, played Harold.

Answer: Sean Penn

Her first notice came in "The Princess Bride" in 1987. She turned that beautiful face into a much more complex character in 1994's "Forrest Gump". Robin Wright Penn is one to watch; given the right role she could soar right on out of here.

Answer: joan rivers

Joan Rivers was born in 1933. Her sense of humor is definitely an acquired taste - and I'm sure wouldn't include that she's a 70+ year old woman with the face of a 40 year old (she's had a lot of work done). Her acting career has been mostly minimal. It was probably most notable in a TV biopic called "The Joan And Melissa Rivers Story" (1994), which was a serious exploration of she and her daughter's recovery process after the suicide of their husband/father Edgar. Miss Rivers keeps getting fired from things, but she did pick up one Emmy Award as 'Best Talk Show Host'. Typical Joan quote: "I don't work out. If God had wanted me to bend over He'd have left diamonds on the floor".

Answer: Hairspray

Ricki had 2 noticeable roles emerge when she was just 20 years old in 1988. One was "Working Girl", where she was a minor player, and the other was "Hairspray" - where she was the lead. She became something of a favorite of offbeat director John Waters.

This was probably because she mostly flaunted her obesity and Mr. Waters never casted on appearance limitations. She eventually found her way to a really good TV show called "China Beach" for a while and soon after that was over, she shed the weight; her TV talk show became a little circus-like as it went. All the answers given did have Ricki Lake in them, but "Hairspray" was the first of the four.

Answer: Gena Rowlands

All were nominated more than once, but process of elimination leads to this: Revere was nominated for supporting roles 3 times (for "Song Of Bernadette", "Gentleman's Agreement" and "National Velvet"; she won for "Velvet" in 1944). Roberts, so far, has been nominated 3 times, too - for "Steel Magnolias" [Supporting] and "Pretty Woman" [Lead].

She won one for Best Actress for "Erin Brockovich". Redgrave was nominated once for Lead Actress ("Georgy Girl") and once for Supporting ("Gods And Monsters").

This means that Gena Rowlands is right, nominated for Best Actress twice - for "A Woman Under The Influence" (1975) and "Gloria" (1980).

Answer: Lee Remick

What a gorgeous woman she was - even when she played that down in her role as the doomed wife who drank WAY too much in "The Days Of Wine And Roses". That part got her her one and only Oscar nomination. She made quite an impressive impact in "Anatomy Of A Murder" (1959), too, again playing against any sort of glamour image. She was a class act, leaving us in 1991 - only in her mid 50s.

Answer: Rosie Perez

That voice! It grates on me, but it's usually used for comedic affect. She kept it less shrill in 1993's "Fearless" and got a lot of attention in a rather bleak part. She has a lot of going to go. No comment on Roseanne's voice or her likely disinterest in dancing...

Answer: Vanessa Redgrave

Sometimes Vanessa Redgrave's political beliefs have overshadowed her completely brilliant career - but never to the point where she is still not considered one of the finest and most daring thespians in film history. Her daughters Natasha and Joely Richardson have certainly made a name for themselves, too (and didn't use the Redgrave name to do it).

Their father was acclaimed director Tony Richardson, who died from AIDS in 1991.

Answer: Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were, of course, probably the best known dance pair of the last century. So sophisticated in their movies (and moves)! Rogers branched out into dramatic films, even picking up an Academy Award as Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle" in 1940. Keeler was a hoofer, too, but mostly a tap dancer with no regular partner.

I guess you R done now. Hope you had some fun with this.