For this quiz, we thought it would be fun to take a ride through Hollywood history and have a look at the most popular film stars over the years. These men and women were on the tip of everyone's lips over the decades from the 1930s through 2020s. Like all such quizzes, choosing and compiling the notable actors and actresses to represent each period of ten years was no easy feat. From the the Golden Age of Hollywood to the modern era, this quiz contains some of the best actors and actresses of all time, many of whom are Academy Award winners, as well as classic movie stars.
Whether you're 18 or 88, take a stroll through the past and check out the men and women in Hollywood that were popular during your birth year. Pick some of your favorite stars from each decade to find out which generation you would feel right at home in.
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Pick Movie Stars from Each Decade to Know Which Living … Quiz Questions
Clark Gable
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Fred Astaire
Paul Robeson
Errol Flynn
Jimmy Stewart
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Joan Crawford
Shirley Temple
Katherine Hepburn
Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Humphrey Bogart
Spencer Tracy
Laurence Olivier
Cary Grant
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John Wayne
Jane Wyman
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Dorothy Lamour
Lauren Bacall
Judy Garland
Rita Hayworth
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Rock Hudson
James Dean
Gregory Peck
Tony Curtis
Marlon Brando
Dorothy Dandridge
Elizabeth Taylor
Debbie Reynolds
Grace Kelly
Marilyn Monroe
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Jack Lemmon
Paul Newman
Warren Beatty
Sidney Poitier
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Sean Connery
Audrey Hepburn
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Sophia Loren
Julie Andrews
Natalie Wood
Barbra Streisand
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Robert Redford
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Bruce Lee
Diane Keaton
Diana Ross
Faye Dunaway
Raquel Welch
Jane Fonda
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Eddie Murphy
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Tom Cruise
Sylvester Stallone
Mel Gibson
Harrison Ford
Goldie Hawn
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Glenn Close
Meryl Streep
Michelle Pfeiffer
Cher
Brad Pitt
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Samuel L. Jackson
Robin Williams
Denzel Washington
Tom Hanks
Jodie Foster
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Julia Roberts
Winona Ryder
Angela Bassett
Susan Sarandon
Hugh Jackman
Orlando Bloom
Heath Ledger
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Christian Bale
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sandra Bullock
Reese Witherspoon
Nicole Kidman
Kate Winslet
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Halle Berry
Ryan Gosling
Mahershala Ali
Matthew McConaughey
Robert Downey Jr.
Oscar Isaac
None of these
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Emily Blunt
Jennifer Lawrence
Anne Hathaway
Scarlett Johansson
Emma Stone
Tom Holland
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Robert Pattinson
Timothée Chalamet
Henry Cavill
Michael B. Jordan
Hailee Steinfeld
Zendaya
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Anya Taylor-Joy
Sophie Turner
Margot Robbie
9 Comments
Gen Z. That’s me!
Gen-Z
I thought this was what generation u SHOULD LIVE IN NOT WHAT U ACTUALLY WAS BORN. but whatever. I got great generation
The Greatest Generation (1901~1927) lol I’m not that old… >:(
FINALLY ITS CORRECT
The silent generation! Lol, I’m Gen Z.
Generation Alpha (2011 – 2025) I wish I was, I`d know more about computers than I do now. I am a Baby Boomer born in 1960.
Generation Z Correct i was born in2005
You belong in Generation Z (aka The Founders, iGen, Homeland Generation, Posts, Plurals, or ReGen) born between 1998 and 2010.