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
Fred Astaire
Jimmy Stewart
Clark Gable
Paul Robeson
Errol Flynn
None of these
Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Shirley Temple
Joan Crawford
None of these
Katherine Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
Laurence Olivier
Spencer Tracy
None of these
John Wayne
Cary Grant
Lauren Bacall
None of these
Judy Garland
Dorothy Lamour
Jane Wyman
Rita Hayworth
James Dean
None of these
Marlon Brando
Tony Curtis
Gregory Peck
Rock Hudson
Grace Kelly
None of these
Marilyn Monroe
Elizabeth Taylor
Debbie Reynolds
Dorothy Dandridge
Jack Lemmon
Warren Beatty
Sean Connery
Paul Newman
Sidney Poitier
None of these
Julie Andrews
Barbra Streisand
Audrey Hepburn
None of these
Sophia Loren
Natalie Wood
None of these
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Robert Redford
Bruce Lee
Diane Keaton
Diana Ross
Faye Dunaway
None of these
Jane Fonda
Raquel Welch
Mel Gibson
Tom Cruise
Sylvester Stallone
Eddie Murphy
None of these
Harrison Ford
Michelle Pfeiffer
Cher
Glenn Close
Goldie Hawn
Meryl Streep
None of these
None of these
Tom Hanks
Brad Pitt
Denzel Washington
Samuel L. Jackson
Robin Williams
None of these
Angela Bassett
Winona Ryder
Susan Sarandon
Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts
Heath Ledger
Hugh Jackman
Orlando Bloom
None of these
Christian Bale
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sandra Bullock
Kate Winslet
Halle Berry
Nicole Kidman
None of these
Reese Witherspoon
None of these
Robert Downey Jr.
Oscar Isaac
Mahershala Ali
Matthew McConaughey
Ryan Gosling
Emily Blunt
None of these
Anne Hathaway
Emma Stone
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Timothée Chalamet
None of these
Henry Cavill
Tom Holland
Robert Pattinson
Michael B. Jordan
Hailee Steinfeld
Zendaya
Anya Taylor-Joy
Sophie Turner
None of these
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.