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