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