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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Jimmy Stewart
Clark Gable
Paul Robeson
Fred Astaire
Errol Flynn
Shirley Temple
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Katherine Hepburn
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Laurence Olivier
John Wayne
Spencer Tracy
Humphrey Bogart
Cary Grant
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Dorothy Lamour
Judy Garland
Lauren Bacall
Jane Wyman
Rita Hayworth
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Rock Hudson
Tony Curtis
Gregory Peck
Marlon Brando
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James Dean
Debbie Reynolds
Elizabeth Taylor
Grace Kelly
Marilyn Monroe
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Dorothy Dandridge
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Sidney Poitier
Paul Newman
Jack Lemmon
Sean Connery
Warren Beatty
Audrey Hepburn
Barbra Streisand
Sophia Loren
Julie Andrews
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Natalie Wood
Bruce Lee
Robert De Niro
Jack Nicholson
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Al Pacino
Robert Redford
Faye Dunaway
Raquel Welch
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Diane Keaton
Jane Fonda
Diana Ross
Tom Cruise
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Harrison Ford
Eddie Murphy
Mel Gibson
Sylvester Stallone
Goldie Hawn
Meryl Streep
Michelle Pfeiffer
Glenn Close
Cher
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Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Hanks
Brad Pitt
Denzel Washington
Robin Williams
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Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts
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Susan Sarandon
Winona Ryder
Angela Bassett
Leonardo DiCaprio
Hugh Jackman
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Heath Ledger
Christian Bale
Orlando Bloom
Nicole Kidman
Reese Witherspoon
Sandra Bullock
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Kate Winslet
Halle Berry
Matthew McConaughey
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Robert Downey Jr.
Mahershala Ali
Oscar Isaac
Ryan Gosling
Emma Stone
Scarlett Johansson
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Jennifer Lawrence
Anne Hathaway
Emily Blunt
Robert Pattinson
Tom Holland
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Timothée Chalamet
Michael B. Jordan
Henry Cavill
Anya Taylor-Joy
Hailee Steinfeld
Sophie Turner
Margot Robbie
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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.