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