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