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Katherine Elizabeth Vernon [1] (born 1961) [2] is a Canadian-born American actress. She is known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1984–1985), the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink (1986), Sophia in the 1992 film Malcolm X, and Ellen Tigh in the 2004 Syfy series Battlestar Galactica.
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. A cult classic, [3] [4] it is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film. It was directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, and written by John Hughes, who also served as co-executive producer.
She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), she played teacher Louanne Johnson on ABC drama Dangerous Minds for one season 1996–1997, and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary-Elizabeth "M.E." Sims in the Lifetime drama ...
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) [1] is an American actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child actress on the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979–1980) before being nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the drama film Tempest (1982).
Molly Ringwald says she wasn’t exactly tickled about wearing the iconic prom dress in "Pretty in Pink." The actor reviewed some of her famous looks throughout her career in an interview with ...
Almost 40 years after starring in John Hughes' iconic 1986 film Pretty in Pink, Andrew McCarthy says his "miscasting" was all thanks to co-star Molly Ringwald. Sitting down for an ET rETrospective ...
Along with her fellow cast members, Colin won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. [6] In 2019, she reprised her role as McCabe in the seventh season premiere of Veep and again in the series finale. Colin performed on Broadway as Mrs. Mullin in the 2018 revival of Carousel.
It was recorded for the soundtrack to the film Pretty in Pink (1986), in which it is played prominently during the final scene. Along with 1980's "Enola Gay", the track has been described as OMD's signature song. "If You Leave" is the group's highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 4 in May 1986. The song ...