Jean Peters

She died of Leukemia in 2000. Molly married her long time fiance Valery Lameignere on July 28, 1999, but they have since filed for divorce. Peters remarried after divorcing Hughes, and returned to acting with a few roles on television. She recently appeared in Not Another Teen Movie — a parody/tribute film of teen movies. She would state only that she had not seen Hughes for several years before their divorce. Ringwald is currently participating in plays in London, and she performed on Broadway before moving to England. The usually-paranoid Hughes surprised his aides when he did not insist on a confidentiality agreement from Peters; aides reported Peters was one of the few people Hughes never disparaged. Peters refused to discuss her life with Hughes, and declined several lucrative offers to do so. She later lived in France for four years and only appeared in French-language films.

She agreed to a lifetime alimony payment of US$70,000 annually, adjusted for inflation, and she waived all claims to Hughes' estate. During the period that Ringwald was Hollywood's top female teen, she appeared in countless covers of such publications as Tiger Beat, Teen and many others. In 1971, Peters and Hughes divorced. Among Ringwald's movies are Fresh Horses, The Pick Up Artist, and the movie that got the Brat Pack together: The Breakfast Club. She retired from acting during the marriage. The reporter published a sensationalist article calling her and her fellow actors (Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore and Anthony Michael Hall) The Brat Pack. In 1957, Peters married Howard Hughes, shortly before he faded from public view and became an eccentric recluse. The term was first coined in 1985 after a night out with a reporter of the New Yorker Magazine.

He thought Peters had the right blend of sex appeal and the tough-talking, streetwise characteristics he was seeking, and that Monroe was too innocent looking for the role. Ringwald was a member of the so-called Brat Pack. Director Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in 1953's Pickup On South Street. Her breakout role was Pretty in Pink (1986). Her first film, 1947's Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power was a hit, and Leonard Maltin writes that afterwards Peters spent the new decade playing "sexy spitfires, often in period dramas and Westerns." [1] (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676492/bio). At age eight, she landed herself a place on TV's New Mickey Mouse Club. After competing in a beauty contest in 1946, Peters went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. At age five, she starred in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland, playing the dormouse.

Elizabeth Jean Peters (born October 15, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, died October 13, 2000) was an American actress. Ringwald, the daughter of blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald, started her acting career young. After the success of the film, she appeared in many other teen movies. Molly Ringwald (born February 18, 1968 in Rosewood, California) is a red-haired American actress who first became famous and popular with teenagers in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles. Not Another Teen Movie (2001).

Betsy's Wedding (1990). Strike It Rich (1990). Fresh Horses (1988). For Keeps (1988).

The Pick-up Artist (1987). Pretty in Pink (1986). The Breakfast Club (1985). Sixteen Candles (1984).

Tempest (1982).