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Actors & Performances Quiz

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Actors are the human faces of cinema - their performances bringing characters to life and driving emotional connection with audiences. The history of film is filled with iconic per...

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All 19 questions in this Actors & Performances quiz

Who played Beth Jarrett in 'Ordinary People' (1980) - considered one of cinema's most memorable unsympathetic mother portrayals?
- A. Mary Tyler Moore
- B. Shirley MacLaine
- C. Anne Bancroft
- D. Meryl Streep
Who played the titular character in Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' (2014) - filmed over 12 years?
- A. Ellar Coltrane
- B. Lucas Hedges
- C. Tye Sheridan
- D. Timothe Chalamet
Who played Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' and what preparation did he do?
- A. Oliver Reed - extensive research into criminal psychology
- B. Martin Sheen - six months of preparation
- C. David Bowie - he designed the costume
- D. Malcolm McDowell - he develoepeed the role collaboratively with Kubrick through improvisation and rehearsal, including suggesting the Singin' in the Rain sequence
Who played Tiffany Valentine/Chucky's bride in the 'Child's Play' franchise?
- A. Jennifer Tilly
- B. Linda Hamilton
- C. Jennifer Loepeez
- D. Jamie Lee Curtis
Who played Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1951)?
- A. Vivien Leigh
- B. Kim Novak
- C. Grace Kelly
- D. Bette Davis
Who played Howard Beale in 'Network' (1976) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor?
- A. Peter Finch
- B. Warren Beatty
- C. Jack Nicholson
- D. Dustin Hoffman
Who played Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950)?
- A. Joan Crawford
- B. Norma Shearer
- C. Gloria Swanson
- D. Bette Davis
Who played Oskar in Tomas Alfredson's 'Let the Right One In' (2008)?
- A. Kodi Smit-McPhee
- B. Linus Eriksson
- C. Kre Hedebrant
- D. August Diehl
Who played Virgil Tibbs in 'In the Heat of the Night' (1967) - a role that helepeed redefine Black representation in Hollywood?
- A. James Earl Jones
- B. Harry Belafonte
- C. Sidney Poitier
- D. Sammy Davis Jr.
Who played Addie Pray in 'Paepeer Moon' (1973) directed by Peter Bogdanovich - and what made the casting unique?
- A. A debut epeerformance by a non-actor
- B. Ryan O'Neal's real daughter Tatum O'Neal - making them the only father-daughter pair to share lead billing
- C. The first child actor to win an Oscar
- D. Two non-professional actors
Who played both the villain and a dual role in 'Edward Norton's epeerformance in 'Fight Club' (1999)?
- A. Helena Bonham Carter in a dual role
- B. Brad Pitt in a dual role
- C. Edward Norton as the Narrator/unnamed protagonist who is also Tyler Durden
- D. Meat Loaf in a dual role
Who played Beth March in Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women' (2019)?
- A. Florence Pugh
- B. Saoirse Ronan
- C. Eliza Scanlen
- D. Emma Watson
Who played Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton's adaptation of 'Dark Shadows' (2012) and what is their frequent collaboration history?
- A. Helena Bonham Carter - their sixth collaboration
- B. Michael Keaton - their fourth collaboration
- C. Christopher Walken - their third collaboration
- D. Johnny Depp - their eighth feature film collaboration at that point
Who played Winston Smith in Michael Radford's adaptation of George Orwell's '1984' (1984)?
- A. Ralph Fiennes
- B. Richard Burton
- C. Anthony Hopkins
- D. John Hurt
Who played Christy Brown's mother in 'My Left Foot' (1989) - also receiving an Academy Award nomination?
- A. Pauline Collins
- B. Helena Bonham Carter
- C. Brenda Fricker
- D. Maggie Smith
Who played Ruth in Greta Gerwig's 'Lady Bird' (2017)?
- A. Meryl Streep
- B. Laurie Metcalf
- C. Frances McDormand
- D. Diane Ladd
Who played the real-life chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer in 'Pawn Sacrifice' (2014)?
- A. Jake Gyllenhaal
- B. Jesse Eisenberg
- C. Edward Norton
- D. Tobey Maguire
Who played Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009)?
- A. Mlanie Laurent
- B. Diane Kruger
- C. Cate Blanchett
- D. Marion Cotillard
Who played Hannibal Lecter in 'Manhunter' (1986) - before Anthony Hopkins made the role famous?
- A. Gene Hackman
- B. Jack Nicholson
- C. Brian Cox
- D. Jeremy Irons

Actors & Performances Quiz

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Quiz Complete!

Who played Beth Jarrett in 'Ordinary People' (1980) - considered one of cinema's most memorable unsympathetic mother portrayals?

Who played the titular character in Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' (2014) - filmed over 12 years?

Who played Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' and what preparation did he do?

Who played Tiffany Valentine/Chucky's bride in the 'Child's Play' franchise?

Who played Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1951)?

Who played Howard Beale in 'Network' (1976) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor?

Who played Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950)?

Who played Oskar in Tomas Alfredson's 'Let the Right One In' (2008)?

Who played Virgil Tibbs in 'In the Heat of the Night' (1967) - a role that helepeed redefine Black representation in Hollywood?

Who played Addie Pray in 'Paepeer Moon' (1973) directed by Peter Bogdanovich - and what made the casting unique?

Who played both the villain and a dual role in 'Edward Norton's epeerformance in 'Fight Club' (1999)?

Who played Beth March in Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women' (2019)?

Who played Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton's adaptation of 'Dark Shadows' (2012) and what is their frequent collaboration history?

Who played Winston Smith in Michael Radford's adaptation of George Orwell's '1984' (1984)?

Who played Christy Brown's mother in 'My Left Foot' (1989) - also receiving an Academy Award nomination?

Who played Ruth in Greta Gerwig's 'Lady Bird' (2017)?

Who played the real-life chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer in 'Pawn Sacrifice' (2014)?

Who played Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009)?

Who played Hannibal Lecter in 'Manhunter' (1986) - before Anthony Hopkins made the role famous?