Picture of Molly and her mother from 1982.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AszLpU6CIAAZ62g?format=jpg&name=small

MOLLY has got black hair there lol!

MOLLY has got black hair there lol!

She would have been 13 or 14 then. Teenagers like to do strange things to their hair.

She would have been 13 or 14 then. Teenagers like to do strange things to their hair.





Not all of them: it wasn't until i was in my late 20 s that i started doing crazy things with my hair lol! (of course i was going on and off to the hairdresser):wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave:

Another photo of Molly from 1982. I am not sure who the guy is. He could be her brother Kelly.
https://www.alamy.com/molly-ringwald-circa-1982-jrc-the-hollywood-archive-all-rights-reserved-file-reference-32557-176jrc-image219058591.html

It's amazing how much MOLLY changed from FOL 1979 to 1982: in the photo with the guy she looks more like she did in the 'Breakfast club' (i suppose she was already a teenager then, whereas on FOL she was just a kid)

It's amazing how much MOLLY changed from FOL 1979 to 1982: in the photo with the guy she looks more like she did in the 'Breakfast club' (i suppose she was already a teenager then, whereas on FOL she was just a kid)

Molly grew a lot from just Season 1a to Season 1b and then grew quite a between Season 1 to the New Girl, Part 2 in Season 2. Since she had at least 1 movie in each Season of the Facts of Life, we know what she would have looked like if she had stayed on the Facts of Life thoughout the series. In the end, she would have just towered over all the girls. She grew to be at least Felice/Nancy O's height.

I agree: MOLLY would have towered over all the girls: she might have even intimidated tough Bronx girl JO ha ha!!!!!

I agree: MOLLY would have towered over all the girls: she might have even intimidated tough Bronx girl JO ha ha!!!!!

She certainly would have turned the tables on Mindy (Molly said she was intimidated by Mindy).

We really don't know what the other lost girls would have looked like if they had stayed on from Season 4-7.

She certainly would have turned the tables on Mindy (Molly said she was intimidated by Mindy).

We really don't know what the other lost girls would have looked like if they had stayed on from Season 4-7.





MINDY doesn't strike me as an intimidated person at all: NANCY MCKEON as JO did though!

As for the lost girls: JULIE ANN HADDOCK as CINDY became without any doubt, the best looking one of them all! (during season 1, i thought FELICE SCHACHTER as NANCY was the best looking 'lost girl').

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MINDY doesn't strike me as an intimidated person at all: NANCY MCKEON as JO did though!

As for the lost girls: JULIE ANN HADDOCK as CINDY became without any doubt, the best looking one of them all! (during season 1, i thought FELICE SCHACHTER as NANCY was the best looking 'lost girl').

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Cindy was my big crush at the time during season 1. Julie Anne is 6 months younger than I am.

Cindy was my big crush at the time during season 1. Julie Anne is 6 months younger than I am.



I see what you mean about CINDY: she was pretty even when she was a tomboy!

I'd say, most of the older girls were beautiful in different ways:

1.BLAIR as my number one, had that kind of movie star astonishing beautiful girl look, with a touch of innocence on it!
2.NANCY was the exotic Mediterranean beauty!
3.CINDY was the fairy tale innocent beauty!
And finally,
4.SUE ANN was, what i call the all american beauty!

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I wonder what Felice's ancestry is. Her last name is very German, but she looks Italian. We do know she is Jewish. In the US, it was not uncommon for Italians and Jews to intermarry. There was a comedy play called "My Father is Italian, my mother is Jewish, I am in Therapy."

I wonder what Felice's ancestry is. Her last name is very German, but she looks Italian. We do know she is Jewish. In the US, it was not uncommon for Italians and Jews to intermarry. There was a comedy play called "My Father is Italian, my mother is Jewish, I am in Therapy."





I bet you 100 bucks that's probably what happened with FELICE family: she simply does NOT look German at all!!!!! (Being Jewish, her ancestors most probably mixed with some Italian/Greek people)......

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She sure looks different

Molly did look very boyish prior to her John Hughes films.

Molly did look very boyish prior to her John Hughes films.



You're right: MOLLY was rather plain and boyish during the FOL era, but she surely blossomed into a beautiful teenager once she started in her John Hughes movies!
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I bet you 100 bucks that's probably what happened with FELICE family: she simply does NOT look German at all!!!!! (Being Jewish, her ancestors most probably mixed with some Italian/Greek people)......

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It would be interesting to see If Felice's mom had Italian ancestry in her. She always used her married name

It would be interesting to see If Felice's mom had Italian ancestry in her. She always used her married name



Is there a way to find out?????
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Is there a way to find out?????
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I think this woman was Felice's maternal grandmother so it appears that her mother is Russian-Jewish.
https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9A0CE4DF163AF933A15756C0A96F9C8B63.html

I think this woman was Felice's maternal grandmother so it appears that her mother is Russian-Jewish.
https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9A0CE4DF163AF933A15756C0A96F9C8B63.html




Yep, i can see some Russian blood in FELICE: after all, they are a mixed nation (CHARLOTTE RAE's family was originally from Russia too) so that would explain it!

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...And that's why she wasn't "All American" ;)

...And that's why she wasn't "All American" ;)


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...And that's why she wasn't "All American" ;)

Haha not unless shes Native American