Hollywood history is filled with iconic stars who shaped the movies we watch today. This quiz focuses on three legends: Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, and Barbara Stanwyck.
You will find questions about their early careers, major noir roles, and their lives off-screen. It covers details like specific film scenes, real-life controversies, and their birth names.
If you enjoy this, check out our other pages on Golden Age Hollywood, the dark themes of Film Noir, and deep dives into Hollywood Actors.
Which actress began her career as a Ziegfeld girl in the late 1920s before becoming a major Hollywood star?
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Lana Turner
Lana Turner
In which 1946 film noir classic is Lana Turner famously introduced wearing white shorts and a turban?
Gilda
Gilda
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
Which actress became known as ‘The Love Goddess’ during the 1940s?
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
In which film does Barbara Stanwyck play the manipulative Phyllis Dietrichson?
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sorry, Wrong Number
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
Rita Hayworth’s character performs a famous glove-striptease song sequence in which movie?
You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier
Gilda
Gilda
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
Cover Girl
Cover Girl
Lana Turner delivered an acclaimed performance as an alcoholic actress in which 1952 film?
Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
Barbara Stanwyck, born Ruby Stevens, was a native of which US location?
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Staten Island, New York
Staten Island, New York
The Bronx, New York
The Bronx, New York
Queens, New York
Queens, New York
What was the birth name of Rita Hayworth?
Norma Jeane Mortenson
Norma Jeane Mortenson
Greta Gustafsson
Greta Gustafsson
Margarita Cansino
Margarita Cansino
Virginia McMath
Virginia McMath
What was the birth name of Lana Turner?
Margarita Carmen Cansino
Margarita Carmen Cansino
Julia Jean Turner
Julia Jean Turner
Ruby Catherine Stevens
Ruby Catherine Stevens
Barbara Ann Stevens
Barbara Ann Stevens
Rita Hayworth starred alongside her then-husband in which 1947 noir film?
You Were Never Lovelier
You Were Never Lovelier
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
Cover Girl
Cover Girl
Gilda
Gilda
In the film ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’, Barbara Stanwyck’s character is terrorized by what specific sound?
The postman’s arrival
The postman’s arrival
The sound of a telephone ringing
The sound of a telephone ringing
The slamming of a door
The slamming of a door
The clicking of a lighter
The clicking of a lighter
Which legendary performer starred alongside Rita Hayworth in ‘You Were Never Lovely’ and ‘Cover Girl’?
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
The 1946 film ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ was based on the 1934 novel by which author?
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
James M. Cain
James M. Cain
Which of these actresses never won a competitive Academy Award for acting?
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
In which film did Rita Hayworth famously cut her long, iconic red hair into a short, platinum-blonde bob?
The Loves of Carmen
The Loves of Carmen
Gilda
Gilda
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
Down to Earth
Down to Earth
Urban legend claims Lana Turner was discovered by a talent scout in which specific location?
A train station platform
A train station platform
A drugstore soda fountain
A drugstore soda fountain
A nightclub audition
A nightclub audition
A high school cafeteria
A high school cafeteria
Barbara Stanwyck perfected the ‘screwball comedy’ genre in which 1941 Preston Sturges film?
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
All I Desire
All I Desire
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve
Lana Turner’s controversial real-life association with which individual led to a notorious 1958 scandal?
Johnny Stompanato
Johnny Stompanato
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
In the 1948 version of which classic literary adaptation did Lana Turner portray Lady de Winter?
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Captain Blood
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
Barbara Stanwyck starred in multiple films for which director, including ‘Meet John Doe’?
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
John Ford
John Ford
Rita Hayworth starred in a 1953 film adaptation of a Somerset Maugham story titled:
Fire Down Below
Fire Down Below
Salome
Salome
Miss Sadie Thompson
Miss Sadie Thompson
Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad
Lana Turner received her only Academy Award nomination for her role in which 1957 film?
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
Madame X
Madame X
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