Editing Molly Ringwald (section)

== Early life and education ==
Ringwald was born in [[Roseville, California]], in 1968<ref name=biography.com /><ref name=MRingwald-EdgeBoston>{{cite web|url=http://www.edgeboston.com/columnists/fame_with_bebe_sweetbriar///143712/molly_ringwald_swings_on_new_cd|title=Molly Ringwald Swings on New CD|date=April 18, 2013|first=BeBe|last=Sweetbriar|publisher=EDGE Boston|access-date=July 20, 2013}}
*<sup>a</sup> "BeBe: I'm from the Sacramento, California area as are you, and we did a production of 'Oliver' together (as a part of Fagin's gang) at Sacramento State University once upon a time."&nbsp;– ¶ 14.
*<sup>b</sup> "BeBe: With my experience in knowing you from way back when in the theaters of our hometown of Sacramento, I was not of course surprised with this release from you knowing your roots in jazz with your Dad...— ¶ 34.</ref> the daughter of Adele Edith (''née'' Frembd), a cook, and Robert Scott "Bob" Ringwald, a blind jazz pianist.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bob Ringwald, jazz ambassador and actor's father, dies at 80 | website=AP NEWS | date=August 8, 2021 | url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-jazz-138d23020b02cdb4193c11c8df58da52 | access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> Ringwald has two siblings, Beth and Kelly, and an older brother, who died before she was born.<ref>[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/526/transcript Is That What I Look Like? (2014)]. This American Life Episode 526, Transcript.</ref> She is of [[German Americans|German]] and [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite episode|series=[[Who Do You Think You Are? (American TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]|title=Molly Ringwald|publisher=[[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]|airdate=April 24, 2016|season=7|number=4|url=https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/full-episodes/molly-ringwald}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{closed access}}</ref> She started her acting career at age five, appearing in a stage production of ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' as the Dormouse. The next year, she recorded ''Molly Sings: I Wanna Be Loved by You'', a music album of [[Dixieland jazz]] with her father and his group, the Fulton Street Jazz Band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fultonstreetjazz.com/music.php|title= Sacramento's Fulton Street Jazz Band's Recordings|date=July 11, 2011 | work=Fulton Street Jazz |access-date=May 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711053920/http://www.fultonstreetjazz.com/music.php|archive-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> Ringwald graduated from the [[Lycée Français de Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/new-again-molly-ringwald|title=New Again: Molly Ringwald|last=Belk|first=Melissa|date=4 December 2012|work=Interview|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>