Summary: Molly Ringwald's career began not as the teen star of John Hughes movies, but as a jazz singer. At age six, she recorded an album of Dixieland jazz produced by her pianist father. In the 1980s, Ringwald starred in a series of John Hughes movies that made her a teen icon, including "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink." She has performed on Broadway and has most recently starred in the ABC Family TV series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." Ringwald wrote a memoir in 2010, and this year released a book of interconnected short stories called "When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories." She spoke at the Elliott Bay Book Company on September 7, 2012.
