Can You Name All of These Hollywood Couples That Co-starred in Multiple Classic Films Together?

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There were many times over the history of classic films that handsome leading men and swoon-worthy femme fatales were paired together due to their on-screen chemistry and box office draw. Can you name all of these on-screen couples? Take this quiz and challenge what you think you know about these Hollywood pairings.



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Question 1

Making 11 tumultuous films together, this on-again, off-again real-life couple had even more drama in their own lives than they shared on the screen which is saying a lot. Their performances in Cleopatra won critical acclaim and landed them in 10 more films together.

  • A
    Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon
  • B
    Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
  • C
    George Segal and Suzanne Pleshette
  • D
    Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh

Question 2

This dancing duo tapped and spun their way into American hearts as they starred opposite each other in some 10 films, and their dance in "Let's Face the Music and Dance" is one of their all-time best dance numbers.

  • A
    Hedy Lamarr and Charles Boyer
  • B
    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • C
    Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamore
  • D
    Irene Dunn and Cary Grant

Question 3

These two youngsters were paired for 10 performances and grew up together in front of America's eyes. They co-starred in the Andy Hardy movie series as well as a couple of special productions.

  • A
    Jane Wyman and Jack Oakey
  • B
    Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
  • C
    Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
  • D
    Lew Ayres and Sandy Dennis

Question 4

This on-screen couple were the best of friends in real life and stayed in touch until he died of AIDS in 1985. Who was this couple that starred in the fan-favorite film Pillow Talk?

  • A
    Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
  • B
    Doris Day and Rock Hudson
  • C
    John Barrymore and Dolores Costello
  • D
    Jane Wyman and Don Ameche

Question 5

This couple of the silver screen only made two films together, years apart, each with one-word titles: Notorious and Indiscreet. Though they each acted with other people many more times, these two films were box office hits and gave each of their careers a boost. Who were these rock-solid Hollywood stars?

  • A
    Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
  • B
    James Mason and Eva Marie Saint
  • C
    Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
  • D
    Claude Rains and Dolores Del Rio

Question 6

This real-life husband and wife were also partners in 28 Hollywood films together, all westerns. Can you name this dynamic duo?

  • A
    Robert Redford and Jane Fonda
  • B
    Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
  • C
    Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
  • D
    George Burns and Gracie Allen

Question 7

This controversial couple made many films together, including Woman of the Year and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. They had an ongoing affair for 26 years in real life. Who is this couple?

  • A
    Montgomery Clift and Syd Cherise
  • B
    Van Johnson and June Allyson
  • C
    Clark Gable and Loretta Young
  • D
    Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

Question 8

The "Road" pictures became quite a hit and were filled with inside jokes and miscommunication. Which of these two actors usually found romance on the road in these campy, tongue-in-cheek romantic hijinks films?

  • A
    Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn
  • B
    Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
  • C
    Richard Taylor and Vanessa Redgrave
  • D
    Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour

Question 9

Together off-screen as well as on, who was this couple that brought us classic film noirs the likes of To Have and Have Not and Key Largo?

  • A
    Melvyn Douglas and Margaret Dumont
  • B
    Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward
  • C
    Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
  • D
    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Question 10

Who are these actors that played in three movies based on real-life people, the most famous of whom was major league baseball player Monty Stratton in The Stratton Story?

  • A
    Gene Kelly and Ida Lupino
  • B
    Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson
  • C
    Red Skelton and Lucille Ball
  • D
    Zsa Zsu Pitts and Milton Berle

Question 11

Known as the "King and Queen of Hollywood," these co-stars shared the screen in eight films.

  • A
    Greta Garbo and Robert Tayor
  • B
    Grace Kelly and Cary Grant
  • C
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
  • D
    Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles

Question 12

This dynamic duo had too much fun filming together and were great friends off-screen. On screen, they made audiences roar with their film Bringing Up Baby. Who are they?

  • A
    Jack Oakey and Loretta Young
  • B
    WC Fields and Mae West
  • C
    June Lockhart and Tyrone Power
  • D
    Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

Question 13

This couple was more the outdoorsy type - at least in their films. He gave us a rugged and athletic Tarzan, and she gave us a beautiful and tender Jane. Who was this couple that shared the screen in the Tarzan films Tarzan the Ape Man and Tarzan and His Mate?

  • A
    Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels
  • B
    Don Ameche and June Lockhart
  • C
    Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
  • D
    Maureen O'Hara and Roddy McDowell

Question 14

These two fresh-faced and wholesome actors made a great couple in films and were paired in three movies together including most notably Two Girls and a Sailor.

  • A
    Van Johnson and June Allyson
  • B
    Alland Lad and Claire Bloom
  • C
    Miriam Hopkin and Robert Walker
  • D
    Cary Grant and Joan Bennett

Question 15

Beginning their eight-film career as Ma and Pa Kettle in the movie The Egg and I, this screen couple's films always featured comedic misunderstandings and a passel of noisy kids.

  • A
    Joel McCrea and Jane Wyman
  • B
    Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert
  • C
    Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride
  • D
    Shirley Jones and Dan Durea

Question 16

Who were the actors, also great real-life friends, that appeared on the silver screen together a whopping 14 times over their careers including the comedy I Love you, Again?

  • A
    Gig Young and Doris Day
  • B
    William Powell and Myrna Loy
  • C
    Jack Benny and Sambelia Jones
  • D
    Janet Leigh and Robert Taylor

Question 17

Which stars brought us the tender story of Penny Serenade and the lively romantic comedy My Favorite Wife?

  • A
    Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright
  • B
    Dana Andrews and Dana Wynter
  • C
    Cary Grant and Irene Dunne
  • D
    James Garner and Doris Day

Question 18

These two actors were a hit in their film Meet John Doe about a down and out-of-work baseball player that gets conned into pretending he's going to kill himself so the female lead - a journalist - can get a newspaper article out of the deal. Romance and mayhem ensue. Who are these popular actors that were paired in a total of three films?

  • A
    Walter Pidgeon and Joan Fontaine
  • B
    Dirk Bogarde and Janet Russell
  • C
    Robert Mitchum and Lee Remick
  • D
    Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

Question 19

An unlikely pair, this duo made two films together. The first, Min and Billwon her an Academy Award as Best Actress. The second, Tugboat Annie enjoyed great popularity as well. No love was lost behind the scenes for these two though. Their relationship was all business.

  • A
    George Brent and Ida Lupino
  • B
    Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler
  • C
    George Burns and Gracie Allen
  • D
    Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire

Question 20

Which on-screen couple starred in a few films with difficult emotional and romantic situations? She played a teenager with a crush on him in Since You Went Away and a woman his equal in Duel in the Sun.

  • A
    Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones
  • B
    Spring Byington and S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
  • C
    Lionel Barrymore and Janet Gaynor
  • D
    Marie Dressler and Walter Beery

Question 21

With her long mysterious bangs (a product of fine, thin hair that wouldn't stay put) and his blond-haired dark-eyed good looks, this couple made detective work look glamorous. Their most famous film was "This Gun For Hire."

  • A
    Lana Turner and John Garfield
  • B
    Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine
  • C
    Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
  • D
    Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

Question 22

Who was this film couple that made a total of eight films together, highlighted by the fan favorite, "The Adventures of Robin Hood"?

  • A
    Tyrone Power and Eleanor Parker
  • B
    Jimmy Stewart and Joan Fontaine
  • C
    Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers
  • D
    Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland

Question 23

Which actor and actress were paired together in four movies, but not always as love interests? They most famously gave us "Now Voyager."

  • A
    Edna Purviance and Charles Chaplin
  • B
    Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury
  • C
    Claude Rains and Bette Davis
  • D
    Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand

Question 24

This couple was a solid draw at the box office, so they were paired repeatedly in films the most well known of which is "Mrs. Miniver." Who are these actors?

  • A
    Robert Donat and Celeste Holm
  • B
    Cary Grant and Besty Drake
  • C
    Bobe Hope and Virginia Mayo
  • D
    Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon

Question 25

This popular song and dance couple graced the screen with seven films which involved a great deal of singing and dancing. True entertainers, who is this couple that gave us "42nd Street" and "Gold Diggers of 1933"?

  • A
    James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan
  • B
    Johnny Weissmuller and Margaret Sullavan
  • C
    Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney
  • D
    Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler

Question 26

Most remembered for their work together in "That Hamilton Woman," these stars of both British and American stage and screen were married in real life, and their chemistry was palpable.

  • A
    SIr John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave
  • B
    Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
  • C
    Jean Harlow and John Gilbert
  • D
    Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland

Question 27

Who was the musical couple, most famous for their pairing in "Naughty Marietta," that was also in love in real life, but were never able to marry because of interference from studio bosses?

  • A
    Helen Hayes and George Raft
  • B
    Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
  • C
    Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier
  • D
    Clark Gable and Carole Lombard

Question 28

What leading man and lady joined forces to bring us a run of romantic comedies, starting with the pre-code film "Loose Ankles"?

  • A
    Nita Naldi and Rudolph Valentino
  • B
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Loretta Young
  • C
    Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester
  • D
    Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky

Question 29

Which comedic actress took on a very serious role in the film "Night Must Fall" opposite another actor who was as adept at making you laugh as he was at scaring you to death.

  • A
    Randolph Scott and June Lockhart
  • B
    Bobby Vernon and Gloria Swanson
  • C
    John Barrymore and Mary Astor
  • D
    Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery

Question 30

This film pairing brought a darker and more mysterious flavor to the movies, often involving spies or secrets, such as in "The Devil Is a Woman." He grew a mustache to appear more intimidating and was unkind to fellow actors, while she was referred to as "Mother Teresa with legs." Who was this couple making American films with heavy French and German accents?

  • A
    Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor
  • B
    Betty Grable and Dan Dailey
  • C
    Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
  • D
    Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich

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Liked it alot! Got 28 out of 30!

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28/30 👍🏻

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This quiz was great. I got 29 out of 30 correct. I watch a lot of old movies, so that helped.

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