On this day in history: On Apr. 12, 1985, the film Girls Just Want to Have Fun was released in theaters nationwide.

This film paved the way for then unknown actors Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Jonathan Silverman and Shannen Doherty. Lee Montgomery, who played ‘Jeff Malene’ in GJWTHF and who began his acting career as a child in the early 1970’s, left show business about three years after GJWTHF was released.

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