Nathan Rabin may have coined the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl to describe Kirsten Dunst's character in 'Elizabethtown' (a fact that was news to Kirsten), but she was hardly the first ingenue to use her feminine wiles to help a leading man find himself. From Jean Arthur to Claudette Colbert to -- perhaps most famously -- Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' the golden age of Hollywood was littered with MPDGs. To mark the 50th anniversary of 'Tiffany's,' Moviefone decided to celebrate Ms. Golightly's style, spirit, and status as the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl with an alphabetized list of cinema's finest, from A to Z. Too bad these types live only in the minds of male screenwriters because they seem really handy to have around when things are dull.
(Apologies to Shirley Maclaine, Parker Posey and Drew Barrymore, et al.)
The Evolution of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl From Audrey to Zooey
- A is for Audrey Hepburn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
- B is for 'Breathless,' with Jean Seberg
- C is for Claudette Colbert in 'The Palm Beach Story'
- D is for Kirsten Dunst in 'Elizabethtown'
- E is for 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' with Kate Winslet
- F is for 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' with Mila Kunis
- G is for Geena Davis in 'The Accidental Tourist'
- H is for Kate Hudson in 'Almost Famous'
- I is for 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' with Emma Roberts
- J is for Jeanne Moreau in 'Jules and Jim'
- K is for Anna Karina in 'A Woman Is a Woman'
- L is for Liza Minelli in 'Arthur'
- M is for Melanie Griffith in 'Something Wild'
- N is for Natalie Portman in 'Garden State'
- O is for 'One Crazy Summer' with Demi Moore
- P is for Sarah Jessica Parker in 'LA Story'
- Q is for Jackie Q., Rose Byrne's character in 'Get Him to the Greek'
- R is for Julia Roberts in 'Pretty Woman'
- S is for Sienna Miller in 'Factory Girl'
- T is for Toronto (the setting of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World')
- U is for Uma Thurman in 'Pulp Fiction'
- V is for 'Vivacious Lady' with Ginger Rogers
- W is for 'What's Up, Doc?' with Barbra Streisand
- X is for X-rated Elisha Cuthbert in 'The Girl Next Door'
- Y is for 'You Can't Take It With You' with Jean Arthur
- Z is for Zooey Deschanel in '(500) Days of Summer'
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