Cyndi Lauper
In Cyndi Lauper's iconic "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video, the actress playing her mother was her actual mom, Catrine Lauper. To play her father, Cyndi personally cast the famous wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano, creating a perfect comedic duo. The video was a celebration of fun and family, and it won the very first VMA for Best Female Video. The song was originally written and recorded in 1979 by a man, Robert Hazard, from a male point of view. Cyndi Lauper changed a few key lyrics to completely reframe it as a female anthem. The vibrant bedroom scene was filmed in Cyndi's actual, personally decorated room in a small apartment she was renting at the time. The video was one of the first to feature a multi-ethnic cast of women in lead roles, a conscious choice by Lauper to represent all the girls who just wanted to have fun.