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Archive for the ‘Childhood Stars’ Category

Tommy Rettig

Played Jeff Miller on the original Lassie TV Series. Also co-starred with Tony Dow in the teen soap opera Never Too Young.

Hayley Mills

Starred in numerous Disney movies, such as: That Darn Cat, The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, and The Moonspiners. Also appeared in Whistle Down, The Wind, The Truth About Spring, and The Parent Trap 2(filmed in the 90′s). These were all made in the 1960′s. She received the last ever juvenile Oscar for her role in Pollyanna. [...]

Matthew Garber

Co-starred with Karen Dotrice as Michael Banks, as well as in The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Gnome-mobile.

Christy Romano

Making her debut with a bit part in Woody Allen‘s ‘Everyone Says I Love You’, Romano was signed by Disney in 2000 to star in their series ‘Even Stevens’ opposite a young Shia LaBeouf. During the show’s last season (2002-2003), she began a six year run voicing the title role for the Disney Channel’s animated [...]

Bobby Breen

Touted as the Boy Soprano, the Toronto-born Breen starred in seven b musicals for RKO from 1936 to 1939, entertaining Depression-era audiences. In 1942, the then 15 year old was embarassed after hearing his Mickey Mouse-like speaking voice in Johnny Doughboy and quit the movie business. He tried to revitalize his career with a nightclub [...]

Wednesday Addams

Lisa Loring is an American actress. She is best known for playing Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family television show from 1964 – 1966. She also appeared on the ABC sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton. She later appeared on the soap opera As the World Turns from 1981 to 1983.  

Kim Fields

Most famous for her role as Tootie on the Facts of Life from 1979 – 1988. Won two Young Artist awards in 1981 and 1982 for Best Young Comedienne. She had a starring role in the hit FOX sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 as Regine Hunter.  

Mellissa Sue Anderson

Melissa Sue Anderson is an American actress. She began with commercials, then moved on to TV shows, after school specials and movies. She appeared in many popular shows – Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, Shaft, Little House on the Prairie (she played Mary Ingalls from 1974 to 1982), Murder She Wrote, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the [...]

Rodney Allen Rippy

Best known initially as the cute little kid who did those Jack In The Boxcommercials, Rodney went on to do a variety of other commercials. His “cuteness factor” landed him guest appearances on all of the hottest TV shows in the early 70s and gave him the opportunity to work with some of the biggest [...]

Johnny Crawford

Best known for his role as Mark McCain in ABC-TV’s popular Western series, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors. Johnny’s career began in 1955 as one of Walt Disney‘s original Mouseketeers. Signed by Del-Fi Records in 1961, Johnny became one of Hollywood’s first “teen idols” with five hits in the 1960s: Cindy’s Birthday, Rumors, Your Nose [...]