Childhood Stars

Bobby Breen

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

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 […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Kim Fields

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Kim Fields is 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.

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Mellissa Sue Anderson

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

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 […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Rodney Allen Rippy

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

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 […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Johnny Crawford

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

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 […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Harvey Stephens

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Played Damien – child antichrist – in the 1976 movie The Omen. Having no previous acting experience Harvey Stephens was chosen by casting directors looking for a “real” child to play the evil Damien. Originally a blonde his hair was died black for the role.

Last news on: December, 12 2019
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The Redrum Kid from the good Shining

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Danny Lloyd was just a little kid with amazing powers of concentrations when he was plucked from obscurity to defeat the evil Jack Nicholson in Kubrick’s version of The Shining. Since he was so young, he wasn’t even told he was making a horror film. His performance was so memorable that he was almost guaranteed […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Those Two Scary Girls from The Shining

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Perhaps only Stanley Kubrick could have made the most terrifying scene in all of film history using only three kids and a Big Wheel. Lisa and Louise Burns were real-life twin sisters who played the unfortunate victims of an earlier psychopathic caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. The bizarre appearance of the young girls and their […]

Last news on: January, 01 2020
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Darla Hood

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

The adorable dark-haired love interest of Alfalfa in the popular Our Gang (Little Rascals) shorts from 1935-1941. Darla often presented an obstacle to Alfalfa’s continued memerbship in the He-Man Woman Hater’s Club. After outgrowing her childhood stardom, she appeared in a few minor roles in movies before beginning a singing career while in high school.

Last news on: December, 12 2019
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Keisha Knight Puliam

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

She played Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show.

Last news on: December, 12 2019
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