Favorite Female Child Stars 1950-2000 Movies and Television
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1. Chloe Franks
Actress | Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
In the mid-90s Chloe Franks was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. A grant from the Snowdon Award Scheme allowed her to retrain and she has since become a highly regarded campaigner for better employment and education options for people with disabilities. She is Director of Leadership Programmes ...
Another candidate for The Most Beautiful Little Girl in the World.
2. Patty McCormack
Actress | The Master
As a testament to her passion and talent, former 1950s pig-tailed moppet star Patty McCormack has remained a consistent presence on film and TV for over five decades. While the lovely and talented blonde suffered her share of hard knocks and obvious stereotypes in adjusting to an adult career, she ...
If "The Bad Seed" were the only thing she ever did, she would still be famous.
3. Terry Burnham
Actress | Imitation of Life
Terry Burnham was born on August 8, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Imitation of Life (1959), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966). She died on October 7, 2013 in Long Beach, California, USA.
"Imitation of Life" (1959), "The Twilight Zone" ('Nightmare as a Child').
4. Sandy Descher
Actress | Them!
Sandra Descher was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Descher on November 30, 1945 in Burbank, California. Ironically, she was discovered while on vacation with her family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Her first jobs were in uncredited bit parts in 1952. In 1954 Sandy played the traumatized little girl in "Them...
"Them!" "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (with former child star Elizabeth Taylor)
5. Gigi Perreau
Actress | Shadow on the Wall
A major little talent, this French-American moppet star of the late '40s and early '50s was able to parlay her precocious popularity into a modest young adult career, but then left it for family. She has nevertheless maintained on its fringe for decades.
Gigi Perreau was born on February 6, 1941, in...
8 movie credits from 1950 t0 1952, when she turned 11.
6. Noreen Corcoran
Actress | I Love Melvin
Noreen Corcoran was born on October 20, 1943 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for I Love Melvin (1953), General Electric Theater (1953) and The Girls on the Beach (1965). She died on January 15, 2016 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA.
"Bachelor Father"
7. Ann Jillian
Actress | Mr. Mom
Ann Jillian was born on January 29, 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA as Ann Jura Nauseda to Lithuanian immigrant parents. Her career began as a child actress in the 1960s. She is possibly best known for her role as Cassie Cranston on the 1980s sitcom It's a Living (1980). She is also known for...
"The Twilight Zone" ('Mute'), "Gypsy" (with former child star Natalie Wood).
8. Karen Sue Trent
Actress | Garden of Eden
Karen Sue Trent was born on March 14, 1948 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Garden of Eden (1954), Leave It to Beaver (1957) and Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958). She was married to Richard Trent. She died on February 20, 2022 in Wimauma, Florida, USA.
Penny Woods on "Leave It to Beaver"
9. Eve Plumb
Self | A Very Brady Renovation
Eve Plumb, the actress and painter most famous for playing the role of Jan on The Brady Bunch (1969), began acting professionally in 1966, appearing in TV commercials. The child actor began getting parts on series television in 1967.
Her place in TV history was cemented when she landed the role of ...
"The Brady Bunch"
10. Mary Badham
Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird
Mary Badham was born on October 7, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Let's Kill Uncle (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She has been married to Richard Wilt since 1975. They have two children.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" "The Twilight Zone" ('The Bewitchin' Pool')
11. Tracy Stratford
Actress | The Twilight Zone
Tracy Stratford was born on January 19, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Ben Casey (1961) and The Fugitive (1963). She has been married to William A. Shaw since October 13, 1979. She was previously married to Scott A. Seely.
"The Twilight Zone" ('Living Doll,' 'Little Girl Lost')
12. Sheila James Kuehl
Actress | The Stu Erwin Show
Baby Boomers remember well the dark-haired, diminutive (4'10") comedienne Sheila James, who raised a smile with her portrayals of tomboyish kid sisters and boy-crazy high schoolers on late-'50s and early-'60s TV. For a while she was a huge hit, backed by her characters' plaintive, pony-tailed ...
Most famous for playing teenager Zelda Gilroy on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," she was also in 70 Episodes of "The Stu Erwin Show" (aka "The Trouble with Father") between 1950 and 1955 and cute-as-a-button in Best Picture nominated "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954).
13. Janina Faye
Actress | Dracula
Janina Faye is a former child actress, quite popular during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in England to a Polish expatriate father. She appeared in several classic fantasy and horror films, having a substantial role in "Dracula" (1958).
In 1948, Faye was born in Hammersmith, a district of West ...
"Horror of Dracula"
14. Veronica Cartwright
Actress | Alien
Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, Veronica was cast in a number of popular movies such as William Wyler's The Children's Hour (1961), Spencer's Mountain (1963) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). As such,...
"The Birds"
15. Eileen Baral
Actress | Nanny and the Professor
Eileen Baral was born on August 21, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Nanny and the Professor (1970), Mirage (1965) and I Spy (1965).
16. Heather O'Rourke
Actress | Poltergeist
Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975 in Santee, San Diego, California, to Kathleen, a seamstress, and Michael O'Rourke, a construction worker. She had German, Danish, English, and Irish ancestry.
Heather entered American cinematic pop-culture before first grade. She was sitting ...
"Poltergeist" (1982), "Happy Days"(!)
17. Scarlett Johansson
Actress | Lost in Translation
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...
"Conan O'Brien" age 9
18. Lindsay Lohan
Actress | Mean Girls
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan. She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan ...
So cute (when she was a little girl, LOL)
19. Fairuza Balk
Actress | The Craft
"Fairuza!" ("Turquoise" in Farsi), her father exclaimed as he saw her blue eyes: Fairuza Alejandra Balk had just been born on May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California. Her father, Solomon Ben Feldthouse, was a traveling musician originally from Idaho, and her mother, Cathryn Balk, was a belly dancer...
"Return to OZ"
20. Brooke Shields
Actress | The Blue Lagoon
"Want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." If you have not heard of Brooke Shields before, this tagline from her Calvin Klein Jeans ad had to grab your attention. Not that she has not had a previously noteworthy resume. She was born on May 31, 1965 in New York City, to Teri (...
"After the Fall," age 9
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