Child Stars

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When 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal became the youngest actress to win an Academy Award, her parents were no where to be found.

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American actress Patty Duke seemed to have it all. Having achieved glory at a young age, her rise to fame appeared to be the stuff of Hollywood dreams. But behind the closed curtains, her life...

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At one point in Macaulay Culkin’s career he was the highest-paid child actor, and yet he received seven nominations for worst actor of the year.

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In 1993, Jay North shocked the public when he opened up about the mistreatment he experienced while filming the beloved sitcom, “Dennis the Menace.”

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Robert Blake was a child star that stood the test of time. However, his dark personal life transformed his status from famous to downright infamous.

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Baby Peggy’s time in Hollywood was unbelievably disturbing—but it wasn’t until years later that she exposed the demons of her past in her bombshell memoir.



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