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Harvey Stephens

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. 

The Redrum Kid from the good Shining

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 [...]

Those Two Scary Girls from The Shining

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 [...]

Darla Hood

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. [...]

Keisha Knight Puliam

She played Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show.  

Lara Jill Miller

Samantha Kanisky, youngest daughter of Chief Cark Kanisky on Gimme A Break (the old show with the late Nell Carter and late Dolph Sweet )

Patti Petersen

3 seasons as Tricia Stone , the adopted daughter of Alex and Donna Stone on The Donna Reed Show.  

Quinn Cummings

Annie Lawrence on Family, and of course the “bratty” daughter of Marsha Mason in the original movie version of the Goodbye Girl.  

Erin Murphy

Tabitha Stevens, the original on Bewitched. 

Dawn Lyn

Dodie Harper Douglas on My Three Sons.