Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Elizabeth Taylor
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Tom Scola - Jul 14, 2004 4:29:49 am PDT #514 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Hil R. - Jul 14, 2004 4:30:54 am PDT #515 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Tom said what I was about to, but I add Jackie Cooper.
Hil R. - Jul 14, 2004 4:32:02 am PDT #516 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Also, Robert Blake.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2004 4:38:27 am PDT #517 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
It's probably too soon to really say if he's making a comeback, but Macaulay Culkin, Former Annoying Child Star, impressed me in Saved.
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2004 5:00:10 am PDT #518 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't call it a comeback. He been here for years.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2004 5:18:12 am PDT #519 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Mickey Rooney was a child once? Duuuude.
Diane Lane and Anthony Michael Hall come to mind from my age bracket, although they were more teenager-to-adult than child-adult transitions.
ETA: I take it back about Mickey Rooney. I was thinking of Mickey Rourke, who's an entirely different kettle of fish.
Jess M. - Jul 14, 2004 5:48:58 am PDT #520 of 10001
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
are former child actors much more likely to be successful adult actors now than, say, 20 years ago?
How about Leonardo DiCaprio? I'm not a fan, but he's come a long way from that sitcom the name of which is escaping me.
Megan E. - Jul 14, 2004 5:53:34 am PDT #521 of 10001
Growing Pains?
sumi - Jul 14, 2004 5:56:29 am PDT #522 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Eliljah Wood?
Henry Thomas -- he still acts (I just watched him in I Capture the Castle -- even though he's not a big star.
Natalie Portman
Eliza Dushku
Kirsten Dunst
Polter-Cow - Jul 14, 2004 5:57:56 am PDT #523 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think those three really count as adult stars just yet.