Favorite child role/performance
S D
the Forbidden Zone
Tara Stout
Ian Michael Smith in Simon Birch
Joseph Mazzello in Simon Birch
Tara
Jeffrey Davis
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Hayley Mills in Tiger Bay
Merrie Spaeth and Tippy Walker in The World of Henry Orient
Molly Ringwald in The Tempest
Natalie Portman in Beautiful Girls
Girls seem to be better child actors than boys.
GC
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Peggy Sue Garner as Francie Nolan in "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn". Breaks my
heart every time.
Ted Donaldson gave superb support as her brother Neely.
Swigert
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Tatum O'Neal-"Paper Moon"
Jamie Bell-"Billy Elliot"
Steve Oldham
Steve
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I would nominate that kid from "The Sixth Sense," except
I'm not sure he's really a kid. I saw an interview with him,
and he spoke as if he were 30-35 years old.
rl
Fsamq
talent.
Tom Sutpen
his age.
And everyone knows Haley Joel Osment is really a 40 year old midget.
T. Sutpen.
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"Movies lie 24 times a second." -- Brian DePalma
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Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer
Shirley Temple in many that I can't remember anymore. Been too many years.
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Rosanne Wagner
Margaret O'Brien
"Miracle on 34th Street" 1947 - young Natalie Wood
Rosanne
John Larrabee
John Larrabee
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Lenona321
>his age.
>
Know what he's doing now? He's an osteopath! One of the few really pleasant
endings to all those stories of child actors.
I'd also vote for the girl in the 1939 "The Women".
Lenona.
starcro1
Girl" (1977). Richly deserved Oscar nomination for that one.
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Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard in "A Little Romance"
Sean Nelson in "Fresh"
Jackie Coogan in "The Kid"
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ruthy
Jim Powers
Justin Henry in "Kramer vs Kramer"
Henry Thomas in "E.T. the Extra-terrestrial"
Beautiful
> Lucas Black in Slingblade
Lucas Black is great. It was weird watching him with "Sheriff
Lucas Buck" on _American Gothic_. I miss that show...
Carrie Henn in Aliens. Apparently, that's the only work she's
ever done. According to the Internet Movie Database, "Carrie
has no plans to resume acting, and is presently attending college,
studying to become a teacher."
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virginia weidler. also very good in "philadelphia story"!
jamison
jprheddy
and I have a warm spot for that little froggy voiced kid, name lost in the
shadows of my mind.
Stephen Cooke
His name was, I believe, "Froggy."
(Okay, it was Billy "Froggy" Laughlin...)
Stephen
ruthy
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Oh!! Is she the kid who plays Lydia The Tattooed Lady on the piano? I
loved her .
ruthy
ruthy
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> Chris and Martin Udvarnoky in "The Other"
>
Oh damn. I had purposely forgotten all about that movie...and now I
have to remember it and be scared to death again...
;-)
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: The cast of BUGSY MALONE (well, apart from Bonnie Langford).
Anna Paquin in "The Piano." The only thing that made that film worth
watching, IMHO.
Jackie Coogan in "The Kid." Okay, so I'm a sentimental fool. Sue me.
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ruthy wrote:
Brad Renfro and David Speck in "The Client."
-B.
Jim Beaver
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> Margaret O'Brien, Roddy McDowell in anything. Butch Jenkins also was cute
> and I have a warm spot for that little froggy voiced kid, name lost in the
> shadows of my mind.
>
George 'Foghorn' Winslow.
Jim Beaver
Jeff Butters
Great choice.
Actually, all three kids were well played.
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Stephen Cooke wrote:
Which reminds me of the rest of the "Our Gang" kids, who gave me hours of
enjoyment as a child:
George "Spanky" McFarland
Matthew "Stymie" Beard (his trademark derby was a gift from Stan Laurel)
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Darla Hood (sigh)
Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
megans
Merrie Spaeth and Tippy Walker in "The World of Henry Orient"
LOVE those girls!!!!
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Robert St. Amant
Tutti Bene (Everybody's Fine.) Another performance I liked a lot was
that of Jeni Courtney in the Secret of Roan Inish.
In some movies I find myself thinking, "Okay, I'll make allowances for
the acting---they're just kids." Sometimes the child actors bear more
of a burden than the adult actors, and when they can carry it off,
it's pretty impressive.
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jprheddy
jprheddy
Journey for Margaret. I always thought they were the same child. Something
so appealing about them both.
lynn paden
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> Also the Severn brothers. Christopher from Mrs. Miniver and Billy from
> Journey for Margaret. I always thought they were the same child. Something
> so appealing about them both.
>
>
>
the youngest son in "mrs miniver"? oh, he was a jewel! while i watch it, i
though that that director only had a small ounce of control over him-- loved
to see his facial expressions and the way he would play with things just out
of reach of mother.
jamison
Mitchell Kaufman
> Which reminds me of the rest of the "Our Gang" kids, who gave me hours of
> enjoyment as a child:
> George "Spanky" McFarland
I especially enjoyed Spanky's work as a *really* little guy (he must've
been around three or so), like when he was "bug huntin'." Or how about
this one:
"Hey, Cotton...gimme a hamburger!"
"Hey, Cotton...gimme a piece of pie!"
Later, like a lot of child stars, he became self-conscious and started
to "act."
Other great kid performances:
Peggy Ann Garner in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," for my money the best
performance ever by a child actor; Margaret O'Brien in "Meet Me in St.
Louis;" Tatum O'Neal in "Paper Moon;" and, oh yes, Judy Garland in "The
Wizard of Oz" (though at around 16 during the filming, she was
practically an adult).
Cutest baby in a movie? Robert Altman's nephew as Swee'Pea in "Popeye."
Second place: the little feller in "Raising Arizona."
Also, the kids in Frank Capra's films were always very natural.
MK
Millie James
MK and others,
How 'bout the little guy in "Baby's Day Out[?]." What an adventurous
day ! ! I still laugh seeing that one. I like the part where he had the
veterans standing and singing together again.
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David Lynch's son in "Twin Peaks."
Jane Leffler
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> Anna Chlumsky in My Girl
> Ian Michael Smith in Simon Birch
> Joseph Mazzello in Simon Birch
>
> Tara
>
>
Howard Brazee
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the kid who says "I used to be a heroin addict. Now, I'm a methadone
addict" to the list.
Incidentally (for mega trivia people only -- I don't know the answer to
this one myself), does anyone know who played Don and Cosmo as kids in
"Singin' in the Rain"?
David Matthews
>
> Incidentally (for mega trivia people only -- I don't know the answer to
> this one myself), does anyone know who played Don and Cosmo as kids in
> "Singin' in the Rain"?
>
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According to imdb Don as a boy was played by Dennis Ross. Couldn't find
anything on Cosmo though.
Dave
James
entire picture.
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Dawn Taylor
a website devoted to young actors. Everything is very much on the up
and up, no porn or anything like that - there's just a creepy, NAMBLA
sort of feel to a website run by grown men that's devoted to "those
who share an enthusiasm for that most special of all entertainers: the
Boy Actor."
A perusal of their movie reviews and discussions of various kid actors
brings descriptions like this one of the late River Phoenix as a
child: "... a young god, a strong, solidly toned body, without the
least trace of bulkiness ..." and this one about Tommy Carlton (one of
the Tarzan "Boy"s): "Tommy would be the Internet poster boy. Of course
the fact that all of Tommy's on screen career consisted of him running
around in a loincloth has nothing to do with it. *snicker, snicker,
chortle, chortle.* " (NOTE: the snickers and chortles are theirs, not
mine.)
It's interesting to note my own reactions when something like this
comes up - my personal conviction is that whatever folks do in the
privacy of their own homes, minds and computers, as long as it doesn't
harm anyone, should absolutely be their right. Of course, some of
those things give me the heebie-jeebies. As I'm sure some of the
things *I* do would give other people the heebie-jeebies.
But still. The phrase that kept coming to mind was, "You can love kid
actors ... just don't LOVE kid actors."
Dawn
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paul packer
wrote:
>I was doing some research for a piece I was writing, and I came across
>a website devoted to young actors. Everything is very much on the up
>and up, no porn or anything like that - there's just a creepy, NAMBLA
>sort of feel to a website run by grown men that's devoted to "those
>who share an enthusiasm for that most special of all entertainers: the
>Boy Actor."
>
>A perusal of their movie reviews and discussions of various kid actors
>brings descriptions like this one of the late River Phoenix as a
>child: "... a young god, a strong, solidly toned body, without the
>least trace of bulkiness ..." and this one about Tommy Carlton (one of
>the Tarzan "Boy"s): "Tommy would be the Internet poster boy. Of course
>the fact that all of Tommy's on screen career consisted of him running
>around in a loincloth has nothing to do with it. *snicker, snicker,
>chortle, chortle.* " (NOTE: the snickers and chortles are theirs, not
>mine.)
>
>It's interesting to note my own reactions when something like this
>comes up - my personal conviction is that whatever folks do in the
>privacy of their own homes, minds and computers, as long as it doesn't
>harm anyone, should absolutely be their right. Of course, some of
>those things give me the heebie-jeebies. As I'm sure some of the
>things *I* do would give other people the heebie-jeebies.
>
>But still. The phrase that kept coming to mind was, "You can love kid
>actors ... just don't LOVE kid actors."
>
>Dawn
What's a NAMBLA sort of feel?
John Savard
wrote, in part:
>What's a NAMBLA sort of feel?
That's the name of an organization that is trying to get consensual
sexual relations with young children legalized.
John Savard
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto.htm
paul packer
Maybe I shouldn't have asked. I must say though that the brazenness of
these people amazes me. They know the climate, they know the
consequences, yet they keep throwing it in society's face. And
websites yet! They're not seriously pretending that this is purely
aesthetic, are they, that there's nothing sexual in it?
Avoid normal situations.
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Dean Eaton
Dorothy McGuire giving birth to the new baby don't break you up, there's
something wrong with your tearducts. Honestly sentimental, and really
well-acted by all concerned.
Dean
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Dave O
>Fairuza Balk Return to OZ Molly Ringwald Spacehunter: Adventures in
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I have no absolute favorite but these come to mind:
Mary Badham as Scout in 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (perfect)
Andrew Ray as Wheeler in 'The Mudlark' (adorable)
Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark in 'The Bad Seed' (spot on)
Brandon de Wilde as Skeeter in 'Goodbye, My Lady' (kinda made up for
his performance in 'Shane')
Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins in 'Treasure Island'
Tatum O'Neal as Addie Loggins in 'Paper Moon'
Billy and Bobby Mauch as 'The Prince And The Pauper' (1937)
Pelle Hvenegaard as 'Pelle the Conqueror' (avoid the English dubbed
version)
Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley in 'Sling Blade' (he's a natural)
Shelton Dane as Robbie Januson in 'Hidden In America'
Cheers,
Dave O