Child stars who do not continue into adult roles
Aug 8, 2020 11:58:56 GMT
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Post by marshamae on Aug 8, 2020 11:58:56 GMT
Roddy McDowell did not retain the beauty he had as a child but had a successful adult career as a character actor.
Taylor - probably one of the most successful transitions from child to adult actress. Her teen films were same type of light fare offered to Shirley temple but she developed into an astonishing beauty which kept her career going until her acting and character caught up. All her life she retained an empathy for children overwhelmed by fame.
Peggy Ann Garner was one of the sad cases of a child actress who retained her skills but not her looks. Never a child beauty, her little waif face and her ability to speak truth to power made her child performances very special. She had at least one good part as an adult , in BLACK WIDOW as the murder victim. She was as good as she was in child roles, feisty and straight forward, but she was very ordinary looking. How sad is it that failure to meet the extreme standards of female beauty in Hollywood ended careers.
Taylor - probably one of the most successful transitions from child to adult actress. Her teen films were same type of light fare offered to Shirley temple but she developed into an astonishing beauty which kept her career going until her acting and character caught up. All her life she retained an empathy for children overwhelmed by fame.
Peggy Ann Garner was one of the sad cases of a child actress who retained her skills but not her looks. Never a child beauty, her little waif face and her ability to speak truth to power made her child performances very special. She had at least one good part as an adult , in BLACK WIDOW as the murder victim. She was as good as she was in child roles, feisty and straight forward, but she was very ordinary looking. How sad is it that failure to meet the extreme standards of female beauty in Hollywood ended careers.