joefromchicago wrote:Lots of child stars have gone on to have film careers as adults: e.g. Jackie Coogan, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Kurt Russell, Tatum O'Neal, Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, Elijah Wood. I suspect that this thread isn't about those kinds of kids, though, but rather about the adult stars who most people don't realize appeared in some movies as children, or else child stars who most people don't realize still made movies as adults.
One of the most interesting examples of this of which i can think is Natalie Wood. I was once lazing through the television channels on a Sunday afternoon, and came across
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hey!, saw a little girl, and immediately said to myself, that's Natalie Wood. I since learned that the picture was released in 1948, and that Natalie was not yet ten years of age when it was made. But she had an expression, and a look about the eyes, which immediately told me it was her.
Jackie Cooper is the only other child star of whom i can think who was always recognizable to me as either a child or an adult. In his case, i saw a photo of him, untitled, but the "pout" which is natural to his mouth and jaw was such that i immediately said to myself "Jackie Cooper"--previously, i had only seen him in
Our Gang short films.