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* [[Robert Blake]] also starred in ''[[The Little Rascals|Our Gang]]'' comedies (as Mickey Gubitosi), then later starred in ''[[In Cold Blood]]'' and had the title role on the TV series ''[[Baretta]]'', and years later was acquitted of his wife's murder, but lost a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by his children.
* Judy Norton Taylor was thirteen when she was initially cast as Mary Ellen in ''The Homecoming'', the [[Pilot Movie]] for ''[[The Waltons]]'', and had a few other roles before that. She was considered a "child actress" well into her twenties, and even posing in ''[[Playboy]]'' in 1985 didn't seem to help much. Although she still acts (and writes and directs), the majority of her "big" roles since 1981 have been in the various ''Waltons'' [[Reunion Show|reunion TV movies]], the last of which was in 2000.
* Filipino actor Jiro Manio was hailed as a child prodigy for his appearance in the critically acclaimed ''Magnifico'' (2003), but his career fell by the wayside when his life was mired by drug addiction in his teens, having been considered a has-been before he hit 20. Manio made headlines in the 2010s when he was spotted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) wandering around after a supposed altercation with his relatives. He went to rehab and left in 2017 but once again made headlines when he was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in 2020.
=== Real Life aversions ===
* [[Elizabeth Taylor]], going from a child star in movies like ''[[Lassie Come Home]]'' to one of the most famous film actresses '''ever'''. Her private life, however, was notably less successful: she was notorious for her large number of weddings and divorces, and was treated for alcoholism and prescription drug addiction.
* [[Jodie Foster]]. First major role (after a series of Disney films) was in ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' as a twelve-year-old child prostitute. Even after the scandal over [[Stalker with a Crush|John Hinckley]], she went on to have a very successful career which includes ''two'' acting Oscars (so far).
* [[Shirley Temple]]. While she has a brief period where it appeared she was going this route (namely, a scandalous marriage at seventeen that ended in a notorious divorce nearly five years later, as well as an incident where a creepy MGM executive scandalised her by flashing his genitals in front of her and the now-infamous ''Baby Burlesks'' shorts where she along with a bunch of other toddlers were roped into performing rather [[Squick]]-worthy parodies of decidedly mature situations), she then went to be happily married for fifty years until her second husband's death, and was an Ambassador for the United States to Czechoslovakia, during the Velvet Revolution. Also, during the 1968 Soviet Crackdown on Czechoslovakia, she led over 700 people to the border and got them through because the guards were fans of her.<ref>Shirley had quite a following in the former Czechoslovakia, where she was affectionately known as "Širlejka" (translit. "Shirleyka"; English: "Little Shirley") and a fan club was established in the country during her career as an actress.</ref>
* Jackie Cooper starred in some ''[[The Little Rascals|Our Gang]]'' comedies and was still a successful actor, director, and producer, most famous on screen as Perry White in the ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' film series starring Christopher Reeve.
* Bill Mumy of ''[[Lost in Space]]''. His parents took care that he grew up properly during his career as a child, including carefully investing his pay, and he became a successful musician (his comedy pop band [[Barnes & Barnes]] is responsible for that "Fish Heads" song) and a reasonably busy actor who even got another juicy sci-fi TV role as Lennier in ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
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* [[Danielle Brisebois]] started her career on Broadway as "the littlest orphan" in ''[[Annie]]'' and kept working for years, including a notable turn as Archie Bunker's niece Stephanie on ''[[All in The Family]]'' and ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]''. In the late 1980s she retired from acting and began a music career that included membership in the short-lived group [[New Radicals]], a successful solo career, producing, writing, and an [[Academy Award]] nomination for song-writing.
* [[Brooke Shields]] started as a child model, transitioned to acting with the infamous film ''[[Pretty Baby]]'', and continued acting through her teens, until like others on this list she took time off to go to college -- in her case, [[Ivy League|Princeton University]] in the mid-1980s. Her career appeared to die for about a decade, but after a notable guest appearance on ''[[Friends]]'' as a [[Stalker with a Crush]] she got her own sitcom, ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'', and despite raising a family has managed to maintain an active acting career since.
* Averted with ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' star Karen Dotrice, who largely retired from acting and has made sporadic appearances since shying away from the spotlight in the 80s, her most recent cameo appearance being as an old lady in ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]''. When asked about why she retired she cites being coaxed into appearing topless as a teenager, further stating that she wouldn't have appeared in ''Poppins'' had she do it all over again.
** Things weren't so lucky for her co-star Matthew Garber (who portrayed Dotrice's on-screen brother Michael Banks in the film), as he passed away in 1997 after contracting hepatitis whilst in India.
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