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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.
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