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[[File:babyjane_7479.jpg|link=What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Film)|right|Apparently, ''this'' is what happened to Baby Jane. Not a pretty sight.]]
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Compare [[White Dwarf Starlet]].
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== Film ==
* The title character of the 1962 film ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane]]''
* The David Spade film ''Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star'' is about one of these characters trying to learn about "normal" family life from a typical suburban family in preparation for a role.
* Jaleel "[[Family Matters|Steve Urkel]]" White played himself in the film ''[[Big Fat Liar]]'', briefly showcasing his struggles as an adult actor when everyone remembers him as "that Urkel kid".
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Batman:
* One episode of ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]'' had a Former Child Star trying to pass himself off as [[Mickey Mouse]].
* ''[[Static Shock]]'' had a one-shot villain named Replay who was a former child star with [[
** And was also voiced by former child star [[Neil Patrick Harris]].
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''' episode "Last Tap Dance In Springfield" has this with Lisa's tap teacher, who was a Shirley Temple-style star and is now a nasty old harridan who hides behind [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] mannerisms most of the time. She admits to tapping coded messages for the Allies in WWII and destroying Buddy Ebsen's credit rating, so this two-faced nature was probably always there.
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* [[Ron Howard]]. Starting out as Opie on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and ''[[Happy Days]]'' he went on to direct films like ''Apollo13'' and ''[[A Beautiful Mind]]'' (not to mention his involment in ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'').
** Howard is still an [[Acceptable Target]] in comedy for how his ''appearance'' has aged horribly.
* [[Neil Patrick Harris]] is a notable aversion: after spending his teens on ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', he worked steadily as a guest star on TV and on Broadway. But his career ''really'' took off after he did a cameo in the first [[Harold and Kumar]] movie - ironically enough, playing a lecherous, drug-addled version of himself. He's now best known to present-day audiences as the womanizing Barney Stimson on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', as well as Dr. Horrible from ''[[Doctor
* The main cast of the ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]]'' movies seem to have avoided the worst aspects of child acting. Having begun acting at 9-11, they've shown steady development for over a decade and a total of eight films without any major misbehaviors or prima donna-ism. By all reports, all seem genuinely well-adjusted and mature.
** [[Daniel Radcliffe]], apart from his role as the title character, has starred in the stage play ''[[Equus]]'' and was critically acclaimed for his performance. He has since begun slowly branching out into other film and stage productions.
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* [[Jennifer Connelly]] went a long way from being a young girl in ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'' to being the respectable adult actress she is today.
* Thomas Sangster, from such films as ''[[Love Actually]]'' and ''[[Nanny McPhee]]'', has had success beyond his cute little boy image, in films as diverse as ''Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' and ''Tristan & Isolde''. Sangster also played young Paul McCartney in ''[[Nowhere Boy]]''.
* Back in the 1910s, at the Vitagraph film studio, there was a local kid from Brooklyn named Harry Horowitz who enjoyed hanging out there. Harry was charming and [[Large Ham|a natural ham]], and the Vitagraph people began putting him in films, making him a child star. Young Harry would grow up to be one of the most violent and abusive men in the world: {{spoiler|Moe Howard of [[The Three Stooges]]. [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|But it's an aversion too.]]}}
* Stefan Brogren has come as close as anyone to being a [[Real Life]] version of SCTV's Rusty by playing the role of Archie "Snake" Simpson in every incarnation of the [[Degrassi]] franchise since 1987 while taking on an ever larger role behind the camera. His character, however, has aged and progressed from student to teacher to principal of the titular [[High School]], while the show's hiatus coincides with the period the character would've been getting his degree.
* [[Justin Timberlake]] started off early, as a performer on The New Mickey Mouse Club (other cast members included Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera). After departing from N*Sync, he's gone on to have a successful solo music career, and has appeared in films like [[The Social Network]].
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* At one point, [[Drew Barrymore]] was the epitome of the bad end of this trope; at the age of 15, she already went through smoking cigarettes and pot, drinking, doing cocaine, attempting suicide and staying in rehab twice. However, she eventually sobered up and became a successful adult actress.
* [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] took a breather from acting after playing Tommy on ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun]]''. Since he resumed his career, he's won raves in just about every project he's done.
* Something similar can be said of [[Wil Wheaton]] and his role as [[
* Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett are subversions as well, now much better known for their indie rock band [[Rilo Kiley]] then their pasts as child actors.
* Jackie Coogan starred with [[Charlie Chaplin]] as The Kid, sued his parents for squandering his film earnings before he became an adult ([[There Should Be a Law|which led to]] the California Child Actor's Bill, AKA the Coogan Act), and much later became known as TV's [[The Addams Family (TV)|Uncle Fester]].
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