X Child Stars : Where Are They Now?
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (369 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- THE 1950s -- I Love Lucy/The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour -- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet -- Our Miss Brooks -- The Life of Riley -- Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show/Make Room for Granddaddy -- Annie Oakley -- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger -- Lassie -- Father Knows Best -- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin -- Jungle Jim -- The Mickey Mouse Club -- Fury -- My Friend Flicka -- Circus Boy -- Bachelor Father -- The Real McCoys -- Leave It to Beaver -- The Donna Reed Show -- The Rifleman -- Dennis the Menace -- THE 1960s -- My Three Sons -- The Andy Griffith Show -- Hazel -- The Dick Van Dyke Show -- The Lucy Show -- The Patty Duke Show -- The Farmer's Daughter -- Petticoat Junction -- Bewitched -- The Addams Family -- The Munsters -- Please Don't Eat the Daisies -- Lost in Space -- Batman -- Family Affair -- Gentle Ben -- Maya -- Julia -- Land of the Giants -- Mayberry R.F.D. -- Here's Lucy -- The Doris Day Show -- The Brady Bunch -- THE 1970s -- The Partridge Family -- The Mary Tyler Moore Show -- All in the Family / Archie Bunker's Place -- The Waltons -- Happy Days -- Land of the Lost -- Little House on the Prairie / Little House: A New Beginning -- The Jeffersons -- One Day at a Time -- Family -- The New Mickey Mouse Club -- Eight Is Enough -- Battlestar Galactica -- Mrs. Columbo / Kate Loves a Mystery -- Diff'rent Strokes -- Hello, Larry -- The Facts of Life -- THE 1980s -- Gimme a Break! -- Family Ties -- Silver Spoons -- Kate & -- Allie -- The Cosby Show -- Mr. Belvedere -- Small Wonder -- Growing Pains -- Valerie/Valerie's Family/Valerie's Family: The Hogans/The Hogan Family -- Starman -- ALF -- Married . . . with Children -- My Two Dads -- Full House -- Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Wonder Years -- Just the Ten of Us -- Roseanne -- Family Matters -- Summation -- Acknowledgments. Index.
This enlightening book is the go-to guide for fans for biographical information, rare photos, and interesting trivia about their favorite child stars, shows, series, networks, and the times that defined the shows. Spanning forty years of television history, this book details both the success stories and misfortunes of many child stars. Included in this book are the stories of Anissa Jones, Buffy on Family Affair, who tragically died from a drug overdose at the age of eighteen, as well as Ron Howard, who starred in both The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, and who later became an Academy Award-winning director. A child star herself, Kathy Garver profiles these and other legends of classic television in a book that will answer the question: Where are they now?.