On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the
1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, died at
her Woodside, California, home at age 85.
The plucky, curly-haired performer sang, danced and acted in
dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she
gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat
under four presidents.
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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)
Judy Garland was a actress, singer, and dancer. she received
a Golden Globe Award, a Special Tony Award and was one of
twelve in history to receive an Academy Juvenile Award.
Garland won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her
1961 live recording, Judy at Carnegie Hall; she was the first
woman to win that award.
Throughout her career she recorded, her signature song, and
the Christmas classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
Garland’s birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career.
The Grapes Of Wrath
Darryl Hickman (right) with Mickey Rooney in 1941’s ‘Men of Boys Town.’
Darryl Gerard Hickman (July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024)
Darryl Hickman, who started his career in Hollywood as a child
star before going on to appear in more than 40 movies, has died
at the age of 92. His family confirmed that Hickman died on
Wednesday. In one of his biggest roles he played Winfield, the
youngest member of the Joad family in John Ford’s film adaption
of The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) when he was just eight-years-old.
In 1951, he briefly retired from acting to enter a monastery, but
returned to Hollywood a little over a month later. His younger
brother, Dwayne Hickman, was the star of the comedy The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
(27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011)
Elizabeth Taylor began her career as a child actress in the early
1940s and was one of the most popular stars of the classical
Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world’s
highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known
public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film
Institute ranked her seventh on its greatest female screen
legends list.
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Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in the 1963 epic drama film.
Jeff Cohen…now 49 years old.
Known for his lovable portrayal of Chunk in The Goonies (1985)
Jeff appeared in TV series like The Facts of Life as a child. He
also starred in the TV film Ask Max and voiced the character of
Grunt in the animated film Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.
With an interest in the business side of Hollywood, Jeff obtained
a law degree from UCLA and is an entertainment lawyer in Beverly
Hills.
