Child Actors That You Have Seen On TV In The 70s: Where Are They Now?

Published on 05/03/2021
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Linda Blair (now)

The horror movies and some other low-budget exploitation movies like Vicious Streets, Hell Night, and Chained Heat. She has worked in multiple movies throughout the 80s. Linda is seen making fun of her 1990 movie Repossessed. She has worked in another horror movie named Scream that was released in 1996. Blair was also seen performing on stage with BBC TV for LA Show 7 and via Grease. She has also played the lead role in the TV show Scariest Places On Earth that was aired by Fox Family in the time period of 2000-2006.

Linda Blair Now

Linda Blair Now

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Mellisa Gilbert (then)

Starting her career in the late 1960s, Mellisa was signed up for a range of T.V. commercials and multiple T.V. shows. Working as a child actor, her big break was to play a character on Little Prairie Homes. The character she played was Laura Ingalls Wilder. The show was quite a popular one from NBC. On this show, Mellisa has worked from 1974 to 1984. Apart from the T.V. series, Mellisa has also worked in various T.V. films, e.g., The Miracle Worker and Anne’s Diary.

Mellisa Gilbert Then

Mellisa Gilbert Then

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