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Who were the cutest Child Stars?

posted 11 years ago by crlnrgbrght5
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Ranking the onscreen Child Stars, Male and Female by cuteness Who would You pick? I'd say Jackie Coogan at 5, and 6 yrs. old, not so much as He aged though. But, Dickie Moore I think was the absolute cutest. He had those precious Eyes, and that adorable pouty Mouth.

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[–] crlnrgbrght5 11 years ago

Most of the Little Rascals were cute, except for Alfalfa, and Butch the bully(though) He was My favorite.

[–] FranLovesBetteD 10 years ago

I fully agree about Dickie Moore. He was definitely THE cutest of them all; as for little girls, nobody could or will ever match Shirley Temple.

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[–] crlnrgbrght5 10 years ago

I'm watching "The Addams Family", the 60's TV Series, with Jackie Coogan as 'Uncle Fester'. Coogan was adorable in "The Kid" as a 5 year old, but, He certainly didn't grow up cute. I can't think of any little Girl, Child Stars that were really cute, except for Shirley Temple, and She grew up very pretty.

[–] FranLovesBetteD 10 years ago

Coogan was adorable in "The Kid" as a 5 year old, but, He certainly didn't grow up cute.

LOL, I know, it's hard to believe The Kid and Uncle Fester are the same person!

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[–] crlnrgbrght5 10 years ago

Most Child Actors who were cute when little, didn't grow up cute. Only. Paul Walker was cute from the time He was a Baby and grew up gorgeous.

[–] Noirdame79 8 years ago

Most Child Actors who were cute when little, didn't grow up cute.

That's not necessarily true, maybe in some cases (particularly with male child actors as they go through more changes during puberty), but there have been many former child actors who have grown up to be good-looking adults. Natalie Wood was beautiful all her life, as was Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple was very pretty, Margaret O'Brien was an appealing little girl who grew up to be very lovely. Ann E. Todd is another whose childlike features were retained in womanhood. A more current example is Jennifer Connelly.

Dickie Moore and Dean Stockwell were both handsome as adults. Scotty Beckett, who is often thought to be one of the cutest boy actors, grew up to be good-looking as well.

I've seen news footage of Jackie Coogan at the time of is marriage to Betty Grable in the late 1930s and thought he was quite nice looking, in an average sort of way. It's certainly not his fault that he began losing his hair in adulthood.