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Showbiz Kids

Jul 14, 2020
1h 35m
★ 6.8

The price of being a child star.

Overview

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.

Genres

Documentary
History
Drama

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films
The Ringer Films
Zipper Bros Films
Trouper Productions

Cast

Baby Peggy

Self (as Diana Serra Cary)

Baby Peggy

Henry Thomas

Self

Henry Thomas

Cameron Boyce

Self

Cameron Boyce

Milla Jovovich

Self

Milla Jovovich

Todd Bridges

Self

Todd Bridges

Mara Wilson

Self

Mara Wilson

Jada Pinkett Smith

Self

Jada Pinkett Smith

Wil Wheaton

Self

Wil Wheaton

Evan Rachel Wood

Self

Evan Rachel Wood

Marc Slater

Self

Marc Slater

No Image

Self - Marc's Mother

Melanie Slater

Demi Singleton

Self

Demi Singleton

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