I was just reading that biography about her. It had the most wonderful pictures and anecdotes. It reminded me of when I saw her at the front row of the 100th rose parade when I was 10 years old.
I bugged my mom so much to take me. I wanted to see Shirley Temple. But I was so disappointed I knew it wasn't logical to think like this, but I got so mad when I saw the "old" lady on the float, another lady and I yelled, "That isn't Shirley Temple!"
I wonder why childstars never grow up in our mind. For us Latinos , " la tucita" who worked with Pedro Infante and Julian "Juliancito" Bravo (the Mexican equivalent of Shirley Temple for his cute allure and acting skills ) are points of reference. My favorite child actor was Juliancito he played roles that ranged from the version in Spanish of Huckleberry Finn to a movie about a boy that almost died, because he did an unthinkable amount of things to pay for his First Communion because his family was too poor.
"la Tucita" I cant recall her real name right this moment never regained the same popularity she had in her childhood years. Julian made many movies as a teenager and young adult. He also has worked in the Mexican Telenovela industry now in his later years, but never with the same success.
Why do we many times, as a society reduce child stars to "has beens" ?
They are still talented people and they did have to grow up some day.
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