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Added 2022-02-24 21:09:11 +0000 UTCWho is your favorite child actor and why?
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Zoë Tamerlis from "Ms .45". She was 16-17 when the film was shot. Her character, Thana, is mute, and Tamerlis' facial expressions for the character were brilliant and this is coming from a neurodivergent that has trouble reading expressions. Zoë Tamerlis passed at at the young age of 37 in 199. A tragic loss when you learn about her life.
Brian Wright
2022-02-28 18:57:18 +0000 UTCNadezhda Mikhalkova In Burnt by the Sun. Because her father made the film, I guess. She was just joy and naivety in the face of what was coming her way
Matthew Capuano
2022-02-26 01:38:03 +0000 UTCCharlotte Burke-Paperhouse. It’s so good that one must wonder if she is really a 50-year old trapped in a 10-year old’s body. I can’t spot one frame where she seems self-aware. It’s actually perplexing how somebody with so few years of life can show so much depth.
Doug Brekan
2022-02-26 00:01:36 +0000 UTCJennifer Lawrence in „Winter‘s Bone“ and Zoé Héran in „Tomboy“ are both performances that are just incredible given the age of the performer.
Alan Graham
2022-02-25 08:01:31 +0000 UTCI feel somewhat reluctant praising child actors, for many of them tend to face a rather difficult life after (too) early fame, not seldomly with tragic consequences. To anwer this question I have to dig somewhat deep. Maybe Noah Hathaway as Atreyu in The Neverending Story (1984). It just felt like he was the perfect boy for this role. Haven't seen any of his other films, though. Saoirse Ronan as Briony in Atonement (2007). Being mesmerized by her performance back then and ever since (mio: huge fan of hers). @Tyler Shobe: Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth was simply fantastic, indeed. Thanks for reminding me! Swedish Inger Nilsson as Pippi Longstockings (from the books by Astrid Lindgren) This was simply the perfect TV series to grow up with! But hardly anybody outside of Europe will know her... even though she is a "superhero" character :) okay sorry for not naming just one... but it would seem so unfair :)
Laro
2022-02-25 03:18:20 +0000 UTCLinda Manz. She’s probably best known for playing Richard Gere’s kid sister in Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, as well as serving as the film’s narrator. But she really shows herself as a remarkable actress in her role as the troubled, punk rock-loving delinquent in Dennis Hopper’s bleak family drama Out of the Blue, one of the great overlooked films of the 1980s. With her longish, expressive facial features, deep New York accent,and a tomboyish grit, Manz displays an unnerving precociousness as she engages in destructive, rebellious behavior, all the while showing the heart-rending vulnerability underneath of someone who is still very much a young girl. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest teenage performances put on film, done with a gravity and skill that surpasses even that of a young Jodie Foster (she would have killed it as Iris in Taxi Driver). Linda Manz only made a handful of films in her life (sadly, she died in 2020), but she made a definite impact.
Bennett Oliver
2022-02-25 02:50:16 +0000 UTCIvana Baquero as Ofelia in Pan's Labyrinth Absolutely charming throughout, capturing this childlike wonder as she dives into this fantastical world. But also so much fear when she's faced with the horror of that fantasy world and even more so when she's faced with the horrors of real life. The movie is ultimately on her shoulders. If she isn't believable then you won't believe this world of fairies and fauns but she owns role and is a standout part of a standout film.
Tyler Shobe
2022-02-24 23:58:44 +0000 UTCPeter Billingsley in A Christmas Story. He's genuinely funny and just so darn sympathetic and cute—and I hate kids.
Steven Aguilera
2022-02-24 23:09:27 +0000 UTCElizabeth Taylor. Even in her adolescent days with films like National Velvet and Lassie Come Home, she had such a dedication, intelligence, and maturity that many adult actors today don't have. Unlike Shirley Temple, she was endearing without feeling like cutesy pandering. It's also amazing how much she evolved as an actress as she got older.
Wolfman Brandon
2022-02-24 21:43:35 +0000 UTC
