Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! Maureen McCormick shot to stardom for portraying the eldest daughter in the iconic “Brady Bunch” sitcom. Afterward, she dealt with drug addiction, as well as struggles with depression and bulimia. However, she went on to appear on the TV series “The Amanda Show” and reprised her role as Marcia Brady in several “Brady Bunch” spinoffs and movies. She also had a brief music career, releasing the solo country music album “When You Get a Little Lonely” in 1995. Stephen Perry Columbia Pictures After a guest role on “The Twilight Zone,” young Stephen Perry became famous for starring alongside prolific Oscar winner Sidney Poitier in the 1961 film “A Raisin in the Sun.” Although Perry didn’t pursue an extensive acting career, he did appear in a string of projects through the 1990s, concluding with the 1997 film “Escape from Atlantis.” He currently owns a Los Angeles restaurant called Stevie’s Creole Café, which first opened in 2016. Pamela Franklin 20th Century Fox Pamela Franklin made her big screen debut at 11 in the famed 1961 British horror film “The Innocents.” As an older teenager, she received a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for her role as a 12-year-old student in the 1969 drama “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” In her 20s, Franklin became a “scream queen” by acting in horror films such as “Necromancy” in 1972 and “The Legend of Hell House” in 1973. Hayley Mills Walt Disney Productions Before Lindsay Lohan played scheming twins in Nancy Meyers’ “The Parent Trap,” Hayley Mills did so in the original 1961 Walt Disney Productions film of the same name. That same year, then-15-year-old Mills received a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best British Actress for her role in “Whistle Down the Wind,” a film adapted from a book her mother had written. Mills continued to act in lower-profile roles for decades and published her memoir, “Forever Young,” in 2021. Mark Lester Columbia Pictures As a child, 10-year-old Mark Lester scored the title role in the 1968 film “Oliver!,” a musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel “Oliver Twist.” He ultimately retired from acting nine years later after appearing in the 1977 action film “The Prince and the Pauper.” These days, he’s an osteopath who treats sports injuries. You may also like: Freddie Mercury: The life story you may not know Kurt Russell
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