Mark your calendars for March! TCM Spotlight is framing your favorite classic movies and watching child stars "Growing Up on Screen."
Many performers who succeeded in the movies as children, unfortunately, failed to make the transition into adult careers, while a relative few flourished and matured into stars. With "Growing Up on Screen," TCM takes a look at 10 talented youngsters who grew up onscreen and continued to have important careers as adults. Jodie Foster as Jeanie, Cherie Currie as Annie, Marilyn Kagan as Madge, Kandice Stroh as Deirdre in "Foxes" (1980). TCM Spotlight will feature interviews with such former child stars as Jodie Foster, Todd Bridges, Mara Wilson and Alex Winter; Judy Garland historian and author John Fricke; daughter of Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson-Wagner, along with her husband and former child star and actor Barry Watson.
This TCM Spotlight is shown in connection with theHBO Max original documentary "Showbiz Kids" (2020), written and directed by former child star Alex Winter. Winter grew up to star in such successful films as the Bill and Ted series and "The Lost Boys" (1987). He continued his career by writing and directing documentaries and fictional films, including "Freaked" (1993) and "Fever" (1999).
