Child actor who found fame in 1920s
Hollywood and went on to become a writer and publisherDespite WC Fields’ contention that “children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again”, cinema audiences have always loved child stars, since the days of Baby Peggy, who has died aged 101.
Until she came along, many children’s roles were filled by established adult actors such as Mary Pickford, who played the title role of a 10-year-old in The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) at the age of 24.