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Find out who starred in the comedy-drama film My Girl, directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany. See the names and roles of the actors, producers, composers, and other crew members.
My Girl is a 1991 American coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Laurice Elehwany, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, and Anna Chlumsky in her first role in a major motion picture. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old girl living in Madison, Pennsylvania, during the summer ...
My Girl: Directed by Howard Zieff. With Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, Anna Chlumsky. Vada is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, and begins to fall in love, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.
- Howard Zieff
- 2 min
- Kate Hogan
- Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss. Anna Chlumsky was 10 years old when she starred in My Girl, playing angsty tween Vada Sultenfuss. After starring in the 1994 sequel and a few other films, she took a break from acting to attend the University of Chicago and work in publishing.
- Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett. The then-12-year-old was already mega-famous, thanks to his lead role in the ever-popular 1990 film Home Alone. Macaulay Culkin broke hearts playing opposite Chlumsky as Thomas J. Sennett and, with her, won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss.
- Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss. Dan Aykroyd was already a huge name thanks to his roles in The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984) and Coneheads (1993) — not to mention his work on Saturday Night Live, for which he won an Emmy in 1977.
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto. Like Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis was also a household name, terrifying moviegoers in the first two Halloween films and starring in 1988's A Fish Called Wanda before finding fans in My Girl as makeup artist and Vada confidant Shelly DeVoto.
Find out who starred in the 1991 comedy-drama film My Girl, about a girl who is obsessed with death and her best friend who is allergic to everything. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, and producers on TMDB.
A 11-year-old girl, Vada, copes with death, hypochondria, and growing up in 1972. She befriends Shelley, a make-up artist, and Thomas J., a boy with allergies, but faces tragedy and loss.
Nov 27, 1991 · Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups.
