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    Jackie Coogan

    American actor ; earned renewed fame in middle age portraying the character Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series The Addams Family

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  1. Jackie Coogan was an American actor whose career spanned decades, and included numerous feature films and television series. The child of vaudeville performers, Coogan began his career as a child actor, and had his first major role in Charlie Chaplin 's The Kid (1921). He went on to appear in numerous films throughout his childhood and ...

  2. Jackie Coogan (born October 26, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died March 1, 1984, Santa Monica, California) was the first major Hollywood child star, who rose to fame in the silent-film era and was best known as the sad-eyed waif of The Kid (1921) and similar movies. Charlie Chaplin (centre) and Jackie Coogan (bottom) in The Kid (1921).

  3. Feb 29, 2024 · 1. Jackie Coogan with Joan Crawford in 1925 - Getty. Six-year-old Jackie Coogan, who became an instant global star for his performance in Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 movie The Kid, was soon billed by ...

  4. May 2, 2024 · Jackie Coogan was by then struggling with the transition between child star and adult actor. He’d gotten engaged to Betty Grable in 1935; they were married two years later and divorced just two ...

  5. Mar 2, 1984 · Jackie Coogan, who in 1919 became the first major child star in American movie history as the sad-eyed foundling in ''The Kid,'' died after a heart attack yesterday at the Santa Monica (Calif ...

  6. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. In the interim, he sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and ...

  7. Chaplin, however, was undeterred and the film became a worldwide hit, with much praise being given to his dual performance with Jackie Coogan, who was five years old at the time of shooting. The boy’s overnight success was immediately followed by another starring role as a lovable waif in Oliver Twist (1922), where he gave a scene-stealing ...

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