
It’s a familiar tale: child stars acting at an early age and achieving a great level of fame, only to reach adulthood and vanish from the public eye, leaving us all wondering what happened along the way and why they threw away their thriving career. Here are 29 child stars you might remember from the ’70s and ’80s who vanished from Hollywood and what they’ve been up to since.
#1: Peter Ostrum
You’re most likely to know Peter Ostrum from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Actually, you’re only likely to know him from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory because he never acted in anything else after it. I am told that he had a rather successful career as a veterinarian. I guess it was all that time with the squirrels
