Hollywood has a way of making child stardom look like the beginning of a lifelong career, but for many young actors the spotlight turned out to be a brief chapter rather than the whole story. Some traded scripts for science degrees, others swapped auditions for stethoscopes, and a few simply decided that a quieter life suited them better than any role ever could.
Here are twelve child stars who walked away from acting and built entirely different lives.
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