Match The TV Show With The Star (Youth Edition) Quiz

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio appeared as a main character, Luke Brower, in all 24 episodes during the seventh and final season of the series.

"Growing Pains" aired from 1985 until 1993.

Leonardo DiCaprio went on to become a major box office movie performer, with starring roles in films such as "Titanic" (1997), "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), "The Aviator" (2004), "Django Unchained" (2012), and "The Revenant" (2015), to his credits.

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974, in Hollywood, California.

Answer: Paul Petersen

Paul Petersen played the role of Jeff Stone, the son of Donna and Alex Stone (Donna reed and Carl Betz), on "The Donna Reed Show".

Petersen remained in the role for the entire eight season (1958-1966) run of the series.

Petersen's career started at the age of ten when he was chosen as one of the original Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1955) children's television series.
At age 13, Petersen was cast for his role on "The Donna Reed Show". The show launched Petersen's career as a pop singer from 1962-1968. During that time, Petersen released 13 single records and five albums. His 1963 hit song "My Dad", which was first performed on an episode of the series, reached the #6 position on "Billboard's Hot 100" charts.

Knowing from personal experience of the problems faced by many former child performers after their series in canceled, and following the suicide of fellow child actor Rusty Hamer, from the 1953 sitcom "Make Room For Daddy", starring Danny Thomas, Petersen established "A Minor Consideration", an organization to support child actors and laborers through counseling, education, and legislation to improve working conditions.

William Paul Petersen was born on September 25, 1945, in Burbank, California.

Answer: Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris starred in the title role of the 1989 comedy drama series about a teenage prodigy who became the youngest licensed doctor in the country at the age of 14.

In the series, 16 year-old Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser is a second year resident surgeon at the Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Doogie's past accomplishments included earning a perfect score on the SAT exams at the age of six, completing high school in nine weeks, graduating from Princeton University at the age of 10, and completing medical school at the age of 14.

The stories involve Doogie's challenges of being accepted by his teenage friends as well as the medical professionals he worked with.
Doogie was guided by his father, Dr. David Howser (James B. Sikking), his mother Katherine (Belinda Montgomery), and his best friend Vinnie (Max Casella), a "typical" teenage boy.
Each episode ended with Doogie typing his thoughts, experiences, and feelings into his computer diary.

"Doogie Howser, M.D." ran for four seasons with 97 30-minute episodes.

Neil Patrick Harris has compiled an impressive body of work as an entertainer since his "Doogie Howser, M.D." days.

During the first 28 years of his career, Harris has appeared in over 25 movies and over 70 television series, both in starring and guest roles.
His career as a singer included the release of six albums on which he sang on with various cast members from shows he performed in, and two single records.

Harris has performed in over 15 live theater productions.

Neil Patrick Harris has hosted four "Tony Awards" shows (2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013), two "Primetime Emmy Awards" shows (2009 and 2013), and the "87th Academy Awards" show in 2015.

Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15, 1973, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Answer: Ross Bagley

Four year-old Ross Bagley was introduced at the beginning of the fifth season of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", as Nicky Banks, the preschool aged son of Philip and Vivian Banks, played by James Avery and Daphne Maxwell Reid.

Nicholas "Nicky" Banks was born during the fourth season of the series with George Wheeler in the role of the infant newborn, but through "television magic", when the series returned for the fifth season, Nicky had aged several years.

Nicky became one of the standout family members as he traded quips will his cousin Will (Will Smith), his siblings, Hilary, Carlton, and Ashley (Karyn Parsons, Alfonso Ribeiro, and Tatyana M. Ali) and even occasionally with the family butler, Geoffrey (Joseph Marcell).

Ross Bagley appeared in all 49 episodes during the fifth and sixth seasons of the series.
On the series, Nicky was born on February 22, 1993, with the birth name Nicholas Andrew Banks. When the R&B vocal group "Boyz II Men" appeared of the show during the fourth season to sing at his christening ceremony, The Banks chose to honor the group by using each of the member's first name for Nicky's middle name, he became "Nicholas Andrew Michael Shawn Nathan Wanya Banks".

The series earned Ross Bagley the "Young Artist Award" in 1995 and 1996, for "Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a Television Series".

Following the completion of the series, Bagley again worked with Will Smith on the 1996 action sci-fi film "Independence Day", as Dylan Dubrow.

Bagley played the role of "Buckwheat" in the 1994 comedy film "The Little Rascals".

Ross Elliot Bagley was born on December 5, 1988, in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Janet Jackson

Before gaining international fame as a singer, dancer, songwriter, and actress, Janet Jackson was selected in 1977 for the role of Millicent "Penny" Gordon-Woods on the 1979 sitcom "Good Times".

Janet's character first appeared on the first episode of season five, and remained on the show until the series ended after the sixth season.
Her character was an abused and abandoned little girl taken in and later adopted by Willona Woods (Ja'net DuBois).

As the youngest member of the Jackson family, she performed with her brothers (The Jackson 5) in Las Vegas and starred with them on the 1976 TV variety series, "The Jacksons" before starting her role on "Good Times".
After "Good Times" ended, she was featured in recurring roles on the series "New Kind of Family" (1979), "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978), and "Fame" (1982).

Janet Damita-Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana.

Answer: Susan Olsen

At the tender age of eight, Susan Olsen was cast for the role of Cindy, the youngest member of the Brady family.

In 1968, the year before the debut of "The Brady Bunch", Susan appeared in episodes of television series "Ironside" (1967), "Julia" (1968), and "Gunsmoke" (1955).
Susan appeared as a singing contest contestant in the 1969 film, "The Trouble With Girls", starring Elvis Presley.

Susan played Cindy Brady for the entire five season (1969-1974) run of the series.
Susan experienced a real life problem with her role. In the 10th episode of season two ("The Tattle-tale"), Cindy was revealed to be a tattle-tail by her siblings.
Some of Susan's real-life friends and classmates were unable to distinguish her television role from her real-life personality, resulting in her being shun and ostracized by many of her friends and classmates for being a tattle-tale.

Susan pursued a number of her interest following her "Brady Bunch" experiences, including guest roles on other television series, working as a spokesperson for a toy company's product, and working as a radio talk show host.

Susan worked as a voice over artist for 26 episodes of the Cartoon Network's animated talk show series "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1994). Susan worked as a writer, an artist, and inspired by the retirement of game show host Bob Barker, an advocate for animal rights and welfare.

Susan Marie Olsen was born in Santa Monica, California on August 14, 1961.

Answer: Lisa Loring

Six year old Lisa Loring was cast for the role of Wednesday Friday Addams, daughter or Morticia and Gomez Addams (Carolyn Jones and John Astin) on the 1964 comedy-horror family series, "The Addams Family".

Wednesday, a small demure girl, always wore her long black hair in twin braids, a black dress with a white collar, and black stockings and shoes.
Wednesday was known for wearing a black tutu for her ballet dancing, her love for her pet spider Homer, and her collection of headless doll.

"The Addams Family" aired for two seasons, 1964-1966, with 64 episodes. The series was often compared to a rival series, "The Munsters", which aired during the same two seasons.

Lisa Loring, along with other members of the original cast, appeared in the TV movie special "Halloween with the New Addams Family". Fittingly, the show was broadcast on October 30, 1977. the day before Halloween.

Lisa Loring's career included a recurring role on the sitcom, "The Pruitts of Southampton" (1966), starring Phyllis Diller, and guest roles on "Dr. Kildare" (1964), "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E." (1966), "Fantasy Island" (1978), and "Barnaby Jones" (1978).

Lisa Loring, birth name Lisa Ann DeCinces, was born on February 16, 1958, in
Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, where her father was stationed while in the U.S. Navy.

Answer: Emmanuel Lewis

Emmanuel Lewis played the role of young Webster Long, the adoptive African American son of George and Katherine Papadopolises (Alex Karras and Susan Clark) on the 1983 sitcom series "Webster".

In the storyline, Webster is adopted by his Godfather, George, and his new wife Katherine, after Webster's parents are killed in an automobile crash. George, a former professional football player, was Webster's father's best friend and teammate.
The series centers on the adjustments made by Webster and his new parents, who happened to be Caucasian.

"Webster" aired for six seasons with 150 episodes.

Before starring in "Webster", Emmanuel Lewis first gained national exposure and recognition for a series of television commercials for the "Burger King" hamburger called the "Whopper". His commercials showed him trying to consume the giant hamburger and commenting, "It's too big to eat".

Emmanuel Lewis was known in Japan as a singer. His first of two single records released, "City Connection", reached the #2 position on the Japanese Oricon Music Charts in 1981.

Emmanuel Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 9, 1971.

Answer: Jenna von Oy

From 1990 until 1995, Jenna von Oy played the television role of Six LeMeure, the best friend of Blossom Russo (Mayim Bialik), on the 1990 sitcom "Blossom".

Known for her rapid-fire speech pattern, Six added a bit of drama to series, experiencing and addressing teenager problems of alcoholism, school truancy, and dating older men. Throughout the series, Six had a crush on Blossom's older brother, Joey (Joey Lawrence) but a relationship between them never materialized. Blossom was always there to help and advise Six with her problems.

"Blossom" aired for five seasons with 114 half-hour episodes.

Jennifer Jean von Oy was born in Danbury, Connecticut on May 2, 1977.

Answer: Jon Provost

Six year old child actor Jon Provost was cast in the role of Timmy Martin on the long running series "Lassie".

Timmy became Lassie's owner during the fourth season of the series, replacing Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), Lassie's first owner.

Timmy was adopted by Ruth and Paul Martin (Cloris Leachman and John Shepodd), and lived on a small farm. At the beginning of the fifth season, the roles of Ruth and Paul were recast with June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly taking over as Timmy's adoptive parents.

With 19 seasons (17 on the CBS Network and 2 in first run syndication), "Lassie" remained as one of the longest running series in TV history.

The shirt, jeans, and Ked's tennis shoes worn by Provost on the series are on display at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum.
In 1994, 30 years after his last performance in the role, Jon Provost was honored with a "star" on the prestigious "Hollywood Walk of Fame".

Interesting Trivia: During the full 19 year run of the "Lassie" series, six different male Rough Collies portrayed Lassie.
Provost worked with three of the six dogs, "Lassie Jr." from 1957-1959, "Spook" in 1960, and "Baby" from 1960-1964.

Jonathan Bion "Jon" Provost was born in Los Angeles, California on March 12, 1950.