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Child Stars: Then and Now

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Published July 10, 2009, 2:51 p.m. ET

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THEN: Corey Haim, pictured here with Corey Feldman (right) and Jamison Newlander (left) in the “The Lost Boys,” was found dead today at age 38. Haim became a teen heartthrob after the 1987 cult-classic film. Warner Bros.

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IN 2007: Cory Haim Jim Spellman/WireImage.com

THEN: Corey Feldman, who starred with Corey Haim in “The Lost Boys” and then again in 2007 on “Two Coreys.” As a child star, Feldman appeared on 50 TV shows from the ’70s and ’80s, and starred in 1985’s “The Goonies.”

NOW: Corey Feldman

THEN: Drew Barrymore in 1982’s “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.”

NOW: Drew Barrymore

THEN: Leonardo DiCaprio on ’80s sitcom “Growing Pains.”

NOW: Leonardo DiCaprio

THEN: Lindsay Lohan in 1998’s “The Parent Trap.”

NOW: Lindsay Lohan

THEN: Will Smith in the ’90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

NOW: Will Smith

THEN: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen pose in a portrait for ’80s sitcom “Full House.”

NOW: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

THEN: Daniel Radcliffe in 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

NOW: Daniel Radcliffe.

THEN: Katherine Heigl in 1995’s “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.”

NOW: Katherine Heigl

THEN: Shia LaBeouf as a young Disney star.

NOW: Shia LaBeouf

THEN: Emma Watson at the 2001 premiere for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

NOW: Emma Watson

THEN: Neil Patrick Harris as prodigy Doogie Howser on the late ’80s dramedy “Doogie Howser, M.D.”

NOW: Neil Patrick Harris

THEN: Hayden Panettiere in 2000’s “Remember the Titans.”

NOW: Hayden Panettiere

THEN: Dakota Fanning in 2004.

NOW: Dakota Fanning

THEN: Macaulay Culkin in 1990’s “Home Alone.”

NOW: Macaulay Culkin

THEN: Abigail Breslin in 2002’s “Signs.”

NOW: Abigail Breslin

THEN: Jaleel White as Urkel in the early ’90s sitcom “Family Matters.”

NOW: Jaleel White

THEN: Fred Savage in the late ’80s dramedy “The Wonder Years.”

NOW: Fred Savage

THEN: Scott Baio in the early ’80s sitcom “Joanie Loves Chachi.”

NOW: Scott Baio

THEN: Jessica Biel in the ’90s family drama “7th Heaven.”

NOW: Jessica Biel

THEN: Danny Bonaduce as ’70s TV character Danny Partridge on “The Partridge Family.”

NOW: Danny Bonaduce

NOW: Danny Bonaduce

THEN: Matthew Fox as head of the “Party of Five” Charlie Salinger on the ’90s drama.

NOW: Matthew Fox

THEN: Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa on the ’90s Nickelodeon comedy “Clarissa Explains It All.”

NOW: Melissa Joan Hart

THEN: Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris on the reigning ’90s hit “Saved By the Bell.”

NOW: Mark-Paul Gosselaar

THEN: Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy on the late ’80s sitcom “Married… with Children.”

NOW: Christina Applegate

THEN: Justin Timberlake on Disney’s ’90s variety show “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

NOW: Justin Timberlake

THEN: Britney Spears on Disney’s ’90s variety show “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

NOW: Britney Spears

THEN: Ryan Gosling on Disney’s ’90s variety show “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

NOW: Ryan Gosling

THEN: Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor on the ’90s Aaron Spelling drama “Beverly Hills, 90210.”

NOW: Jennie Garth

THEN: Courteney Cox in the late ’80s as Lauren Miller on “Family Ties.”

NOW: Courteney Cox

THEN: Jared Leto as Jordan Catalano on the short-lived ’90s drama “My So Called Life.”

NOW: Jared Leto

THEN: Christina Ricci in 1991’s “The Addams Family.”

NOW: Christina Ricci

THEN: Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater on the reigning ’90s hit “Saved By the Bell.”

NOW: Mario Lopez

THEN: Claire Danes as Angela Chase on the short-lived ’90s drama “My So-Called Life.”

NOW: Claire Danes

THEN: Seth Green in 1988’s “My Stepmother Is an Alien.”

NOW: Seth Green

THEN: Jennifer Love Hewitt on as Sarah Reeves on ’90s drama “Party of Five.”

NOW: Jennifer Love Hewitt

THEN: Hilary Duff in the 2001 flick “Lizzie McGuire.”

NOW: Hilary Duff

THEN: Christina Aguilera on Disney’s ’90s variety show “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

NOW: Christina Aguilera

THEN: John Cusack in 1989’s “Say Anything…”

NOW: John Cusack

THEN: Mischa Barton in 1999’s “The Sixth Sense.”

NOW: Mischa Barton

THEN: Michael Cera as George Michael Bluth on “Arrested Development” before it was canceled in 2006.

NOW: Michael Cera

THEN: Molly Ringwald in 1984’s “Sixteen Candles.”

NOW: Molly Ringwald

THEN: Andrew McCarthy in 1986’s “Pretty in Pink.”

NOW: Andrew McCarthy

THEN: Jodie Foster in 1976’s “Taxi Driver.”

NOW: Jodie Foster

THEN: Jason Bateman as James Cooper Ingalls on the ’80s family drama “Little House on the Prairie.”

NOW: Jason Bateman

THEN: Alyssa Milano as Samantha in the ’80s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?”

NOW: Alyssa Milano

THEN: Rupert Grint in 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

NOW: Rupert Grint

THEN: Christopher Knight as Peter Brady on “The Brady Bunch,” which debuted in 1969.

NOW: Christopher Knight

THEN: Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut at age ten in 1942’s “There’s One Born Every Minute.”

NOW: Elizabeth Taylor

THEN: Raven-Symone as Olivia Kendall on the mid-’80’s family sitcom “The Cosby Show.”

NOW: Raven-Symone

THEN: Anthony Michael Hall in 1984’s “Sixteen Candles.”

NOW: Anthony Michael Hall

THEN: Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield on the ’90s sitcom “The Nanny.”

NOW: Madeline Zima

THEN: Joey Lawrence ate age 6 on ’80s sitcom “Gimme a Break!”

NOW: Joey Lawrence

THEN: Nicollette Sheridan in 1985’s “The Sure Thing.”

NOW: Nicollette Sheridan

THEN: Kurt Russell as Jamie McPheeters in the ’60s on “The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.”

NOW: Kurt Russell

THEN: Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner on the ’80s sitcom “Full House.”

NOW: Jodie Sweetin

THEN: Ben Savage as Cory Matthews on the ’90s sitcom “Boy Meets World.”

NOW: Ben Savage

THEN: Elisabeth Shue in 1984’s “The Karate Kid.”

NOW: Elisabeth Shue

THEN: Jonathan Lipnickiin 1996’s “Jerry Maguire.”

NOW: Jonathan Lipnicki

THEN: Peter Facinelli in 1998’s “Can’t Hardly Wait.”

NOW: Peter Facinelli

THEN: Tom Felton in 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

NOW: Tom Felton

THEN: Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson on the late ’70s sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.”

NOW: Gary Coleman

THEN: Ron Howard as Opie Taylor in the ’60s on sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show.”

NOW: Ron Howard

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