February 2021: Vol 47, No 2

In the history of Hollywood, you can count on one hand how many child actors managed to weather the transition to becoming a full-grown movie star.

Take Kurt Russell, for instance. Maybe it’s the luck of the Irish since he was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1951 in Springfield, Mass. And it so happens that both of his parents were in show business – his father was actor Neil “Bing” Russell and his mother is dancer, Louise Julia Russell. His father and sister had a lot to do with his childhood.

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