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Child actors who grew up into stars

Published On: Jul 24 2011 11:42:08 PM PDT   Updated On: May 24 2013 08:23:44 AM PDT

New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes recently after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment. While troubled child stars seem to get most of the press, plenty of young actors have managed to stay successful into adulthood. Take a look at child actors who grew up into stars.

child stars - Ron Howard today
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Howard left "Happy Days" in 1980 to focus on directing and never looked back. Today, he's known as the director of such movies as "Splash," "Apollo 13," "A Beautiful Mind" and "Frost/Nixon."

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