FF-478: Claudia Lamb on life as a child star on Norman Lear's most controversial show
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Claudia Lamb became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at the age of five. She acted in many commercials and played the role of Heather Hartman on the series _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_ and _Forever Fernwood_--both produced by Norman Lear. This was a total of 455 shows from 1976 to 1978. The show was so controversial that no network wanted it, in spite of Norman Lear's success in the early 1970's. It was sold in syndication to many markets across the USA.
Claudia discusses the many problems facing child stars and points out that dogs "have more" protection than children in Hollywood. She discusses how producers would place tween/teen actors into very grown-up storylines. She also talks about finding a second family on the show of the show and her adult career in radio.
Claudia is on IMDB here:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482934/
She is on Wikipedia here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Lamb
She has a blog here:
https://claudialamb.wordpress.com/
https://x.com/FountainheadFm
Buy my novel Escape from the Village from major booksellers online. Go to:
http://escapevillage.com
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Claudia Lamb became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at the age of five. She acted in many commercials and played the role of Heather Hartman on the series _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_ and _Forever Fernwood_--both produced by Norman Lear. This was a total of 455 shows from 1976 to 1978. The show was so controversial that no network wanted it, in spite of Norman Lear's success in the early 1970's. It was sold in syndication to many markets across the USA.
Claudia discusses the many problems facing child stars and points out that dogs "have more" protection than children in Hollywood. She discusses how producers would place tween/teen actors into very grown-up storylines. She also talks about finding a second family on the show of the show and her adult career in radio.
Claudia is on IMDB here:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482934/
She is on Wikipedia here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Lamb
She has a blog here:
https://claudialamb.wordpress.com/
