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Freddie Bartholomew
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Actor Born: March 28, 1924 in London, England Death: January 23, 1992 in Sarasota, FL Biography:During the second half of the 1930s, "Freddie Bartholomew" epitomized the British male child star, professional and well-mannered to a fault, and was the second most popular child actor in movies after "Shirley Temple". His own life, however, was nearly as troubled and, in some respects, more so, as those of many of the characters that he played. The son of an alcoholic mother who gave him up to her sister, he thrived in the home and care of his aunt (and adopted mother) Cissy and became a professional actor at the age of three. He'd already made two British feature films, "Fascination" (1930) and "Lily Christine" (1932), when MGM brought him to America in 1934 for its lavishly produced adaptation of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. This became his first American starring vehicle and, although critics of the era weren't universally taken with his performance, thinking it too simpering and passive,... Full Biography
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