By Hadley Meares Contributor The highlight of the night was when the crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to former MGM child star Cora Sue Collins (who played a little Greta Garbo in 1933’s Queen ...

Many child stars fail to establish acting careers ... Despite all this, Garland became a star for MGM. She appeared in ...

Hollywood’s Golden Age was filled with charming child stars, but few had as varied a résumé as Cora Sue Collins did during her 13 years at MGM. Born Gabrielle Collins in Beckley, West Virginia ...

Since they've already spent years gaining experience in their chosen field, most child stars don't go to college ... (though not all of them finish it). MGM DIstribution Co. Other people who ...

And soon enough, I was under contract at MGM. Fox News: It’s been reported ... Fox News: How did you escape Hollywood’s so-called child star curse? O’Brien: I think that was all due to ...

Mgm Studios / Getty Images 13.Macaulay ... she was asked inappropriate questions by interviewers when she was a child star. Savion Washington / WireImage "In interviews at a young age, I remember ...

Garland, who was already becoming a child star with MGM, was literally singing “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” in an MGM radio show as her father died. A few years later she and her ...

A former child star who won a Juvenile Academy Award for ... Director Clarence Brown cast him in the MGM production after visiting schools in the South to scout kids for the role of Jody Baxter ...

Cora Sue Collins, a star child actress in the 1930s and 1940s ... In 1934, Collins signed a contract with MGM Studios for $250 per week – equivalent to about $6,000 in today’s dollars ...

According to the Daily Mail, Garland intended to write a memoir detailing her experience as a child star with MGM, but she was never able to dedicate the time she needed to finish it. Mickey ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Cora Sue Collins, the charming child actress of ... The reclusive star often invited Collins into her lavish suite on the MGM lot for afternoon tea — Collins drank ...