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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.
Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980), and Foxes (1980). After attending Yale University , Foster transitioned into mature leading roles and won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988) and Clarice Starling in The ...
Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American child actress.She began her career in television, making appearances in commercials and television series, as well as the 1987 film Jaws: The Revenge.
Laird Koenig, who wrote “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane,” died in Santa Barbara on June 30, Jamie Dixon, the son of Koenig’s collaborator Peter L. Dixon, told Variety. He was 95.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1974 novel by Laird Koenig, about a 13-year-old girl named Rynn Jacobs who lives alone in a house, and murders people who threaten her solitary life. The book was adapted into a film by same name in 1976 that starred Jodie Foster as Rynn and Martin Sheen as perverted antagonist Frank Hallet.
Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar face on television’s “Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85. No cause of ...
His best-known work was The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. [1] The novel was adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on his novel. Koenig died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, California, on June 30, 2023, at the age of 95. [2] [3]
Jacklyn Zeman, who became one of the most recognizable actors on daytime television during 45 years of playing nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s “General Hospital,” has died. Zeman died of ...