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Tatum O'Neal

Highest Rated: 97% The Bad News Bears (1976)

Lowest Rated: 7% Nickelodeon (1976)

Birthday: Nov 5, 1963

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Actress Tatum O'Neal experienced early success as a child star, only to struggle with addiction, a bitter divorce and family acrimony well into her adult years. With her screen debut opposite her real-life father, movie star Ryan O'Neal, the 10-year-old became the youngest actress ever to receive an Academy Award for her supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon" (1973). An undeniably talented screen presence, as a teen O'Neal continued to charm audiences with such crowd-pleasing comedies as "The Bad News Bears" (1976) and "Little Darlings" (1980). Within a few short years, however, a tumultuous private life addled by drugs, alcohol and sex began to derail her once promising career, as evidenced by B-movie offerings like the low-budget thriller "Certain Fury" (1985). A stormy marriage to notoriously hot-tempered tennis legend John McEnroe ended in divorce and heroin addiction - all which was covered extensively in O'Neal's 2004 tell-all memoir A Paper Life. The actress began a career rebound with a recurring role on the Emmy-winning drama "Rescue Me" (FX, 2004-2011) and as the star of the primetime soap "Wicked Wicked Games," (MyNetwork TV, 2006-07), until a 2008 arrest for drug possession revealed O'Neal's troubles were not completely behind her. Nonetheless, she attempted to move forward in her life, even attempting a reconciliation with her estranged father on the reality series "Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals" (OWN, 2011). In a tale as old as Hollywood, O'Neal had traveled from glory to infamy to redemption both on and off screen.

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Highest-Rated Movies

97% 80% The Bad News Bears Watchlist
90% 94% Paper Moon
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69% 55% The Runaways
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67% 77% Basquiat
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67% 74% Little Darlings
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60% The Technical Writer
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55% 75% Not to Forget Watchlist 46% 35% She's Funny That Way Watchlist
30% 65% My Brother
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14% 52% Saving Grace B. Jones
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Filmography

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Not to Forget 55% 75% 2021 Doctor Actor The Crown With a Shadow 2021 Razor Voice The Assent 11% 2019 Dr. Hawkins Actor Runaway Romance 36% 2018 Veronica Adson Actor God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness 11% 51% 2018 Barbara Solomon Actor Rock, Paper, Scissors 38% 2017 Dr. Evelyn Bauer Actor Sweet Lorraine 2015 Lorraine Bebee Actor She's Funny That Way 46% 35% 2014 Waitress Actor Mr. Sophistication 2012 Kim Waters Actor Last Will 9% 2010 Hayden Emery Actor The Runaways 69% 55% 2010 Cherie's Mother Actor Saving Grace B. Jones 14% 52% 2009 Grace Actor Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal 57% 2008 Lorene Tippit Actor My Brother 30% 65% 2006 Erica Actor The Scoundrel's Wife 22% 2002 Camille Picou Actor The Technical Writer 60% 2002 Slim Actor Basquiat 67% 77% 1996 Cynthia Kruger Actor Little Noises 81% 1991 Stella Actor Certain Fury 43% 1985 Scarlet Actor Prisoners 1983 Christie Actor Little Darlings 67% 74% 1980 Ferris Actor Circle of Two 40% 1980 Sarah Norton Actor International Velvet 71% 1978 Sarah Brown Actor Nickelodeon 7% 49% 1976 Alice Forsyte Actor The Bad News Bears 97% 80% 1976 Amanda Whurlitzer Actor
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