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3	Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 -- July 25, 1988) was an American child actress of [[TheEighties the mid-late 1980s]].
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5	Described by Creator/TurnerClassicMovies as "waif-like", Barsi was also physically noted for her distinctively Central European features (she was the daughter of [[{{UsefulNotes/Hungary}} Hungarian]] immigrants).
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7	Barsi suffered from a growth deformity which made her [[OlderThanTheyLook look younger]] than she actually was, which casting directors exploited: at six years old she played a three year old toddler in the MadeForTVMovie ''Fatal Vision'', based on the Jeffrey [=MacDonald=] story [[note]]In what might be one of the most horrific examples ''ever'' of HarsherInHindsight, she played a victim of PaterFamilicide several years before she met the same fate[[/note]]; at nine, she played a five-year-old in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' and a four-year-old on ''Series/GrowingPains''; and at ten years old she played a seven-year-old on ''Series/StElsewhere''.
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9	She provided the voice of Anne-Marie in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' and of Ducky in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. Both roles had the possibility of making her [[HeReallyCanAct/WesternAnimation a true break-out star]] much like her [[MooseAndMapleSyrup north of the border]] contemporaries [[Creator/TaraStrong Tara Charendoff]] and Creator/AlysonCourt.
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11	Sadly, we will never know. She never lived to see the premieres of ''The Land Before Time'' or ''All Dogs Go to Heaven''. She was murdered, along with her mother, on July 25, 1988 by her [[PaterFamilicide abusive father]], who committed suicide two days after his crime. For many years after, her grave and the adjoining grave of her mother remained unmarked - but in the early 2000s, fans clubbed together money to mark their graves.
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