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Claude Jarman Jr.'s claim to fame
| Real Name: | Claude Jarman Jr. |
| Category: |
Childhood Stars |
| Posted Date: | 2003-12-29 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-05-03 |
| Views: | 55517 |
Reader David Costlow emails "I was researching the life (and death if any) on Claude Jarman Jr.
of the 1946 movie the Yearling fame. Not much available on this child star
who reportedly had no acting experience before his Oscar Winning Role in The
Yearling."
Where are they now?
His family moved to California after The Yearling where he attended the MGM studio school. After failing to duplicate his Yearling success in follow-up movies he returned to his hometown Nashville, Tennessee to finish high-school before going on to pre-law at Venderbilt University.
After university he served in the Navy for three years before returning to Hollywood in 1959 where he built a minor career behind the scenes as a producer and director, including a term as the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of San Fransisco
He married 3 times, 1959, 1968 & 1985, and has 6 children by his three wives.
Updates & Sightings
- 2009-02-09
He has 7 children, is married and has a travel company in San Francisco...has appeared 2X on the Oscar's and was in a miniseries call "Centenniel" back in the 80's...
- 2009-09-11 Claude Jarman ws my neighbor
- Submitted by jpryts
In the mid 1960's, a group of people walked up my parents driveway in a relatively exclusive area of the Napa Valley. In talking with them, one of the people introduced himself as Claude Jarman. Apparently he had purchased a house in the area, and was out for a walk with a group of friends when he happened upon our house. I remember immediately seeing the resemblence between this man, and the character in the film, "The Yearling." He stayed in the neighborhood for several years, and would commute to San Francisco where he held a job in city government.
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