LAUREN CHAPIN

Lauren Chapin played the role of the 9-year old Kathy on Father Knows Best, from 1954 to 1960. Her character was called Kitten by her dad (Robert Young) in the sitcom. Unfortunately, opportunities became so slack for her after that role. Chaplin gave a statement to a reporter in 1983 and said that she couldn’t get a job and that she had been typecast as Kathy Anderson. She shared that the more she didn’t work, the degree of personal problems for her increased. Chaplin added that she turned into a hopeless child when she ran away from home.

Chaplin tried various work, but to no avail, so she succumbed to despair and other harmful things. After realizing the error in her ways, Chaplin tried to turn her life for the better. In 1989, she became an author of Father Does Know Best: The Lauren Chaplin Story. Chaplin also became an evangelist. Her story just goes to show that there will always be a silver lining after every storm that we encounter in life.