Kristy McNichol Played Buddy on 'Family.' See Her Now at 59. — Best Life

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She's lived quite a life.

that she took her role as Buddy very seriously, even at a young age.

"I was like a miniature adult," she said."I'd go off to work every day with a little briefcase. I really think I grew up backwards. There is the way most kids do it, and then there is the way Kris did it." But ultimately, while her maturity helped her professionally, she discovered that living in the spotlight wasn't good for her mental or physical health.

"It all came to a head. All the rejection, all the ups and downs of my career—not having a childhood, coming from a broken home, not going to school, not going to the prom, all these people telling me to do this and do that and not having any say-so," she said."People think I must have been on drugs or something. But when you're young, all of that is enough to make you crack.

 

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