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Who is the girl?

posted 14 years ago by magolding
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Does anyone know the name of the girl who played one of the alien children? The one who a village boy bounced a baskedball off her head and she turned around and was about to eye him when David told her to leave him alone?

About a decade after the movie was made there was a pretty young woman in one of my college classes who looked sort of like an older version of her and even wore a coat similar to the ones the children wore. I some times wondered how she would react if she was asked: "Has anyone ever told you you look like a monster from outer space?"

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[–] bastasch8647 13 years ago

Her name is June Cowell, the sister of American Idol's Simon Cowell.

[–] magolding 13 years ago

thank you.

[–] bastasch8647 13 years ago

You're very welcome :)

[–] Antoine_Bugleboy 12 years ago

She's only a half-sister of Simon Cowell.

And for those who haven't pulled up her filmography yet, 'Village' was her last role in movies, after only a few child roles.

Pictures of her as an adult:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1227860/Simon-Cowells-little -known-sister-wealth-childhood-girlfriends-match-mother.html

I'm curious why, as the article states: "...at the age of 15, she decided it [movie & TV stardom] was not for her and gave it all up".
Now she's complaining about being comparatively penniless.
This is no doubt selfish of me, but I wish I could have seen more of her in movies. Very peculiar that she would have given that up. Wonder if she had bad experiences with some of the producers or what....