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Dawn Lyn

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Dawn Lyn made her acting debut at age four in the low-budget, independent Cry Blood, Apache (1970). It wasn't until she was 12 that she discovered she had played a Native American boy in the movie. She was the original Prudence in the pilot for Nanny and the Professor (1970) TV series. By the time the pilot sold at the last minute, Dawn had already been released from her contract and cast as Dodie in My Three Sons (1960), and the producers of "Nanny and the Professor" unsuccessfully sued in an attempt to get her back. She worked steadily, financially supporting her family, until she was in her mid-teens; she says her petite stature began to work against her instead of for her, as it had when she was a child.

Dawn decided to branch out professionally, instead of concentrating on acting, and has done many things over the years, including co-owning a boutique on Pier 39 when she lived in San Francisco. People often ask her if she will act again; her answer is that while she has not actively pursued roles, that door is not closed.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

As an adult she counseled budding child actors and their parents about the pros and cons of the industry.
During the filming of Shoot Out (1971) when she was seven, Gregory Peck saved her from a fall and potential serious injury while they were rehearsing the scene in which Decky jumps onto the caboose of a moving train.
Played sister to her real-life brother Leif Garrett in the Cannon (1971) episode Death Is a Double-Cross (1971); they also acted together in the Circle of Fear episode Doorway to Death.
Daughter of Rik Nervik and Carolyn Stellar. Daughter-in-law of Bill Reese. Younger sister of Leif Garrett; she co-starred with him in the Wonder Woman (1975) episode My Teenage Idol Is Missing (1978), playing a girl with a crush on the singer. The two also starred as siblings in all three original "Walking Tall" films. Their mother, Carolyn Stellar, appeared as a nurse in Part 2: Walking Tall (1975).
On October 13, 2022, Lyn was hospitalized for five days for brain surgery to reduce a non-malignant tumor. Lyn developed bacterial meningitis after she was released from the hospital and fell into coma on October 22. Lyn was comatose in ICU for a month before regaining consciousness. As of September 2023, she was still recovering.

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