Victoria Paige Meyerink is a producer and former child actress. At the age of four, Meyerink became Danny Kaye's co-star on the

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variety series ''

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'' and, in 2006, was honored by the

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with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role on the series.

Biography

The daughter of actress

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, Meyerink became a model when she was two and a half years old. Although she received a season-long contract to perform on ''The Danny Kaye Show'', she left the program after the laughter of the audience began to upset her. She went on to co-star with Anne Francis in '' Brainstorm'', with

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in ''

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'' and with

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in ''

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''. On television she guest-starred on such notable shows as '' Green Acres'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. As an adult, she was, at one time, the youngest female producer in the film industry; producing the film ''

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'' at the age of twenty-two. In addition to ''Young Warriors'', Meyerink produced ''Nightforce'' and ''

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'', for which she received the Montreal World Film Festival Excellence in Producing Award.

Filmography

References

Enternal links

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Official "Finding Home" site
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