Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American actress. She was small in stature and often played characters younger than her actual age. On July 25, 1988, at the age of 10, she was murdered by her father.
Judith Barsi was the daughter of Hungarian immigrants József Barsi and Maria Barsi (née Benkő), who had both fled the 1956 Soviet occupation of Hungary and then emigrated to Los Angeles, California shortly before the birth of t...
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Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American actress. She was small in stature and often played characters younger than her actual age. On July 25, 1988, at the age of 10, she was murdered by her father.
Judith Barsi was the daughter of Hungarian immigrants József Barsi and Maria Barsi (née Benkő), who had both fled the 1956 Soviet occupation of Hungary and then emigrated to Los Angeles, California shortly before the birth of their daughter. Her mother dreamed of her becoming an actress, as she once made an effort to do so for herself. When Barsi was 5 years old, she was discovered at a skating rink. Looking younger than she was, she was mistaken for a 3-year-old. She went on to appear in over 70 commercials and soon appeared in films. Later in her life, Barsi had growth hormone injections to encourage her growth.
As Barsi became more famous, her father József, an alcoholic and unemployed plumber, became increasingly abusive, jealous, and paranoid. He would mentally...
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