[Colt]

Right, I searched and there is no thread here....

Mara Elizabeth Wilson was born on July 24th, 1987 in Los Angeles. She is a middle child with three elder brothers - Danny (b. 1979), Jon (b. 1980) and Joel (b. 1982) - and a younger sister Anna (b. 1992).

When Mara was five years old, her eldest brother Danny started acting in television adverts and she wanted to follow in his footsteps. She went on to appear in a number of commercials including those advertising Texaco and the Bank of America. She also appeared in a movie with Robin Williams in the film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), which is based on Anne Fine's book 'Madame Doubtfire'. In the role, Mara proved herself to be a talented young actress who was mature for her tender years and her acting career went from strength-to-strength.

The following year, Mara played a small girl whose mother had suffered a major stroke in A Time to Heal (1994) (TV). But her big break came with the remake of Miracle on 34th Street (1994) where she had a starring role as the little cynical girl who learned the magic of Santa Claus. Ironically, Mara is Jewish so was not raised to believe in Santa Claus but this was a bonus in some ways since she was able to empathize with her character's stance that there was no Santa.

At the age of nine, Mara was cast in the lead role in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's book Matilda (1996). Sadly, during filming, Mara lost her mother to lung cancer but she bravely pushed ahead with the film much to the amazement and admiration of her adult co-stars.

Mara starred in three films over the following three years, the last of which was as the granddaughter of Peter Fonda in the film version of the British children's favorite Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). Unfortunately, the film did not do well in the box office and also signaled an end to Mara's childhood career as she focused on her school career and just enjoying her teenage years.

In June 2005, Mara will finish up at Burbank High School and hopes to go on to do a Theatre course at Idyllwild Arts Academy.

I've just been watching Matilda for the millionth time... Does anyone remember her? She was cute in her childhood movies....

Matilda -

Matilda 1
Matilda 2
Matilda 3
Matilda 4
Matilda 5
Matilda 6
Matilda 7
Matilda 8
Matilda 9
Matilda 10
Matilda 11
Matilda 12
Matilda 13
Matilda 14

A Simple Wish -

A Simple Wish 1
A Simple Wish 2
A Simple Wish 3
A Simple Wish 4
A Simple Wish 5
A Simple Wish 6
A Simple Wish 7
A Simple Wish 8
A Simple Wish 9
A Simple Wish 10
A Simple Wish 11
A Simple Wish 12
A Simple Wish 13
A Simple Wish 14

A Miracle on 34th Street -

A Miracle on 34th Street 1
A Miracle on 34th Street 2
A Miracle on 34th Street 3
A Miracle on 34th Street 4
A Miracle on 34th Street 5
A Miracle on 34th Street 6
A Miracle on 34th Street 7
A Miracle on 34th Street 8
A Miracle on 34th Street 9
A Miracle on 34th Street 10
A Miracle on 34th Street 11
A Miracle on 34th Street 12
A Miracle on 34th Street 13
A Miracle on 34th Street 14

Mrs. Doubtfire -

Mrs. Doubtfire 1
Mrs. Doubtfire 2
Mrs. Doubtfire 3
Mrs. Doubtfire 4
Mrs. Doubtfire 5
Mrs. Doubtfire 6
Mrs. Doubtfire 7
Mrs. Doubtfire 8
Mrs. Doubtfire 9
Mrs. Doubtfire 10
Mrs. Doubtfire 11
Mrs. Doubtfire 12

Thomas and The Magic Railroad

Thomas and The Magic Railroad 1
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 2
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 3
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 4
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 5
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 6
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 7
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 8
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 9
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 10
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 11
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 12
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 13
Thomas and The Magic Railroad 14

Other -
The Balloon Farm 1
The Balloon Farm 2
The Balloon Farm 3
The Balloon Farm 4
The Balloon Farm 5
The Balloon Farm 6

Mara Wilson 1 - Taken October 2000
Mara Wilson 2 - Mara Headshot
Mara Wilson 3 - Matilda Premiere, 1996

My Personal Favourite -
Cutest Mara Picture

So she's changed ALOT....In one of her pictures that was taken in 2000 she seemed to have lost her childhood cuteness, but she's still good.

She made a few appearances in TV too.

The Pictures were from MaraWilson.com

[MaryOceanBlue]

OMG!! i remember her.....she was so cute in all thosen movies aww now she's like 18!? wow she grew up fast!

[Colt]

I've just done more research and there is a planned Mrs. Doubtfire 2, to be released in 2006.

Starring Robin Willians - Mrs. Doubtfire 2, Jumanji, Jack, One Hour Photo.
and Bonnie Hunt - Baethover <(spelling wrong?), Jumanji, Cheaper by the dozen.

It would be great if Mara Wilson could be in it too.

[Scoutmaster]

Yup I remember Matilda.
Funny movie

[BrunettesDoItBetter]

MaryOceanBlue, on Sep 4 2005, 08:19 AM, said:

OMG!! i remember her.....she was so cute in all thosen movies aww now she's like 18!? wow she grew up fast!

I know, it's amazing how fast kids grow up, just look at your younger siblings...

[Paco1]

Matilda... good ol' times
I like this movie... I especially liked the evil headmistress don't know her name anymore though

This post has been edited by Paco1: September 04 2005, 5:45 PM

[Colt]

Mrs Trunchball! ....hehehe.

[MaryOceanBlue]

haha for real it feels like my brother was born yesterday and he is almost 7! same with lindsay lol