Bridgette Marriah Andersen (July 11, 1975 - May 18, 1997), was an American child actress, best known for her part in the title role of the 1982 comedy Savannah Smiles.
Born in Inglewood, California, her high IQ was evident at a very young age, reading since she was 2 and a half years old. With a wide range of reading interests at the age of six, Ernest Hemingway was her favorite writer and The Old Man and the Sea her favorite book.[citation needed] She was a distant relative of fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen. [citation needed]
She died as a result of an alcohol and heroin overdose at the age of 21. One of her final performances was a guest part on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After (1995), taped only a year before her death.
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on Jan 24, 2008
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