Child Stars: Where Are They Now?

As Kevin’s childhood sweetheart on the Emmy-winning Wonder Years, where she played the all-American Winnie Cooper, McKellar—then all of 12—shared her first kiss on-screen with costar Fred Savage.

More than just a pretty face, McKellar is the best-selling author of four books for girls about math, including Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss and Math Doesn’t Suck: How To Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. She even co-authored a theorem that’s been dubbed Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem.

Goonies never die, right? Cohen’s most memorable turn was as Chunk in the 1985 cult classic.

These days, Cohen’s still in Hollywood—but he’s working behind the scenes. Graduating from UC Berkeley and then UCLA Law, he’s now the head of his own L.A.-based law firm, Cohen Gardner LLP. “I really enjoy being an entertainment lawyer,” he said recently. “There’s a lot of upside: You don’t have to audition, and you still get to go to the parties.”

For six seasons in the 1990s, he was nerdy best friend Paul Pfeiffer on The Wonder Years.

For years, Saviano has been haunted by the rumor that his alter ego is none other than shock singer Marilyn Manson. In reality, he graduated from Yale with a degree in political science in 1998, then went on to law at Cardozo in New York City. Now a lawyer with Morrison Cohen LLP in New York, he works on cases related to corporate law and intellectual property.

He played Drew Barrymore’s non-believing older brother Michael in the 1982 hit, E.T., followed by the lead in the big-screen adaptation of Robert Cormier’s I Am the Cheese.

Post-E.T., he stuck with theater for a decade, doing the Shakespeare Theater Festival in New York and other shows, before quitting acting in 2002. Since then, he’s worked as a mail carrier in Phoenix, Ariz. and Jersey City, N.J.

She was the fast-talking Six on the long-running ‘90s hit Blossom. Then she played sidekick to Countess Vaughn on The Parkers until 2004.

Based in Nashville, Tenn., Von Oy is focused on life as country crooner, releasing her second album in 2009. Mom to daughter Gray, born in 2012, Von Oy is blogging about her adventures in first time motherhood at her site, CradleChronicles.com. She's also expecting another child in November.

He was wimpy kid Jonathan on Who’s the Boss.

In 1997, the actor came out as gay when the National Enquirer threatened to out him. After doing some roles on stage off-Broadway, Pintauro graduated from Stanford University. He has retreated from public life since then, and according to a recent report is selling Tupperware.

As the iconic Punky Brewster, Frye was one of the most familiar faces on the small screen in the ‘80s. She caused controversy when opting for a breast reduction at 16 while dealing with a disorder called breast hyperthrophy. Starring with fellow teen star Melissa Joan Hart on Sabrina The Teenaged Witch in 2002, she eventually did guest spots on TV hits like Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years and _Friend_s.

Married to TV producer Jason Goldberg and mom to two daughters, Poet and Jagger, and one son, Lyric, Frye opened her own environmentally-conscious kids clothing and accessories boutique, The Little Seed, in L.A. in 2007.

As everykid Kevin Arnold for six seasons on The Wonder Years, Savage became the youngest kid ever to earn both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

After short stints on his own sitcoms, Working (1996) and Crumbs (2006), Savage decided he preferred to hang out behind the camera. He’s since become a go-to guy in Hollywood, taking on producing and directing duties for shows like It’s Always Sunny In Philadephia, Modern Family, Party Down, Franklin And Bash (starring fellow teen stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer) and 2 Broke Girls. The Stanford grad is married to his childhood sweetheart, Jennifer, and the pair have three kids.

He was best known as Mark, the youngest of the Taylor clan on the long-running 1990s hit Home Improvement.

In 2001, then 17, he sued his parents to gain access to his trust fund, then wed a woman twice his age. He’s since divorced and found love again—and he and his girlfriend are producing and marketing a vegan cheese product and creating art installations made from trash. Now 27, Smith faced an arrest in March on DUI charges.

Perhaps best remembered as Fred Savage’s crush in the 1989 video game dramedy The Wizard, Lewis also did guest stints on Growing Pains, Roseanne, Just the Ten of Us and other ‘80s hits, as well as flicks like _Troop Beverly Hill_s.

In the 2000s, Jenny switched her focus from acting to music, rocking out as the frontwoman of the rock band Rilo Kiley. The band split in 2011, after Lewis had already released two solo discs. She’s since joined forces with boyfriend Johnathan Rice to form the indie duo Jenny and Johnny.

Fishman was only 6—and a total Hollywood newbie—when he was cast as D.J., the youngest member of the Conner clan, on Roseanne. It was a role he’d play until he was 15.

These days, Fishman, now 30 and dad to two, is working behind the scenes, learning the ropes as an assistant director and set designer for shows like “Sports Science.” Last year, he reconnected with TV mama Roseanne on her show Roseanne’s Nuts, and he’s reportedly open to working on-camera again.