LuAnn Haslam
| LuAnn Haslam | |
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LuAnn Haslam as Becky Thatcher, 1968.
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March 28, 1953 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Other names | Patty the Prom Pro |
| Occupation | Actress, blogger |
| Years active | 1964–1969 (actress) 1996–present (blogger) |
| Website | Prom-Night.com |
LuAnn Haslam (born March 28, 1953) is an American blogger and former child actress. Beginning a career as a professional child model and actress at the age of eleven, Haslam is best known for her role as "Becky Thatcher" on the Hanna-Barbera children's television series, The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which originally aired on NBC from 1968 to 1969. After leaving acting and becoming a high school teacher, Haslam assumed the identity of prom expert "Patty the Prom Pro", offering advice and services to high school students on the website Prom-Night.com
Haslam was born on March 28, 1953 in Los Angeles, California. She began working as a child model at the age of four, appearing in local fashion shows at Chaffey College and J.C.Penney's. Haslam's parents believed it was important to expose the Haslam children to the performing arts at a young age and she was soon cultivating her acting, singing and dancing abilities, performing in community theatre after school and on the weekends.
When Haslam was 11 years old, talent agent Pat Domigan discovered her in her father's store where she overheard Haslam telling a friend about a local play she was appearing in. Domigan approached Haslam's mother offering to represent her and she was soon going on professional auditions. In the subsequent years, Haslam worked as a child actress and model, appearing in print advertorials and television commercials for Diet-Rite Cola, Mattel Toys, and Downy Fabric Softener among others, before landing the role that would make her a star.
After several years as a working actress in commercials, Haslam landed the role of Becky Thatcher on the Hanna-Barbera television series The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, loosely based on the characters from the Mark Twain novel. 14 years old when she landed the role, Haslam co-starred alongside Michael Shea as Huck Finn and Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer, navigating weekly adventures within an animated world as they attempted to outrun a vengeful "Injun Joe", played by Ted Cassidy.
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