Here we make a list of actors who co-starred with their kids

1. Maureen O'Sullivan - Mia Farrow

Maureen O'Sullivan is one of the actors who co-starred with their kids

Maureen O’Sullivan played the mother of her real-life daughter, Mia Farrow, in the 1986 movie, Hannah and Her Sisters, which was directed by Mia’s then partner, Woody Allen. The movie is now acclaimed as a masterpiece. Mia Farrow’s relationship famously ended in 1992 when Woody Allen’s secret affair with Mia’s adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, got exposed.

2. Alan Ladd - David Ladd

Alan Ladd starred with his son David Ladd, when David was a young boy in his first three movies: Shane (1953), The Big Land (1957) and The Proud Rebel (1958). Shane is now acclaimed as one of the greatest westerns ever made and was ranked No. 3 on AFI’s 10 Top 10 in the ‘Western’ category.

3. Henry Fonda - Jane Fonda

Henry Fonda is one of the actors who co-starred with their kids

This father-daughter pair appeared in Henry’s final film, On Golden Pond (1981), for which he won his first Oscar, making them one of the few family members to win Oscars. Jane accepted her father’s Oscar as he was too sick to attend the ceremony. The movie was that year’s second highest-grossing film following Raiders of the Lost Ark.

4. Lloyd Bridges - Jeff Bridges

Lloyd Bridges is one of the actors who c0-starred with their kids

The real life father-son pair was cast as uncle and nephew in Blown Away (1994). Jeff Bridges turned down the lead role in Speed (1994) to do this film, which also had the same premise.

5. Kirk Douglas - Michael Douglas

The film, It Runs in the Family (2003), stars three generations of the Douglas family: Kirk Douglas, his son Michael Douglas, and Michael’s son Cameron Douglas, who play three generations of a family. Diana Douglas, Michael Douglas’s real mother, plays the mother of his character and the wife of Kirk Douglas. Diana had divorced Kirk, 52 years go in real life in 1951.

6. Ryan O'Neal - Tatum O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal with his daughter Tatum O'Neal

Tatum O’Neal made her screen debut with her dad in Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon. She won the Oscar for her performance, making her the youngest Oscar winner in history at 10 years old.

7. Charlie Chaplin - Sydney Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin with his son Sydney Chaplin

Sydney Chaplin, who is one of his legendary father’s 11 children, made his screen debut with his father at 26 in Limelight (1952), which was also directed by Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin won his only competitive Oscar for composing this film’s score.

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