‘Father Is aware of Greatest’ Star Lauren Chapin Useless at 80

Lauren Chapin — who performed the youngest baby, Kathy “Kitten” Anderson, on the beloved Nineteen Fifties TV present “Father Is aware of Greatest” — has died.

Her son, Matthew Chapinintroduced the information on social media Tuesday night, writing … “After a protracted exhausting fought battle over the previous 5 years, the time has come. My mom Lauren Chapin handed away from her battle with most cancers tonight.”

Lauren kicked off her performing profession with an uncredited function in 1954’s “A Star Is Born” starring Judy Garlandin addition to the CBS collection “Lux Video Theatre” earlier than being solid because the precocious Kitten in ‘FKB.’

“Father Is aware of Greatest” ran for six seasons, and after it ended, she appeared on an installment of “Common Electrical Theater” alongside Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows in addition to the 1976 comedy musical “The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.” She additionally returned for a ‘FKB’ reunion and Christmas particular in 1977, and performed Ace’s mother in 1980’s “Scout’s Honor.”

She took a decades-long performing hiatus earlier than snagging a recurring function within the household drama “Faculty Bus Diaries” in 2016.

Lauren had a troublesome life, claiming her father sexually abused her as a toddler. She additionally handled substance abuse and authorized woes, and was hooked on heroin till she was 25, in accordance with the Orlando Sentinel. She was additionally married and divorced by the age of 19.

Reflecting on her previous woes, she advised the Sentinel in 2001 … “Crucial factor isn’t that we have now a previous. Nevertheless it’s what we do with the current that counts.”

In her grownup life, she managed artists, together with her daughter, Latin pop singer Summer season Healy-Chapin. She additionally labored as a counter supervisor for Guerlain fragrance in Florida in 2001 and was closely concerned in her church.

She wrote 2 books and helped increase greater than $2 million for underprivileged and abused kids as nicely.

Lauren was 80.