What Happened to Our Favorite Child Stars From The ’50s, ’60s & ’70s

Role: Jeff Stone Show: The Donna Reed Show (1958) Net Worth: $3 million*

Paul Petersen gained prominence in the fifties with his role as Jeff Stone on The Donna Reed Show. Transitioning to music in the sixties, he returned to acting in the eighties, making a cameo in the police procedural Matt Houston.

In the nineties, Petersen starred as Paul Conway in the movie Mommy’s Day. Post-acting, he became an activist, founding “A Minor Consideration” to uphold the labor rights of child stars and child laborers in Hollywood.