Lauren Chapin, Beloved “Kitten” of Father Knows Best, Dies at 80 After a Life of Fame, Hardship, and Redemption
To millions of viewers, she would always remain the little girl with the bright eyes and mischievous grin — the child who made America laugh from the safest living room in television. But the life Lauren Chapin lived after the cameras stopped rolling was nothing like the one audiences believed they knew. Behind the innocence …