Career
Maria Barsi soon began grooming her daughter to become an actress. At the age of five, Judith was discovered at a skating rink. She went on to appear in more than 70 commercials and guest-starring roles on television.
As well as her career in television, Judith appeared in several films including Jaws: The Revenge and provided the voice for the character of Ducky in The Land Before Time. Don Bluth, the director of the latter film, described her as "absolutely astonishing. She understood verbal direction, even for the most sophisticated situations," and had intended to use her extensively in his future productions. As she was short for her age (she stood 3 ft 8 in (1.12 m) at age 10), Judith began receiving hormone injections at UCLA to encourage her growth.
By the time she entered fourth grade, she was earning an estimated $100,000 a year, which helped her buy the family a three-bedroom house in the West Hills section of Los Angeles.
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