Junior Miss

[1] Benson's stories were adapted for theatre by writers Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, by producer Max Gordon, and by director Moss Hart.

[3] In 1945, 20th Century-Fox released a film adaptation of the play by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields which starred Peggy Ann Garner as Judy Graves.

Sponsored by Procter & Gamble, the first series was broadcast from March 4 to August 26, 1942, with Shirley Temple playing the lead character Judy Graves.

[7] In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Junior Miss radio program starred Barbara Whiting, who had appeared in the 1945 film as Fuffy Adams.

[8] Carol Lynley had the lead role of Judy Graves with Don Ameche and Joan Bennett as her parents and Susanne Sidney as Fuffy Adams.

First edition (publ. Random House )