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"How about you, Nat? Are you gonna try to be pencil thin?" Julie Anne Haddock as Cindy Webster. Julie Anne Haddock is, perhaps, one of the most fascinating performers in old Hollywood history. Mostly known for her work on The Facts of Life as Cindy Webster, Haddock would go from starring in the biggest show of her era into becoming a complete ghost. In fact, throughout her decade-long career, Haddock would appear in just 13 projects before completely vanishing off of the map.

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Despite her short time in the public spotlight, Haddock must have left one heck of an impression. In the decades since her appearance on The Facts of Life, Haddock has become a popular search engine keyword as television fanatics seek to find out whatever happened to the tomboy, Cindy Webster. In order to help you answer that question, at least a little bit, we'll go back in time to see what Haddock has been up to.

Early Career Work

Julie Anne Haddock was born on April 3, 1965, in Los Angeles, California. Raised to be an actress, Haddock wouldn't take long before she was tearing up television screens all throughout the country. Haddock would make her major motion picture debut at the tender age of ten-years-old when she appeared in the film, The World Through the Eyes of Children.

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Outside of her early work on film, precious little is known about Julie Anne Haddock. Despite appearing in some of the most important productions of the era, Haddock has fiercely protected her privacy. In fact, you'd probably need a private detective in order to learn much more about the former child star. With that being said, we'll do what we can in order to give you a detailed look at her short if affecting, career in Hollywood.

Vanishing From Hollywood

While nobody knows much of what drew Haddock to Hollywood, we do know that she became something of a child star. Haddock would make her film debut as Dawn in The World Through the Eyes of Children before landing a regular role on Mulligan's Stew starting in 1977. Haddock would portray Melinda Mulligan for six episodes as part of the main cast. She would also reprise her role in the made-for-television film of the same name.  Mulligan's Stew also starred Lawrence Pressman, Johnny Whitaker, Elinor Donahue, and Johnny Doran. The series followed the Mulligan family as they try to make ends meet after adopting their nephews and nieces following the tragic loss of their parents. While the series scored mostly positive reviews, it only lasted for a single six-episode season.

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Following the end of Mulligan's Stew, Haddock would go on to appear in the television series Wonder Woman in 1978. Haddock played Tina in a single episode, titled The Girl From Islandia. The episode focused on a newspaper worker named Simon Penrose who finds a young girl stranded on a raft. She has no form of identification short of some ancient jewelry. Simon naturally calls in Diana Prince, otherwise known as Wonder Woman, and the episode goes on from there.

After attaining success on Wonder Woman, Haddock would land the biggest role of her career as Cindy Webster on The Facts of Life in 1979. Cindy Webster was part of the main cast during the first season of the production. She played a tomboy named Cindy. Despite being well-received by fans and critics alike, Haddock would vanish from the regular cast list at the end of the first season, appearing in just seventeen episodes during her stint on the show. Cindy would reprise her role several times throughout the years, appearing for the final time in the 1986 episode titled The Little Chill.

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Outside of her work on The Facts of Life, Haddock spent some time on both television and in theaters. Haddock would appear in The Great Santini alongside Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner. The film was nominated for a pair of Oscars. While Haddock's role was relatively small, her addition to the film was recognized by fans and critics. Haddock would follow that film appearance with several more appearances on television including projects like Diff'rent Strokes (1980), Gimme a Break! (1981), and Boone (1983) as Amanda. Boone would become Haddock's longest-running continuous role as she played 13 episodes as part of the main cast in the first season of the show. Haddock would score a nomination for Best Young Actress in a Drama Series at the Young Artist Awards. The series followed Boone Sawyer, played by Thomas Byrd, as he makes a bid to become the next country music star, against the wishes of his father. This was the last production that Haddock ever appeared in.

In 2008, Haddock joined Julie Piekarski, Felice Schachter, and Molly Ringwald in being honored by TV Land. Haddock, along with the aforementioned performers, won the award for Favorite Characters Who Went Missing.