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- Haley Ramm (born 1992)
- Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) - as Kelly Beardsley
- Flightplan (2005)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Mr. Blue Sky (2007)
- Raven-Symoné (born 1985)
- The Cosby Show (1989–1992)
- The Little Rascals (1994)
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1997)
- Dr. Dolittle (1998)
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
- That's So Raven (2003–2007)
- Lydia Reed
- The Real McCoys (1957–1963)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952, second episode of the series)
- Kittens Reichert (1910–1990)
- The Fairy & the Waif (1914)
- The Immortal Flame (1916)
- The Scarlet Letter (1917)
- Les Misérables (1917)
- Bruce Reitherman (born 1955)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) (voice)
- The Jungle Book (1967) (voice)
- Here Comes the Grump (1969–1971) (voice)
- Brad Renfro (1982–2008)
- The Client (1994)
- Tom and Huck (1995)
- The Cure (1995)
- Sleepers (1996)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- Kelly Reno (born 1966)
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
- Tommy Rettig (1941–1996)
- River of No Return (1954)
- Lassie (1954–1957)
- Alfonso Ribeiro (born 1971)
- Silver Spoons (1984–1987)
- Christina Ricci (born 1980)
- Mermaids (1990)
- The Hard Way (1991)
- The Addams Family (1991) - as Wednesday Addams
- The Cemetery Club (1993)
- Addams Family Values (1993) - as Wednesday Addams
- Casper (1995) - as Kat Harvey
- Now and Then (1995)
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
- Adam Rich (born 1968)
- Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
- Code Red (1981–1982)
- Dungeons and Dragons (1983–1985)
- Tequan Richmond (born 1992)
- The Law and Mr. Lee (2003)
- Ray (2004)
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009)
- The Celestine Prophecy (2006)
- Kim Richards (born 1964)
- Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971)
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
- No Deposit, No Return (1976)
- The Car (1977)
- Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
- Kyle Richards (born 1969)
- Little House on the Prairie (1975–1977, 1979, 1982)
- A Circle of Children (1977)
- The Car (1977)
- Eaten Alive (1977)
- The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (1978)
- Halloween (1978) - as Lindsay
- Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979)
- Once Upon a Family (1980)
- The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
- Beulah Land (1980)
- Hellinger's Law (1981)
- Halloween II (1981) - as Lindsay
- This Is Kate Bennett... (1982)
- Down to Earth (1984)
- Video from Hell (1985)
- Shirley Jean Rickert (1926–2009)
- Our Gang (1931)
- The Scarlet Letter (1934)
- I'll Fix It (1934)
- One Hour Late (1934)
- Straight from the Heart (1935)
- The Drunkard (1935)
- I Live My Life (1935)
- Crash Donovan (1936)
- Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)
- Best Foot Forward (1943)
- Lucille Ricksen (1909–1925)
- The Married Flapper (1922)
- The Stranger's Banquet (1922)
- Human Wreckage (1923)
- Molly Ringwald (born 1968)
- The Facts of Life (1979–1980)
- Tempest (1982)
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Rodney Allen Rippy (born 1968)
- The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974)
- Oh, God! Book II (1980)
- Robbie Rist (born 1964)
- The Brady Bunch (1973–1974)
- Big John, Little John (1976)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976–1977)
- Galactica 1980 (1980)
- AnnaSophia Robb (born 1993)
- Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004)
- Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
- The Reaping (2007)
- Jumper (2008)
- Race to Witch Mountain (2008)
- Soul Surfer (2011)
- Peter Robbins (born 1956)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (voice)
- Charlie Brown's All-Stars (1966) (voice)
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) (voice)
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) (voice)
- Emma Roberts (born 1991)
- Blow (2001)
- bigLove (2001)
- Grand Champion (2002)
- Spymate (2003)
- Unfabulous (2004–2007)
- Aquamarine (2006)
- Unfabulous: The Perfect Moment (2006)
- Nancy Drew (2007) - as Nancy Drew
- WildChild (2008)
- Saoirse Ronan (born 1994)
- I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
- Atonement (2007)
- Death Defying Acts (2008)
- The Lovely Bones (2010)
- Hanna (2011)
- Mickey Rooney (born 1920)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
- Captains Courageous (1937)
- Andy Hardy series (1937–1946)
- Mackenzie Rosman (born 1989)
- 7th Heaven (1996–2006)
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986)
- As the World Turns (1997)
- An American Rhapsody (2001)
- Passionada (2002)
- Sara Rue (born 1979)
- Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
- Grand (1990)
- Passed Away (1992)
- Phenom (1993–1994)
- Kurt Russell (born 1951)
- Sugarfoot (1957)
- The Dick Powell Show (1962)
- Sam Benedict (1963)
- It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
- The Eleventh Hour (1963)
- Our Man Higgins (1963)
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964)
- Guns of Diablo (1964)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
- Gilligan's Island (1965)
- Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
- Wyatt Russell (born 1986)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Soldier (1998)
- Debby Ryan (born 1993)
- Barney: Let's Go to the Firehouse (2007)
- The Longshots (2008)
- The Suite Life on Deck (2008-2011)
- Jessie (2011–present)
- Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream (2008)
- My Mate Flynn (2009)
- Leo Little's Big Show (2009)
- What If... (2010)
- 16 Wishes (2010)
- The Suite Life Movie (2011)
- R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2011)
- Winona Ryder (born 1971)
- Lucas (1986)
- Square Dance (1987)
- 1969 (1988)
- Beetlejuice (1988) - as Lydia Deetz
- Great Balls of Fire! (1989) - as Myra Gale Brown
- Heathers (1989) - as Veronica Sawyer
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