Former child star Ann Jillian on becoming an ‘80s sex symbol, fighting cancer at 35: ‘I jumped right in’
Ann Jillian got her start as a child star whose stage name was given to her by Walt Disney himself before starring in 1961’s “Babes in Toyland.” Just a year later, she appeared in 1962’s “Gypsy” alongside Natalie Wood and Rosalind Russell.