Child Actress Sybil Jason Dead at 83

Sybil Jason Sybil Jason, Warner Bros.' response to Fox's Shirley Temple within the '30s died Tuesday in Northridge, Calif., of chronic obstructive lung disease, based on the Washington Publish. See other stars we lost this season Jason was created in Nigeria and performed the British vaudeville circuit before her amount of time in Hollywood. Her film credits include 1935's The Singing Kid, by which she carried out alongside Al Jolson, and Little Large Shot (also 1935). Though her recognition never surpassed her supposed rival's, she did appear complete opposite of Temple in 2 pictures: 1939's The Small Princess and 1940's Nowhere Bird, which switched to be Jason's final film. The kid stars continued to be buddies despite departing the motion-picture industry. Catch on present day news Jason's children incorporate a daughter, Toni Rossi, along with a grand son. Her husband of 59 years, Anthony Drake, died in 2006.