Great montage. I like the music too. I was reading about Anissa Jones not too long ago. Apparently she was very upset over her parent's seperation and there were some custody issues. It got to the point where she didn't want to be with either parent. She suffered from depression and sought escape in drugs. When she turned 18 she got a check for $180,000 and got an apartment with her brother. 5 months later she was dead.
I was at a home in Play del Ray when this BEAUTIFUL angel came fluttering around, stoned out of her mind. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she was SO beautiful. She flashed me an annoyed look, then fluttered off, the hostess chiding her, threatening to call her mother...the person I was with whispered in my ear who she was...the next day I heard on the news she'd died of a drug overdose.
I have heard others say how people about to die are very beautiful. She truly looked like an angel.
Do you ever have those times when you think that all the money in the world would be a fair price for a time machine if it would allow you to go back and fix so many ills of the past?
I was born in 1966. As " aknoweemus " said for me too this was one of the first shows I remember watching and Buffy and Jody were like my tv friends . AND I had such a big crush on Anissa when I was 6.
I will always remember her for the rest of my life, I am sorry that happened to her, and I suppose there there will always be a little place in my heart that loves her. RIP my dear.
I miss Annisa so much- for me it's like it were yesterday. Even when I was eleven at the time of her death,I remember the newscast annoucement and how stunned and crushed I was .
I have the fondest memories of this show. My mother was a school teacher, and she would wake me before she would go to teach. I would go back to sleep and wake up to watch this show. It came on in the mornings when I was a child. The clothes that Buffy wore were the same ones I remember wearing. I can clearly remember the episode of the Tidal Wave when Buffy thought the world was going to end. It is amazing how the mind saves fond memories and they are so close to us.
Maybe if her parents weren't so screwed up she would have stood a chance of not messing up her life. Her brother died of an overdose too. I know her Dad died. I wonder how her Mother is enjoying her sad pathetic life knowing she helped screw up both of her kids.
What a pity that the world was deprived of this beautiful kid. If I remember rightly Brian Keith took his own life, consumed with grief over the death of his own daughter. I hope thy're both at peace in heaven.
i loved my mrs beasley doll. i was three when i got her because i adored family affair. it was a big deal for my mom to spend the money on her but she was all i wanted. i lost her when i was about thirteen because i let a little girl i baby sat keep her for a while and her mom sent mrs beasley to the dump. i was heartbroken and miss her to this day. i am 48. thanks for this tribute to anissa, its very sweet. what a sad story and terrible loss. i miss her too....
I submitted the previous post 2 weeks ago. I had never heard the accompanying song before. Today I heard the song playing in someone's vehicle. Quite emotional. Perfect song for the video.
I remember the day that Anissa's death was announced on CBS news. They put up a picture of Anissa from when she was on Family Affair. In 1976, I was in grade school and I could not believe that Buffy had died in such a way. That was so sad.
Hmm..as regards the very first comment above,something doesn't ring true. Anissa's father died of heart disease in 1973. That would have made her 15 at the time. She died in 1976. So her parents can't have been fighting over her money as her father was not alive.
What a waste. See that's what happens when you do drugs and alcohol, you eventually will die from it. On another note, her younger brother died from a drug overdose too in 1984.
Anissa didn't have much of a chance with her worthless father doing drugs and her greedy sociopathic mother driving her way beyond what a little girl should be doing. The only person who really loved her was Brian Keith.
If you watch the old episodes of Family Affair you can absolutely see Anissa melt Brian Keith's heart in a lot of the scenes. Heart warming. Must have killed him when she fucked up her life. Everyone around her seemed felt so helpless as she slipped further away from everything I have read. Beyond sad.
Annissa was an adorable little girl. I loved Family Affair. I remember at the time that little girls across the country wanted a Mrs. Beasley doll. What a sad end to her young life.
I'll never forget Anissa or the character of Buffy Davis. One of my favorite shows has always been "Family Affair". I was saddened to hear of her death. Rest in peace, Anissa.
I cried watching this. Always liked her. I, as a child, I saw the soulfulness in her eyes and could tell she was probably a really nice and caring person, which she was. I was never jealous of her as I was other child stars. I think I related on some level. She (and the show) was part of my childhood. She was beautiful and I never said that about any other female. It's sad and tragic how she was treated and that her life ended so young and in such a way. She is and will always be loved by many.
my wifes father loved anissa's character so much that he gave my wife the nickname BUFFY. she only uses her real name for offical stuff. so after seeing this memorial to anissa, every time i hear it on the radio i think of both anissa (buffy) and my wife buffy. very powerful video..
Its so important to REALLY PAY ATTENTION to those you love, not just their words, but facial expressions, moods and attitudes, never think depression is just "a passing thing". You arent in their mind. What may seem to you like one of those situations where you'll get over and move on, could be completely devistating to them. Never laugh or shrug it off or try to reduce their pain to a mild ache.
I read somewhere Anissa loved her hair down, that she really hated those stupid pigtails, she said they made her look like a baby, along with her Buffy wardrobe, she said the clothes were baby clothes. I also heard that she was VERY close to her brother Paul. I think they were only about 12 months apart
Actually...even back then...Jody and Buffy could be cute at times but they could also get on your nerves...especially as they got older and the producers kept trying to make them look younger than they really were.....a common practice in Hollywood going all the way back to Shirley Temple. As for Anissa...she died a tragic death like many other entertainers. The whole southern California scene has been a sick and poisonous place for MANY years. Especially if you are an actor or musician.
I have to give this video a 5 out of 5 star rating. Thank you for creating and posting a wonderful tribute to a beautiful young little star that brought a little warmth to our hearts for a short time.
The reality of her character as Buffy is a love for life. She did not hold on to the love, but tried to hide the pain by taking drugs. The agony apart from the love she portrayed in her acting career became her death.
She's holding Mrs. Beasley !! A 48 year old black man knows her dolls name !! I loved this show when I was young!! I thought we were all the same, and I hope we are!!
@4687878 - I know what you mean...it wasnt until I went to juvenile hall at age 13, that I found out the rest of the world had such screwed up minds....Its never changed my views, it never will....:)
I had no idea. Heartbreaking. People need the Lord so badly. Over 33thousand views of this video too. She most certainly is not forgotten - and she is someone we can learn from. Sleep in Heavenly peace, dear lady.
nothing left for them to take. You will not have them. God gave you a wonderful gift to entertain people and bring happiness into their lives. You work very hard to entertain them. That's all you owe them is a good performance. No more, no less! Rememer, you have the right to say NO. No one can make you do anything! Take back your power! Take time for YOU! Get back to yourself and never leave you AGAIN! It's all about you, and the HELL with everyone else. You can say NO and not feel BAD!
...that really care about YOU and LOVES you. Keep them close. They couldn't care less about your money or fame. That's way they can be completely honest with you at all times. They are not afraid to tell you where to go. They are not afraid to yell at you. They really love YOU. All the others love your money, your fame. They want some of your money and they want to be seen with you and say "Hey, look who I'm friends with" These people will suck the life out of you and when you have...
...And if you are an Entertainer. Take control of your life! Do what you really want to do as long as it is good and don't hurt you or anyone else. Get away from it all, go somewhere where, no one know your name. Where you are FREE to be who you really are and no one can tell you differently! Drugs don't kill you. People around you kill you. You're not the one that changed, they changed when you made it big. Don't be a meal ticket. The people that give you the hard honest truth are the ones...
I'm an entertainer myself. Most people don't realize just how hard it can be at times. Most of the time people don't treat you like a human being, but just an object to make money. We are just a product to most people. Sometimes,this comes from our own family as well. What I do, is find real friends and REAL family. People who will tell me the truth and will say NO to me and don't care about my money and what they stand to loss if I'm mad with them. If you want to live you must keep it REAL!
that's so sad :'( I was looking her up and found out that she died when she was only 18. That's just...wow. She was cremated too, why didn't they give her a funeral?
every time i watch family affair i shed a tear for this poor child, i just hope that her parents are happy for what they did , was money really that important?
@60srocker46 her father was already gone (dead) and who can say if her mother did the right things for Anissa. You know she tried having her put in juvy when she would not come home.
@trevor40 You posted on this video a bunch of times too. The whole story of Anissa haunts me. I keep thinking that maybe I could have saved her. It must be a genetic reaction to want to save the young and cute. Take care! and R.I.P. Anissa!
I met Anissa Jones in Central Juvenile hall, we were both 17 at the time. She was a really nice girl....apparently her parents were fighting over her money. She died months later...so sad.
She was in Juvenile hall because she ran away from home. Her parents were fightining over her. It is so sad. All she needed was love. Brian Keith asked her to come to live with him in Hawaii, and be on the Brian Keith show. Maybe if she had done that she would be alive today.
@myscoutster Doubtful the move to Hawaii would have helped,, as "The Brian Keith Show" was axed after only two seasons. I remember watching that program (originally titled "The Little People"), co-starred Shelley Fabares, and Keith's character, as well as that of his daughter (Fabares), was a pediatrician.
Besides which, Jones was already in a cycle of polydrug abuse. And geographical cures, unto themselves, are never a good means to solve chemical and psychological addictions.
@myscoutster Anissa Jones should have undergone treatment for her problems. That would have had a greater chance of preventing her too-young mortality.
@myscoutster But I recall bering deeply saddened when I read of Jones' death, as she & I were both born the same year. And a little girl in our neighborhhod, who moved away when I was going into junior high school, also strongly resembled Anissa in her "Buffy" years.
Typically, as a fairly media-savvy guy, with a journalism background, I was quick to pick up on celebrity deaths, etc. But as I was also in a period of heavy alcohol & drug abuse when Jones' died, I never heard of her death until a few years after it happened. That fact also disturbed me.
Both the original "Family Affair" and the 2001 WB remake of the series (starring Gary Cole as "Bill Davis" and Tim Curry as "Giles French") deserve more respect than it seems they receive.
At first, the notion of remaking such a classic TV series appalled me. But the new version really honored the spirit of the original, while also being more contemporary.And I liked it that Kathy Garver and Johnny Whitaker appeared on the updated version of the series.
@Sheliteful --So, so sad! Her death really upset me. I loved this show so much. I"m sure after having met Anissa her death was much more upsetting and poignant to you!? All the best to you always!
@SHRINA17 - I think what was the most upsetting is the fact that nobody payed attention to the "signs"....LOVE does a whole hell of alot for not just kids but for all of us...".You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you" - Dale Carnegie
@Sheliteful Yes! So, so true. Too bad so many people are all about themselves....it is exhausting to be around some people but there are so many great, giving people in the world---Thank God!
I keep hearing drug overdose but never any "elaboration". What kind of overdose? Pills? Anyway Buffy and Jody had to be 2 of the cutest childhood stars ever. I wish TV Land or Nick at Nite would pick up this series. I loved watching them when I was a kid and I'm sure many would enjoy it now.
Anissa took healthy doses of PCP, cocaine, seconal, and quaaludes. Anissa was declared dead from what the coroner would call one of the most massive overdoses he'd ever seen. TV Land and Nick at Night used to air this show. Nick at Night seems more interested in airing more contemporary junk right now. TVLand has been playing the same shows for a long time. I haven't seen Family Affair anywhere for a while. DVD may be the only way right now.
I remember watching Family Affair on TV as a kid. It bring back good memories for me. No one knows what challanges young actors go through nor do we know whether or not her family was watching out for her best interest or was she supporting her family?
When I watched the E! True Hollywood Story, I was shocked to see she worked at a Winchell's Donuts just a few minutes from where I grew up. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw here once or twice when she worked there, though I would have been too young to know who she was.
this just another sad story of taking the wrong path in life. its so sad that some people feel so alone that they turn to drugs. but god has her, home now and its a better place............... rip anissa.
MYSCOUTSTER, you are a Godsend!...i used to think about this show (nostalgic person that i am) quite a lot, and came across this by 'accident'...i loved this girl so much, there was always a sadness behind her eyes. I sit here now crying and crying. those images are just too much. even in her older years, she still resembled that 'sad' but beautiful little girl. i just want to THANK YOU for providing all these memories.
I was born in '63 so I do remember this show. I actually didn't care for it much, but when I saw the E! story, I couldn't believe it.. I never knew she OD'd until I saw that... I researched Anissa's story and Bio; It is such an incredibly sad tragedy. Both Anissa and her brother both died of drug overdoses. Poor girl had her childhood stolen, and yet never really grew up. So sad...So terribly, terribly sad.
this was so sad i remember when she died, it was 30 days after my 10th b-day. and what was even more sad was that she died only one mile from my house in oceanside off of vista way. i lived by mira costa collage.less than 5mins away.wow she would have turnd 50 this year.
I have always thought it to be a very sad end of such a young child. Yes, 18 is STILL a child. I've always found it strange that Anissa's death was ruled accidental.From my understanding, she had enough quaaludes in her system to kill a horse. The coroner stated that it was the largest single massive overdose he had encountered in his year's performing autopsies. How can one "accidentally" ingest that many pills?
It was a massive overdose of Seconol which killed her. She went to "doctor" in Torrance, CA, who used to have kids lined up around the block to buy drugs legally. I think his name was Dr. Jack Webb. After Anissa's death he was on the front page of the LA Times almost everyday. He was arrested on September 3, 1976. There were over 60 people in line at his medical office when Dr. was arrested.
I loved to watch the serial when I was a very little child and didn't know what a sad life Anissa had. Her death shocked me so much. Anissa, poor little darling, I whished they wouldn't have stolen your life.
This video brought me to tears. Just to think how a young and beautiful little girl could have her life snuffed out at the hands of drugs at such a young age of 18. Such a crying shame. And to think, that, after CBS cancelled Family Affair, she was shoved aside by Hollywood, and no more acting offers came.
I'm french, i just want to tell to all the fans of this pretty young girl and to anissa's family that i'm so sad.. and i thinkin to them. I hope that now, hollywood take more care of their children star's. (sorry for my english)..
She died at 18, so sad. River Phoenix died at 23. Brad Fresno at 25. Glenn Quinn at 32. Every one of them drug related. I'm sure there are many more.
I'm not sure what it was that killed Heath so I won't comment. But what I would like to say is godbless you Heath, you will be missed. It's such a shame we weren't able to see Anissa's and Heath's career further. RIP
I am Anissa's cousin and I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this video. As a family, we have never forgotten her and miss Anissa and Paul (her brother) very much. It is our hope that people remember her for more than how she died. Her smile, her pigtails, her generous heart and sweet spirit live on.
Thank you for your comments and for this video. :)
it's more than wonderful to come across a family member. i hope that her life was happier than what appeared behind those sad child-eyes.she always haunted me. so beautiful with something behind THOSE EYES. when i heard of her death it crushed me and looking at the images make my tears pour and pour. BUT yes, i remember her for more than her death. i watched the show to see Anissa and i thank God i can watch parts here and keep those warm memories ALIVE . God bless her and Paul AND YOU!
@sighings- I knew Anissa and her brother Paul growing up in Westchester. Was best friends with Paul at Paseo del Rey and Orville Wright. They were both real nice and quiet. Would go over his house to visit and really liked hanging out with him. But this was before he got involved with other things. Brings back some real happy times for me. I never did find out what motel in Oceanside it happened. I miss them both.
@sighings IM a 23 year old male and used to watch this with my mother on Tv Land who loved this show as a little girl! I will remember her and my mother will too! God Bless you and your family!
I still remember seeing Anissa on the senior lawn at Westchester High. If I could go back in time, that's where I would go to try to change the ending of this story from utterly tragic to a happier one. How poignant and haunting are the lyrics - "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Very nice tribute. The photo of her at 4:07 shows what a beautiful young lady she grew up to be. I'm sorry her life ended the way it did. *HUGS* for Anissa and her loved ones who miss her still.
I found this video after looking at the one for Checkmate which also starred Sebastian Cabot. What is so sad is that she died so young, only a decage or so after she was in the show. Other tragic former child stars such as Bobby Driscoll and Dana Plato at least made it into their 30's. Paul Petersen, Donna Reed's tv son, set up an organisation to help former child stars cope with their loss of fame.
blbeach, hard to understand what she really went through if you didn't live her life cute kid, fame and fortune then grow up and lose that....maybe in today's society she would've been able to get help with more understanding about addictions....a tragic story
All she did was turn into a druggie and unfortunately died. Why put her on a pedastal? She was cute as a child actress. Why honor her for screwing up her life. I know her home life was a mess. So was mine ... so I know where she was coming from. However, she had the means to turn her life around and she chose the wrong path.
Brian Keith eventually committed suicide but he was in his 70's and terminally ill. His young daughter had also committed suicide months before. He supposedly spoke to Johnny Whitaker just before and said good bye.
Anissa Jones was one of the most tragic child stars of all time. She gained fame as the ridiculously cute and loveable "Buffy", the pig-tailed, freckle-faced tot who alway carried around that strange doll, Mrs. Beasley. Her childhood was miserable, she was a litte girl being worked to death. After the show was over she worked in a doughnut shop until she came into her trust fund money. Then she died of a massive overdose of drugs at the tender age of 18. What a sad, sad story.
On August 28, 1976, after partying all night at the beach town of Oceanside, California, Jones was found dead in the bedroom of a friend's house. The coroner's report listed her death as accidental drug overdose. Found in her system were cocaine, PCP, methaqualone and Seconal. The coroner who examined Jones reported that she had died from one of the most severe drug overdoses he had ever seen.
What A Beautiful Tribute to Sweet Anissa, I use to watch the show all the time then shared it with my children. God Bless You For Caring, Glenda Underwood in Mojave,California
Great montage. I like the music too. I was reading about Anissa Jones not too long ago. Apparently she was very upset over her parent's seperation and there were some custody issues. It got to the point where she didn't want to be with either parent. She suffered from depression and sought escape in drugs. When she turned 18 she got a check for $180,000 and got an apartment with her brother. 5 months later she was dead.
ldchappell1 1 week ago
I was at a home in Play del Ray when this BEAUTIFUL angel came fluttering around, stoned out of her mind. I couldn't take my eyes off her, she was SO beautiful. She flashed me an annoyed look, then fluttered off, the hostess chiding her, threatening to call her mother...the person I was with whispered in my ear who she was...the next day I heard on the news she'd died of a drug overdose.
I have heard others say how people about to die are very beautiful. She truly looked like an angel.
MajorHoolihan 1 week ago
shes worm food now
sylicone221 4 weeks ago
I miss Anissa, Brian Keith and Sabastian Cabot so very much. I choke up even to this day.
loveabelanger 1 month ago
Do you ever have those times when you think that all the money in the world would be a fair price for a time machine if it would allow you to go back and fix so many ills of the past?
MerseySky 1 month ago
I was born in 1966. As " aknoweemus " said for me too this was one of the first shows I remember watching and Buffy and Jody were like my tv friends . AND I had such a big crush on Anissa when I was 6.
I will always remember her for the rest of my life, I am sorry that happened to her, and I suppose there there will always be a little place in my heart that loves her. RIP my dear.
jasvvolo 1 month ago
Great tribute. Almost got a tear to my eye.
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IconsOfTeleplay 2 months ago
an adorable little girl, a really talented & charismatic actress.
moonspinner55 2 months ago
I miss Annisa so much- for me it's like it were yesterday. Even when I was eleven at the time of her death,I remember the newscast annoucement and how stunned and crushed I was .
loveabelanger 2 months ago
i was born in 1965, this is the first show i can remember watching
aknowneemus 3 months ago
I used to have a Mrs. Beasley doll..... My mother lost the doll.... I'm 49 years old now but I miss having it....
xenafan33 3 months ago
I have the fondest memories of this show. My mother was a school teacher, and she would wake me before she would go to teach. I would go back to sleep and wake up to watch this show. It came on in the mornings when I was a child. The clothes that Buffy wore were the same ones I remember wearing. I can clearly remember the episode of the Tidal Wave when Buffy thought the world was going to end. It is amazing how the mind saves fond memories and they are so close to us.
memmory1000 3 months ago
great tribute.
elicious42011 4 months ago
Maybe if her parents weren't so screwed up she would have stood a chance of not messing up her life. Her brother died of an overdose too. I know her Dad died. I wonder how her Mother is enjoying her sad pathetic life knowing she helped screw up both of her kids.
blbeachgoer 5 months ago
She's died when was eighteen in the '76?I don't know...I was born in '76,but remember Family Affair.R.I.P.Anissa...
Flymind76 5 months ago
What a pity that the world was deprived of this beautiful kid. If I remember rightly Brian Keith took his own life, consumed with grief over the death of his own daughter. I hope thy're both at peace in heaven.
MrGoblin60 6 months ago
@MrGoblin60, Kathy Garver (Cissy) and Johnnie Whittaker (Jody) are the only cast members of "Family Affair" sill alive.
vividwatch47 2 months ago
i loved my mrs beasley doll. i was three when i got her because i adored family affair. it was a big deal for my mom to spend the money on her but she was all i wanted. i lost her when i was about thirteen because i let a little girl i baby sat keep her for a while and her mom sent mrs beasley to the dump. i was heartbroken and miss her to this day. i am 48. thanks for this tribute to anissa, its very sweet. what a sad story and terrible loss. i miss her too....
pnk878251 6 months ago
child stardom is often deadly.
mindsaglowin 9 months ago
@mindsaglowin was she more famous than sid vicious? lol...
sylicone221 8 months ago
I submitted the previous post 2 weeks ago. I had never heard the accompanying song before. Today I heard the song playing in someone's vehicle. Quite emotional. Perfect song for the video.
Bro77ful 9 months ago
Beautiful video and great accomanying song. Very sad story.
Bro77ful 10 months ago
I remember the day that Anissa's death was announced on CBS news. They put up a picture of Anissa from when she was on Family Affair. In 1976, I was in grade school and I could not believe that Buffy had died in such a way. That was so sad.
edwinachikere 10 months ago
@edwinachikere did she make news like river phoenix? or sid vicious?
sylicone221 6 months ago
@sylicone221 Her story was all on the news. The whole thing was so sad.
edwinachikere 5 months ago
@edwinachikere was she more famous than sid vicious? Hehee!
sylicone221 5 months ago
What a beautiful young woman who we should have enjoyed for so much longer.......thanks for my childhood Anissa.......
brwrsboo 10 months ago
Hmm..as regards the very first comment above,something doesn't ring true. Anissa's father died of heart disease in 1973. That would have made her 15 at the time. She died in 1976. So her parents can't have been fighting over her money as her father was not alive.
HollyB714 1 year ago
What a waste. See that's what happens when you do drugs and alcohol, you eventually will die from it. On another note, her younger brother died from a drug overdose too in 1984.
redmustang03 1 year ago
@redmustang03 losers heheheeee
sylicone221 9 months ago
Beautiful little girl. I had a crush on her when I was a kid watching the show back in the 60;s. RIP Anissa.
amsedelm 1 year ago
so tragic.
DoctorScuba 1 year ago
wow..had no idea she died so young..thats really sad..even more sad she had no one to turn to help her.
sweetnessangel2009 1 year ago
Anissa didn't have much of a chance with her worthless father doing drugs and her greedy sociopathic mother driving her way beyond what a little girl should be doing. The only person who really loved her was Brian Keith.
Klaaaan1 1 year ago 3
great vid tribute.
semi123450 1 year ago 2
I loved this show when I was a kid. I named my puppy "Buffy", because of it. It is so sad that Anissa died so young.
cnpugh 1 year ago
If you watch the old episodes of Family Affair you can absolutely see Anissa melt Brian Keith's heart in a lot of the scenes. Heart warming. Must have killed him when she fucked up her life. Everyone around her seemed felt so helpless as she slipped further away from everything I have read. Beyond sad.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
Annissa was an adorable little girl. I loved Family Affair. I remember at the time that little girls across the country wanted a Mrs. Beasley doll. What a sad end to her young life.
gabbydeb 1 year ago
I'll never forget Anissa or the character of Buffy Davis. One of my favorite shows has always been "Family Affair". I was saddened to hear of her death. Rest in peace, Anissa.
Thegrinch17 1 year ago 2
I cried watching this. Always liked her. I, as a child, I saw the soulfulness in her eyes and could tell she was probably a really nice and caring person, which she was. I was never jealous of her as I was other child stars. I think I related on some level. She (and the show) was part of my childhood. She was beautiful and I never said that about any other female. It's sad and tragic how she was treated and that her life ended so young and in such a way. She is and will always be loved by many.
ladybluluv 1 year ago
i have such bittersweet memories.
R.I.P
koreamy 1 year ago
I think my sister still has her mrs Beasley doll
robertabramson 1 year ago
thanks for posting this,,,such a beautiful show
barclosed 1 year ago
my wifes father loved anissa's character so much that he gave my wife the nickname BUFFY. she only uses her real name for offical stuff. so after seeing this memorial to anissa, every time i hear it on the radio i think of both anissa (buffy) and my wife buffy. very powerful video..
semi123450 1 year ago
Its so important to REALLY PAY ATTENTION to those you love, not just their words, but facial expressions, moods and attitudes, never think depression is just "a passing thing". You arent in their mind. What may seem to you like one of those situations where you'll get over and move on, could be completely devistating to them. Never laugh or shrug it off or try to reduce their pain to a mild ache.
Sheliteful 1 year ago
She was a very cute child actress. I had never heard of her until now but she was definitely taken too soon. RIP Anissa and prayers to her family.
ilovemostlyanything2 1 year ago
she was my fave on family affair
woodylove85 1 year ago
she was a Pisces! thats all I will say.
R.I.P Anissa
PriestessLong 1 year ago
The good, positive and constructive die young. Rest in peace Anissa and Mr. Cabot.
TINY2ACTIVE 1 year ago
She led a very sad and tragic life. IT broke my heart when she died, so young and no one really there to reach out and understand her.
GoreFreeTennessee 1 year ago
too bad what a waste
mvpfitness 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Anissa. Rest in Peace.
carlcr1 1 year ago
I read somewhere Anissa loved her hair down, that she really hated those stupid pigtails, she said they made her look like a baby, along with her Buffy wardrobe, she said the clothes were baby clothes. I also heard that she was VERY close to her brother Paul. I think they were only about 12 months apart
Sheri451 1 year ago
They had to tape her breasts, too, so her character could remain flatchested.
Gerkinstock 1 year ago
Actually...even back then...Jody and Buffy could be cute at times but they could also get on your nerves...especially as they got older and the producers kept trying to make them look younger than they really were.....a common practice in Hollywood going all the way back to Shirley Temple. As for Anissa...she died a tragic death like many other entertainers. The whole southern California scene has been a sick and poisonous place for MANY years. Especially if you are an actor or musician.
atomic3939 2 years ago
@atomic3939 Cute at times? Anissa was beyond cute, Johnny too. Don't blame them for what Hollywood did to them (and their parents and that scene).
scorpiovike 1 year ago
@scorpiovike shes worm food now! heheheee! enjoy worms
sylicone221 8 months ago
@sylicone221 One day u will be too!! hehehehehe
francesdb1 7 months ago
@francesdb1 worm food
sylicone221 7 months ago
I have to give this video a 5 out of 5 star rating. Thank you for creating and posting a wonderful tribute to a beautiful young little star that brought a little warmth to our hearts for a short time.
videomix22 2 years ago 4
God bless Anissa, and my son Michael !!
4687878 2 years ago 4
The reality of her character as Buffy is a love for life. She did not hold on to the love, but tried to hide the pain by taking drugs. The agony apart from the love she portrayed in her acting career became her death.
wmcdo1 2 years ago
She's holding Mrs. Beasley !! A 48 year old black man knows her dolls name !! I loved this show when I was young!! I thought we were all the same, and I hope we are!!
4687878 2 years ago 27
a 46 year old white redneck knows who mrs beasley is to!!,i also loved this show and we are all pretty much the same!!
manbearpig1964 1 year ago
@manbearpig1964 my former girlfriend Kristen still has her Mrs. Beasley doll. got it for her third birthday on April 16th, 1970.
frankd1965 1 year ago
@4687878 - I know what you mean...it wasnt until I went to juvenile hall at age 13, that I found out the rest of the world had such screwed up minds....Its never changed my views, it never will....:)
Sheliteful 1 year ago
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@4687878 ...I thought we were all the same, and I hope we are!!"
We are...you made me smile with a tear in my eye. God bless you.
mimiluvfromsf 1 year ago
i enjoyed this .. such a pretty girl ..so sad about her passing away so young.. life can be so tough.
flutterygal 2 years ago 5
I had no idea. Heartbreaking. People need the Lord so badly. Over 33thousand views of this video too. She most certainly is not forgotten - and she is someone we can learn from. Sleep in Heavenly peace, dear lady.
copacabana1971 2 years ago 4
my scoutster: very well made compliation. i gave you 5 stars. anissa was one of my first favorite tv stars
Tazal 2 years ago
nothing left for them to take. You will not have them. God gave you a wonderful gift to entertain people and bring happiness into their lives. You work very hard to entertain them. That's all you owe them is a good performance. No more, no less! Rememer, you have the right to say NO. No one can make you do anything! Take back your power! Take time for YOU! Get back to yourself and never leave you AGAIN! It's all about you, and the HELL with everyone else. You can say NO and not feel BAD!
TOPCOO 2 years ago
...that really care about YOU and LOVES you. Keep them close. They couldn't care less about your money or fame. That's way they can be completely honest with you at all times. They are not afraid to tell you where to go. They are not afraid to yell at you. They really love YOU. All the others love your money, your fame. They want some of your money and they want to be seen with you and say "Hey, look who I'm friends with" These people will suck the life out of you and when you have...
TOPCOO 2 years ago
...And if you are an Entertainer. Take control of your life! Do what you really want to do as long as it is good and don't hurt you or anyone else. Get away from it all, go somewhere where, no one know your name. Where you are FREE to be who you really are and no one can tell you differently! Drugs don't kill you. People around you kill you. You're not the one that changed, they changed when you made it big. Don't be a meal ticket. The people that give you the hard honest truth are the ones...
TOPCOO 2 years ago
I'm an entertainer myself. Most people don't realize just how hard it can be at times. Most of the time people don't treat you like a human being, but just an object to make money. We are just a product to most people. Sometimes,this comes from our own family as well. What I do, is find real friends and REAL family. People who will tell me the truth and will say NO to me and don't care about my money and what they stand to loss if I'm mad with them. If you want to live you must keep it REAL!
TOPCOO 2 years ago
nice tribute...a sad story.... we loved you anissa!
buffy was a part of my chidhood
CrispyRhythm 2 years ago 3
that's so sad :'( I was looking her up and found out that she died when she was only 18. That's just...wow. She was cremated too, why didn't they give her a funeral?
tweetybird234 2 years ago
@tweetybird234 Being cremated doesn't mean she didn't have a funeral, does it?
junebug29 2 years ago
I don't know junebug29! Sometimes they don't have any kind of ceremonial event before they cremate someone.
tweetybird234 2 years ago
People can be cremated and have a funeral and also have a marker.
I've read that there was no funeral and there is no marker for her.
Gwyka 2 years ago
@junebug29 she did and it was family only. It was at sea.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
Anissa stipulated in her will that there be no "funeral", and that her ashes should be scattered at sea. So that's what they did.
WeegeeSteichen 2 years ago
nooooooooooooo so sad
JanDFrank 2 years ago 2
every time i watch family affair i shed a tear for this poor child, i just hope that her parents are happy for what they did , was money really that important?
60srocker46 2 years ago
@60srocker46 her father was already gone (dead) and who can say if her mother did the right things for Anissa. You know she tried having her put in juvy when she would not come home.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
@scorpiovike how did her father die? drugs? how old was he?
sylicone221 9 months ago
What a fitting song for the subject matter, great pics at 0:28, 0:39, and 1:21. .......thanks for the tribute.
jed6271 2 years ago 2
@jed6271 isn't weird how that song nails Anissa's whole story (the last night too). Very sad.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
loved that show,beautiful little girl.
johno248 2 years ago 5
Wished I was there to save you Anissa
trevor40 2 years ago 5
@trevor40 You posted on this video a bunch of times too. The whole story of Anissa haunts me. I keep thinking that maybe I could have saved her. It must be a genetic reaction to want to save the young and cute. Take care! and R.I.P. Anissa!
scorpiovike 1 year ago
goodbye Buffy
torkerbmx 2 years ago 5
i loved family affair!
1clarinet1981 2 years ago 3
I met Anissa Jones in Central Juvenile hall, we were both 17 at the time. She was a really nice girl....apparently her parents were fighting over her money. She died months later...so sad.
Sheliteful 2 years ago 5
It was nice that you had gotten to know her. RIP!
guglielmo64 2 years ago 4
She was in Juvenile hall because she ran away from home. Her parents were fightining over her. It is so sad. All she needed was love. Brian Keith asked her to come to live with him in Hawaii, and be on the Brian Keith show. Maybe if she had done that she would be alive today.
myscoutster 2 years ago 5
Brian Keith committed suicide. Maybe having her around would have saved him as well.
Lisbet3 2 years ago 5
@myscoutster Doubtful the move to Hawaii would have helped,, as "The Brian Keith Show" was axed after only two seasons. I remember watching that program (originally titled "The Little People"), co-starred Shelley Fabares, and Keith's character, as well as that of his daughter (Fabares), was a pediatrician.
Besides which, Jones was already in a cycle of polydrug abuse. And geographical cures, unto themselves, are never a good means to solve chemical and psychological addictions.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@myscoutster Anissa Jones should have undergone treatment for her problems. That would have had a greater chance of preventing her too-young mortality.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@myscoutster But I recall bering deeply saddened when I read of Jones' death, as she & I were both born the same year. And a little girl in our neighborhhod, who moved away when I was going into junior high school, also strongly resembled Anissa in her "Buffy" years.
gymnastix 6 months ago
Typically, as a fairly media-savvy guy, with a journalism background, I was quick to pick up on celebrity deaths, etc. But as I was also in a period of heavy alcohol & drug abuse when Jones' died, I never heard of her death until a few years after it happened. That fact also disturbed me.
gymnastix 6 months ago
Both the original "Family Affair" and the 2001 WB remake of the series (starring Gary Cole as "Bill Davis" and Tim Curry as "Giles French") deserve more respect than it seems they receive.
At first, the notion of remaking such a classic TV series appalled me. But the new version really honored the spirit of the original, while also being more contemporary.And I liked it that Kathy Garver and Johnny Whitaker appeared on the updated version of the series.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@Sheliteful --So, so sad! Her death really upset me. I loved this show so much. I"m sure after having met Anissa her death was much more upsetting and poignant to you!? All the best to you always!
Erin
SHRINA17 1 year ago
@SHRINA17 - I think what was the most upsetting is the fact that nobody payed attention to the "signs"....LOVE does a whole hell of alot for not just kids but for all of us...".You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you" - Dale Carnegie
Sheliteful 1 year ago
@Sheliteful Yes! So, so true. Too bad so many people are all about themselves....it is exhausting to be around some people but there are so many great, giving people in the world---Thank God!
SHRINA17 1 year ago
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Sheliteful 1 year ago
Happy 51st birthday Anissa!
luv60smusic 2 years ago 6
I keep hearing drug overdose but never any "elaboration". What kind of overdose? Pills? Anyway Buffy and Jody had to be 2 of the cutest childhood stars ever. I wish TV Land or Nick at Nite would pick up this series. I loved watching them when I was a kid and I'm sure many would enjoy it now.
rosss1959 3 years ago 2
Anissa took healthy doses of PCP, cocaine, seconal, and quaaludes. Anissa was declared dead from what the coroner would call one of the most massive overdoses he'd ever seen. TV Land and Nick at Night used to air this show. Nick at Night seems more interested in airing more contemporary junk right now. TVLand has been playing the same shows for a long time. I haven't seen Family Affair anywhere for a while. DVD may be the only way right now.
sirleucelot 3 years ago 4
What a little cutey. What a sad ending for her. 1:30 must have been the final year. She looks so old there.
sirleucelot 3 years ago
I remember watching Family Affair on TV as a kid. It bring back good memories for me. No one knows what challanges young actors go through nor do we know whether or not her family was watching out for her best interest or was she supporting her family?
schs1977 3 years ago 2
What kids go through for FAME.
I wonder if it's losing your life over.
So many people have lost their lives, for the sake of a series, or singing career.
noland628 3 years ago 2
eighteen year old overdose. that shit ain't right.
nealkassanoff 3 years ago 3
When I watched the E! True Hollywood Story, I was shocked to see she worked at a Winchell's Donuts just a few minutes from where I grew up. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw here once or twice when she worked there, though I would have been too young to know who she was.
Gerkinstock 3 years ago 2
this just another sad story of taking the wrong path in life. its so sad that some people feel so alone that they turn to drugs. but god has her, home now and its a better place............... rip anissa.
kasmere85 3 years ago 6
Children acting isn't easy. Everyone wants you then the show end and know one wants you. Why do there go from there?
carl7775 3 years ago
MYSCOUTSTER, you are a Godsend!...i used to think about this show (nostalgic person that i am) quite a lot, and came across this by 'accident'...i loved this girl so much, there was always a sadness behind her eyes. I sit here now crying and crying. those images are just too much. even in her older years, she still resembled that 'sad' but beautiful little girl. i just want to THANK YOU for providing all these memories.
sbrownie 3 years ago 2
does anyone have the theme song to this? Famil affair? The original one?
chax1971 3 years ago
NOT DR Jack Webb. Sorry, I was doing two things at the sametime. Sorry Jack Webb LOL
smellmyface2 3 years ago
August 28 was a couple days ago...and it marked the 32nd anniversary of Anissa's death. RIP!
luv60smusic 3 years ago 2
So sad makes me want to hold on my 5yr old forever sweet tribute
bernyrd 3 years ago
so sad she such a sweetie, and such a talented actress.
licklolly35 3 years ago 3
This is such a nice video and the song you picked is just perfect for it. I just bought all of the Family Affair shows on DVD. Blessings~~~Cindy
mschessy 3 years ago 2
I was born in '63 so I do remember this show. I actually didn't care for it much, but when I saw the E! story, I couldn't believe it.. I never knew she OD'd until I saw that... I researched Anissa's story and Bio; It is such an incredibly sad tragedy. Both Anissa and her brother both died of drug overdoses. Poor girl had her childhood stolen, and yet never really grew up. So sad...So terribly, terribly sad.
harry4611 3 years ago 2
this was so sad i remember when she died, it was 30 days after my 10th b-day. and what was even more sad was that she died only one mile from my house in oceanside off of vista way. i lived by mira costa collage.less than 5mins away.wow she would have turnd 50 this year.
kasmere85 3 years ago
RIP hunni
xxmichelle92xx 3 years ago 2
I have always thought it to be a very sad end of such a young child. Yes, 18 is STILL a child. I've always found it strange that Anissa's death was ruled accidental.From my understanding, she had enough quaaludes in her system to kill a horse. The coroner stated that it was the largest single massive overdose he had encountered in his year's performing autopsies. How can one "accidentally" ingest that many pills?
ahrensgay 3 years ago 3
It was a massive overdose of Seconol which killed her. She went to "doctor" in Torrance, CA, who used to have kids lined up around the block to buy drugs legally. I think his name was Dr. Jack Webb. After Anissa's death he was on the front page of the LA Times almost everyday. He was arrested on September 3, 1976. There were over 60 people in line at his medical office when Dr. was arrested.
smellmyface2 3 years ago 3
The doctor's name was Moshos, and he died before they could prosecute him.
WeegeeSteichen 2 years ago
My mom loves Family Affair and especially loves Buffy,Jody & Mrs.Beasley.
mhagenhoff 3 years ago 3
R.I.P. you are amazing!!!
Anissa will live forever in our hearts!
Even though I wasn't born until way after it came out I found it after she died! ):
CelesteNicole818 3 years ago 2
R.I.P.
CelesteNicole818 3 years ago
TO much to soon to young...What a shame.
rustyboy12198 3 years ago 2
whenever I hear this song I think of Anissa/Buffy
trevor40 3 years ago 2
I loved to watch the serial when I was a very little child and didn't know what a sad life Anissa had. Her death shocked me so much. Anissa, poor little darling, I whished they wouldn't have stolen your life.
winterweib 3 years ago 3
myscoutster---thank you for posting this
trevor40 3 years ago
she had awful parents, worked her whole life, and died so young. i hope she's at peace.
fahren299 4 years ago 4
Oh my gosh my names Anissa thats weird! lol
Anissa888 4 years ago
lets just say I dont tear up easily. I hope Anissa had some good years in her short young life.
trevor40 4 years ago 4
This video brought me to tears. Just to think how a young and beautiful little girl could have her life snuffed out at the hands of drugs at such a young age of 18. Such a crying shame. And to think, that, after CBS cancelled Family Affair, she was shoved aside by Hollywood, and no more acting offers came.
LJUOX 4 years ago 7
I'm french, i just want to tell to all the fans of this pretty young girl and to anissa's family that i'm so sad.. and i thinkin to them. I hope that now, hollywood take more care of their children star's. (sorry for my english)..
ebonyman61 4 years ago 4
What a beautiful tribute to one of my favorite's, she will always be remembered!
kit66kat 4 years ago 3
She died at 18, so sad. River Phoenix died at 23. Brad Fresno at 25. Glenn Quinn at 32. Every one of them drug related. I'm sure there are many more.
I'm not sure what it was that killed Heath so I won't comment. But what I would like to say is godbless you Heath, you will be missed. It's such a shame we weren't able to see Anissa's and Heath's career further. RIP
AyrCeltic 4 years ago
I am Anissa's cousin and I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this video. As a family, we have never forgotten her and miss Anissa and Paul (her brother) very much. It is our hope that people remember her for more than how she died. Her smile, her pigtails, her generous heart and sweet spirit live on.
Thank you for your comments and for this video. :)
sighings 4 years ago 11
it's more than wonderful to come across a family member. i hope that her life was happier than what appeared behind those sad child-eyes.she always haunted me. so beautiful with something behind THOSE EYES. when i heard of her death it crushed me and looking at the images make my tears pour and pour. BUT yes, i remember her for more than her death. i watched the show to see Anissa and i thank God i can watch parts here and keep those warm memories ALIVE . God bless her and Paul AND YOU!
sbrownie 3 years ago 2
@sighings- I knew Anissa and her brother Paul growing up in Westchester. Was best friends with Paul at Paseo del Rey and Orville Wright. They were both real nice and quiet. Would go over his house to visit and really liked hanging out with him. But this was before he got involved with other things. Brings back some real happy times for me. I never did find out what motel in Oceanside it happened. I miss them both.
AG549er 1 year ago
@AG549er it happened in her bf's house and in his bed. I looked it up.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
@sighings IM a 23 year old male and used to watch this with my mother on Tv Land who loved this show as a little girl! I will remember her and my mother will too! God Bless you and your family!
Continental460 1 year ago
@Continental460 I just found this yesterday and am amazed at how powerful this song and tribute video are.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
@sighings I wrote you about her because I couldn't send it on here.
scorpiovike 1 year ago
@sighings wasnt her brother a heroin junkie? hehhee! loser ass pieces of shit!
sylicone221 1 year ago
@sighings I would love to correspond. I have questions re: Anissa. Hope to hear from youscorpio vike at yahoo
scorpiovike 1 year ago
I still remember seeing Anissa on the senior lawn at Westchester High. If I could go back in time, that's where I would go to try to change the ending of this story from utterly tragic to a happier one. How poignant and haunting are the lyrics - "Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life"
Rest In Peace, Anissa
reedunculous 4 years ago 6
Thanks for posting--anissa was talented
trevor40 4 years ago 3
she was a friend who really knew how to be a friend. omg i miss her!
ritzeee 4 years ago 3
" chooses TO use "
plutoplatters 4 years ago
One chooses you use drugs.Very few things if any in life are "accidental".
plutoplatters 4 years ago
rip anissa
edwardwoodbine 4 years ago 2
Very nice tribute. The photo of her at 4:07 shows what a beautiful young lady she grew up to be. I'm sorry her life ended the way it did. *HUGS* for Anissa and her loved ones who miss her still.
lisaburks 4 years ago 3
I found this video after looking at the one for Checkmate which also starred Sebastian Cabot. What is so sad is that she died so young, only a decage or so after she was in the show. Other tragic former child stars such as Bobby Driscoll and Dana Plato at least made it into their 30's. Paul Petersen, Donna Reed's tv son, set up an organisation to help former child stars cope with their loss of fame.
suir52 4 years ago
blbeach, hard to understand what she really went through if you didn't live her life cute kid, fame and fortune then grow up and lose that....maybe in today's society she would've been able to get help with more understanding about addictions....a tragic story
dettigs 4 years ago
All she did was turn into a druggie and unfortunately died. Why put her on a pedastal? She was cute as a child actress. Why honor her for screwing up her life. I know her home life was a mess. So was mine ... so I know where she was coming from. However, she had the means to turn her life around and she chose the wrong path.
blbeachgoer 4 years ago
call her HUMAN. no one's calling her GOD, just expressing sympathy. sometimes it's nice to express it in this cold world. it somehow FEELS GOOD.
take care
sbrownie 3 years ago 4
anissa's brother also died of drug overdose
1PrincessFiona 4 years ago
You will always be in our hearts Anissa,
You were LOVED!
PistolPete2 4 years ago
Very nice tribute.
Brian Keith eventually committed suicide but he was in his 70's and terminally ill. His young daughter had also committed suicide months before. He supposedly spoke to Johnny Whitaker just before and said good bye.
meanwiddlekid 4 years ago 2
Simply tragic.
clayp72 4 years ago
Anissa Jones was one of the most tragic child stars of all time. She gained fame as the ridiculously cute and loveable "Buffy", the pig-tailed, freckle-faced tot who alway carried around that strange doll, Mrs. Beasley. Her childhood was miserable, she was a litte girl being worked to death. After the show was over she worked in a doughnut shop until she came into her trust fund money. Then she died of a massive overdose of drugs at the tender age of 18. What a sad, sad story.
cynthiacher 4 years ago 2
Drugs are the devil's best tool. Rest in peace, Anissa. Thanks for posting this.
ahshutyourpiehole 4 years ago
On August 28, 1976, after partying all night at the beach town of Oceanside, California, Jones was found dead in the bedroom of a friend's house. The coroner's report listed her death as accidental drug overdose. Found in her system were cocaine, PCP, methaqualone and Seconal. The coroner who examined Jones reported that she had died from one of the most severe drug overdoses he had ever seen.
Cinecoleccion 4 years ago
This either had to be a suicide OR a murder, right? Tell me they didn't rule this "accidental!"
whitteydog 4 years ago
my name is ANISSA i fell special
nissathepissa 4 years ago
What A Beautiful Tribute to Sweet Anissa, I use to watch the show all the time then shared it with my children. God Bless You For Caring, Glenda Underwood in Mojave,California
ninemillameter 4 years ago
sarah michelle gellar is anissa jones reincarnated.
deritpeehs 4 years ago
A sad ending. A classic Hollywood story. Why a movie of this tragedy has not been made is beyond me. She was so cute and a good little actress.