Talk:Anissa Jones

Song?
Is the Diodes song the one that goes "Buffy Buffy come back to me, why'd you have to go and OD, who will watch over..." something that rhymes with D. (Hey this is a song I heard on Dr. Demento like 15+ years ago, when I still listened to that kind of thing, I'm kind of amazed I remember that much)--T. Anthony 12:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * T. Anthony, the song I think you're referring to is "Child Star" by the Canadian punk band The Diodes. I know that song is on Tired of Waking Up Tired: The Best of The Diodes, a compilation album, it may have been on a previous release as well. -- Martina

It was Mrs. Beasley, the thing that rhymed with "D" I mean. I remembered enough to find it on my own it was by a group called Angel and the Reruns. The most notable member of that group being Hillary Carlip.--T. Anthony 12:18, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Does anyone have any links or recollection to a very common rumor that circulated around the late 70s that Susan Olsen had gotten heavily into drugs and other vices and overdosed or committed suicide? I recall that it was a rumor spread deliberately in the wake of the overdose death of Anissa Jones, a troubled child actress whose Family Affair show had come on the air and went off the air slightly before the Brady Bunch.  Anissa died of a drug overdose under suspicious circumstances in 1976, and her death touched many child stars, including the cast of the Brady Bunch (Eve Plumb, in particular, who appeared on Family Affair at one point, I recall).  The supposed prosocial idea behind the rumor was that it was a way to flag people who didn't care or thought it would be fine if what they thought of as a dysfunctional youngest child (Cindy Brady) got heavily into drugs or whatever and died, and then to do something to help those flagged as so dysfunctional.  It also jives with the interest in prosocial TV shows, "Afterschool Specials", and in particular Eve Plumb's performance and popular reaction to "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway", and similar psychological TV dramas from the time, like Linda Blair in "Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" and Dick van Dyke in "The Morning After".  The story of Anissa Jones is well-known today in part due to it's story being told on websites like Morbidly Hollywood, but as I recall the rumor about Susan Olsen and the tie-in to looking for dysfunctional kids was very well-known as well at the time, late 70s, very early 80s.  -- Allison

Broken leg
I was wondering of Anissa's broken leg had caused her to limp. I noticed on Family Affair she was limping after her cast had been removed. Is there any source that mentions her limping may have reduced her chances of getting more acting jobs. In essense did her "broken leg" effectively end her career? Cmguy777 (talk) 01:17, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Removed unsourced reports of dolls saying ominous things after Jones' death
I removed a claim that hundreds of children reported their dolls saying ominous things after Jones' death and that several churches encouraged their congregations to rid their households of Family Affair memorabilia. If you have reliable sources, feel free to add back what can be supported. Lee Choquette (talk) 15:57, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Small blue vial?
I read as her cause of death. This comes up. https://positivechoices.org.au/teachers/ghb-factsheet Michele500000 (talk) 02:27, 2 October 2023 (UTC)