Biography
The petite and pretty brunette Gold got her acting start as a toddler, appearing steadily in television commercials and series before breaking out in the role of Carol Seaver, the middle child of "Growing Pains" (ABC, 1985-1992). After seven seasons, Gold started a family and continued to act, becoming a TV movie staple and occasionally reuniting with the Seavers, but struggled to juggle both in the midst of a long-held, well-publicized battle …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in a Pepsi print ad at the age of four | ||
1979 | Cast in the short-lived series "Shirley" (NBC) with actress Shirley Jones | |
1982 | Cast in the CBS sitcom "Goodnight Beantown" | |
1982 | Played one of Albert Finney and Diane Keaton's four daughters in the family drama "Shoot the Moon" | |
1985 | Landed most memorable TV role as Carol Seaver on the popular family sitcom "Growing Pains" (ABC); struggled with anorexia nervosa during 1988-92 seasons | |
1988 | Starred as Angela Strull in the teen film "Dance 'Til Dawn" | |
1994 | Starred in the ABC TV movie "For the Love of Nancy" with Jill Clayburgh | |
1995 | Starred in the ABC TV movie "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" with Kyle Chandler and Joanna Cassidy | |
1998 | Co-starred in the USA Network movie "Dirty Little Secret" | |
2000 | Reunited with original cast for "The Growing Pains Movie" (ABC) | |
2001 | Produced and starred in the drama thriller "She's No Angel" | |
2003 | Co-authored a memoir about her eating disorder Room to Grow: An Appetite for Life | |
2004 | Appeared on the ABC reality series "Celebrity Mole: Yucatan" | |
2006 | Starred in the Lifetime movie "Safe Harbor" | |
2008 | Hosted the TLC show "The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom" | |
2011 | Hosted the Lifetime docu-series "Starving Secrets with Tracey Gold," which helped women struggling with anorexia | |