Between 1966 and 1971, Fredin also appeared in four episodes of the CBS sitcom Family Affair. The series starred Brian Keith as a New York City bachelor who raises his late brother’s children Cissy (Kathy Garver), Jody (Johnny Whitaker) and Buffy (Anissa Jones) with the help of his butler Mr. French (Sebastian Cabot). Ferdin played various characters during her guest appearances on Family Affair, but she recently revealed she actually auditioned for the main role of Buffy.
“My initial interview went very well, and they called me back for a few follow-ups," she continued. "Ulltimately, the choice for the part came down to me and eight-year-old Anissa Jones, who had done a few commercials but never acted before on TV."
While she didn’t get the part, Ferdin noted that she was “invited back on Family Affair every season it was on the air" in a guest capacity. “In all, I appeared four times on the show, the most I guest-starred in any series,” she wrote.
Ferdin noted that her mother had perfected a corkscrew pigtailed hairstyle that she often wore on-camera. "Before production began on Family Affair, the show's hairstylist was instructed to put Anissa’s wavy, shoulder-length hair into pigtails 'like Pamelyn Ferdin’s,'" she recalled. "With the success of the show, my signature hairstyle became Anissa’s too. I wore my hair in pigtails in my first appearance on the show but when I returned for my second, my mother was told that on Family Affair those pigtails now belonged exclusively to Anissa.”
While she never “begrudged” Jones for getting the role, Ferdin shared that she once overheard series star Brian Keith tell someone that she “would have made a great Buffy.”
'Family Affair' stars Anissa Jones, Brian Keith, Kathy Garver, Sebastian Cabot, and Johnny Whitaker. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)Photo by CBS Photo Archive on Getty Images
Her co-star Whitaker gave more insight in a recent interview with Remind magazine. “Anissa liked to act, but she was more like Brian,” he recalled. “She didn’t like doing the publicity. They had a Buffy and a Jody line of clothing and on our hiatuses, we would go around the country doing fashion shows. She did not really like the adulation.”
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