Actor

Lauren Chapin

May 23, 1945 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Lauren Chapin (May 23, 1945 – February 24, 2026) was an American actress who played the role of the youngest child Kathy Anderson (nicknamed Kitten) on the television show Father Knows Best between 1954 and 1960. She appeared in 196 episodes of the 203 in the series. Two of her older brothers were also child stars, Billy and Michael Chapin.

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Notable work

7.1
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)

Often works with

Robert Young
3 titles together
Father Knows Best, Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion
Jane Wyatt
3 titles together
Father Knows Best, Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion
Elinor Donahue
3 titles together
Father Knows Best, Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion
Billy Gray
3 titles together
Father Knows Best, Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas, The Father Knows Best Reunion
James Mason
2 titles together
A Star Is Born, Lux Video Theatre
Dayton Lummis
2 titles together
Lux Video Theatre, General Electric Theater

Full filmography · 9

School Bus Diaries
as Mama Bev
2016
E! True Hollywood Story
cast
19968.1
Father Knows Best
as Kathy Anderson
19546.7
General Electric Theater
as Karen Fletcher
1953
Lux Video Theatre
as Midge Baxter and as Trina and as Daugther
1950