Tamblyn was born inSanta Monica, California, the daughter ofRuss Tamblyn, an actor, dancer, and singer who starred in the 1961 film ofWest Side Story, and Bonnie Murray, a singer, teacher, and artist.Her paternal grandfather,Eddie Tamblyn, was avaudevilleperformer. She attended theSanta Monica Alternative School House, which, in her words, was ”very unorthodox, no letter grades".At the age of ten, she playedPippi Longstockingin a school play; her father's agent, Sharon Debord, was attending as a family friend and ended up convincing her father to allow Tamblyn to go on auditions.
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