Monty was a child actor in the 1950s who enjoyed brief fame before his sexual affairs with various young men forced him out of the business.

Lily, too, enjoyed brief fame as a child actor, primarily in sickly-sweet melodramas.

When Clare's first book was published in 1820, he enjoyed a brief fame, including trips to London and contact with other writers.

They achieved brief national fame in Canada during the 1980s.

October 19 - Cyndi Thomson, female vocalist who enjoyed brief fame in the early 2000s.

Because of his brief Cronkite-chair fame, he had received some offers from local newscasts.

Jonathan achieved some brief fame before he quit palaeoanthropology altogether.

Mr. McNally says he has no idea why his places attract stars and yet last, while others fade after a brief fame.

During the 1930s she enjoyed brief fame as a child actor and was considered Britain's answer to Shirley Temple.

That summer she finds brief fame as the lead singer in a local band, Heat Lightning.