 judith eva barsi (june 6, 1978 &ndash; july 25, 1988) was an american child actress. she began her career in television, making appearances in commercials and television shows, and later appeared in the films jaws: the revenge, the land before time, and all dogs go to heaven, supplying the voice for animated characters in the latter two. in 1988, after years of physical and mental abuse, her father, jÃ³zsef, shot and killed judith and her mother, maria, before shooting himself in a double murderâsuicide. ==family history== judith's father, jÃ³zsef, fled communist hungary after the 1956 soviet occupation. he eventually relocated to new york in 1964, and then to california,barsi, Ãgi (1999), what will you do?, a better life, isbn 0967169399 where he met maria virovacz. maria, herself a hungarian immigrant escaping the soviet occupation, was born in rural southern hungary, and suffered psychological and physical abuse from her father. jÃ³zsef and maria married, and judith's birth quickly followed in los angeles, california, where judith was raised. ==career== maria began grooming her daughter to become an actress, and at the age of five, judith was discovered at a skating rink. judith went on to appear in more than 70 commercials and guest roles on television. as well as her career in television, judith appeared in several films including jaws: the revenge and provided the voice for the character of ducky in the land before time. by the time she entered fourth grade, judith was earning an estimated $100,000 a year, which helped 
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