Editing WAMPAS Baby Stars (section)

== Overview ==
[[File:Baby Stars 1925 picturep426.jpg|right|thumb|400px|{{center|WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925.}}]]

;1922—1935
The WAMPAS Baby Stars campaign began in 1922. Every year, publicists chose a group of young actresses who were under contract at major studios that they felt were on the threshold of stardom. Awardees were honored at a party called the "WAMPAS Frolic" and were given extensive media coverage. The awards were not given in 1930 and 1933 due to objections from independent film studios.{{sfn|Vogel|2010|p=20}} When the campaign was revived in 1934, freelance actresses, along with studio contract players, were included as the chosen "Baby Stars".{{sfn|Slide|2014|p=231}} The campaign was discarded in 1935, after which the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers disbanded.{{sfn|Slide|2014|p=231}} 

;1956
In 1956, a group of veteran stars, among them 1932 WAMPAS Baby Star [[Ginger Rogers]], chose a group of young actresses supposed to be known as ''The Wampas Baby Stars of 1956''.<ref name="gettyimages/517767346">{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Wampas Baby Stars of 1956 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/hollywood-california-wampas-baby-stars-of-1956-wampas-baby-news-photo/517767346 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |location=Hollywood, California |language=en-us |date=November 1, 1955 |quote=Wampas Baby Stars of 1956 pose after their selection as winners of the annual contest in Hollywood. From left: Fay Spain, 21, Phoenix, Arizona; Barbara Huffman, 21, Tucson, Arizona; Violet Rensing, 24, Berlin, Germany; Dawn Richard, 18, Los Angeles, California; Donna Cook, 18, Los Angeles, California; Norma Nillson, 18, Los Angeles, California; Ina Poindexter, 23, Covington, Tenn.; Phyllis Applegate, 22, Los Angeles; Del-Fin Thursday, 20, Honolulu; Jolene Brand, 21, Baldwin park, California; Roxanne Arlen, 21, Detroit, Michigan; Lita Milan, 21, Detroit, Michigan; Jewell Lain, 24, Indianapolis, Indiana; Doreen Stevens, 21, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Barbara Marks, 22, San Diego, California.}}</ref> The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers no longer existed so the idea fizzled. The selection took place nevertheless;15 "babies" were chosen: Phyllis Applegate, [[Roxanne Arlen]], [[Jolene Brand]], Donna Cooke, Barbara Huffman (later known as [[Barbara Eden]]), Jewell Lain, Barbara Marks<ref name="gettyimages/517767346"/><ref name="gettyimages/515024432">{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Winners Of Wampas Baby Stars Of 1956 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/winners-of-wampas-baby-stars-of-1956-left-to-right-front-news-photo/515024432 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=January 1, 1956 |quote=Left to right, front row, are Dawn Richard, 18, Los Angeles; Doreen Stevens, 21, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Barbara Marks, 22, San Diego; Second Row, Barbara Huffman, 21, Tucson; Jewell Lain, 24, Indianapolis; Fay Spain, 21, Phoenix; Jolene Brand, 21, Baldwin Park; Lita Milan, 21, New York; Third Row, Violet Rensing, 24, Berlin, Germany; Donna Cooke, 19, Los Angeles; Norma Nillson, 18, Los Angeles; Roxanne Arlen, 21, Detroit; Rear, Del-Fin Thursday, 20, Honolulu; Phyllis Applegate, 22, Los Angeles; and Ina Poindexter, 23, Covington, Tennessee.}}</ref><!-- not Barbara Marx; not likely to be the same woman who married Zeppo Marx as she didn't marry Marx until the 1970s-->, Lita Milan, Norma Nilsson, Ina Poindexter, Violet Rensin, [[Dawn Richard (model)|Dawn Richard]], and Delfin Thursday.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chuck Anderson|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies88.htm|title=1956 lineup|publisher=B-westerns.com|access-date=2012-01-06}}</ref>

;Last
The last surviving original WAMPAS Baby Star, [[Mary Carlisle]], died at the age of 104 on August 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html|title=Mary Carlisle, a perpetual ingenue in dozens of 1930s films, dies at 104|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802200855/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html|archive-date=August 2, 2018|author=Bernstein, Adam}}</ref>