Anissa Jones : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Family Affair)

Attended Orville Wright Junior High School

Attended Westchester High School from 1973-1976

Had a brother who died from a drug overdose in 1984

Tried out for the role of Regan in The Exorcist (1973), but lost out to Linda Blair.

Briefly worked at a Winchell's donut shop in Playa del Rey, where she grew up.

Attended Paseo Del Rey Grammar School

Her fatal overdose was of a combination of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal. The San Diego County coroner said it was one of the most severe cases of drug overdose ever seen in San Diego County.

Her name, Anissa, was Lebanese for 'little friend'.

Her death is the subject of the song, "Buffy's Dead."

The Diodes, a Toronto band from the '70s, had a song about her called "Child Star" (also released as a single, the flip side of "I'm Tired of Feeling Tired"). The chorus goes: "Uncle Bill/Uncle Bill/I took some pills/Mr. French/Mr. French/I'm feeling tense".