Who played Bette Midler's character as a child in the 1988 movie "Beaches"?

Like the character she plays on “The Big Bang Theory,” Mayim Bialik is a neuroscientist. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in 2007. She came into the movie industry in 1988 when she was cast as the 11-year-old version of Bette Midler’s C.C. Bloom in the movie “Beaches.” Her performance drew raves, including in "Variety", where she was called “extraordinary.” The reviewer wrote, “She can sing, she can dance, and she seems amazingly like the carrot-topped star.”

Mayim Chaya Bialik was born on December 12, 1975 in San Diego, California, to Beverly and Barry Bialik. Her family were Jewish immigrants who lived in the Bronx, New York City. Bialik graduated in 1993 from North Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience, with minors in Hebrew and Jewish studies, in 2000.

"Beaches" is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray and Lainie Kazan.