Another young girl, Willie Mae Taylor played the role of Buckwheat for three more episodes before Billie Thomas took it over. He got a role and his first episode was called, For Pete’s Sake! But he wasn’t playing the role of “Buckwheat” - that character was played by female child actress named Carlena (who happened to be Matthew “Stymie” Beard’s sister). But the real question is whether he was a boy or a girl.īorn in Los Angeles, California, Billie Thomas auditioned at the Hal Roach Studios at the age of three. He was in the show for ten years, from 1934 to its ending in 1944. Billie Thomas is best remembered as “Buckwheat” in the TV series, “The Little Rascals” and “Our Gang”.
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