Harriet the Spy is a movie that is closely associated with my childhood. I used to watch it all the time growing up. From a young age, I dreamed of being a fiction writer, so I could relate to and admire Harriet’s dedication to her craft.

Michelle Trachtenberg's memorable movie and TV roles, including 'Gossip Girl' and 'Buffy' Michelle Trachtenberg, who found fame as a child star, became beloved 'Gossip Girl' actre

Welsch, not having any juicy, red fruits on my counter is a disaster. “Harriet the Spy” opened my world. It's unlike any other children’s movie I’ve seen, brutally honest in the way that ...

Soon after, she starred in popular Nickelodeon film Harriet The Spy, which followed the adventures of a sixth grader who aspired toward espionage. Trachtenberg led the film when she was just 11 years old.

The actress, who died at age 39, made her feature debut in the 1996 movie, with filmmaker Bronwen Hughes telling The Hollywood Reporter, "She never had a false note."

Michelle Trachtenberg had been acting for decades ahead of her death at age 39. Trachtenberg got her big break in 1996 when she starred as the titular Harriet the Spy opposite Rosie O’Donnell. After Harriet,

If it’s been awhile since you last watched Harriet the Spy (or you want to show it to your kids for the first time), the film isn’t streaming on Netflix or Hulu or Paramount Plus. But it is on Pluto. You can also rent Harriet the Spy on Prime Video and YouTube. Be sure to check out our oral history, too.

Fans mourning the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg following her death Wednesday at the age of 39 are revisiting some of her most beloved works, among them, Harriet the Spy. Before the actress became known as Dawn Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl,

Louise Fitzhugh’s 1964 children’s novel Harriet the Spy was brought to life in a 1996 movie of the same name. Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a precocious sixth-grader who’s destined to be a super-sleuth.

Michelle Trachtenberg, an actress who starred in “Gossip Girl” and “Harriet the Spy,” was found dead in her luxury Midtown Manhattan apartment early Wednesday, police sources said. Trachtenberg, 39, was found unresponsive by her mother in her apartment near Columbus Circle at 8 a.m.

Trachtenberg starred in a variety of kid-oriented movies and shows, making her film debut in 1996’s “Harriet the Spy.”

Michelle Trachtenberg, the actor known for “Gossip Girl,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Harriet the Spy” died Wednesday. She was 39.