Trachtenbergdied on Feb. 26at the age of 39.
She was smart, but she was also self-possessed, and didn’t need to show off."
In tears, Trachtenberg continued, “‘Because they are to me…
Mara Wilson and Michelle Trachtenberg.Credit:Alberto E. Rodriguez/FilmMagic; Randy Shropshire/Getty
They never stop.”
Wilson would defend her “‘She’s not… she’s really nice!'”
It felt cruelly ironic to be so hated when our raison detre was getting people to like us."
Michelle Trachtenberg in ‘Harriet the Spy’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett
I never got one on purpose, everyone got a valentine card.
No one ever gave me one and they thought I didn’t need the attention.
“The kids were cruel…
I still have scars from being thrown down stairs and slammed into lockers head first,” Trachtenberg said.
I write this to every child, teen, person, out there who is bullied.
You are something."
To tell her the times we spent together as children were some of the best of my life."
