People: Mar. 11, 1985

Some people graduate from Hollywood to superpower negotiations. Samantha Smith, 12, is doing it the other way around. Ever since Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov replied to her letter about world peace with an invitation to Moscow in 1983, the schoolgirl from Manchester, Me., has basked in international celebrity, chatting on TV talk shows and lecture podiums from New York to Tokyo, and writing a book about her peace initiative (Journey to the Soviet Union). Now Miss Smith is going to Hollywood. Starting later this month she will be filming the pilot of a new TV series called 55 Lime Street. In...

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