Kimberly "Kim" Richards (born September 19, 1964) is an American actress.
Richards was born in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Kenneth E. (Ken) Richards (October 9, 1917 - April 1998) and Kathleen (Kathy) Dugan (Omaha, Nebraska, April 17, 1938 — died due to breast cancer in Palm Desert, California, March 2, 2002). The couple separated in 1972 and she later remarried. Her siblings are the actresses Kathy Richards (born 1959) and Kyle Richards (born 1969). Socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her sister, Kathy.
Her career began as a child in the early 1970s.. From 1970-1971, Richards starred as Prudence Everett in the television series Nanny and the Professor, with costars Richard Long, Juliet Mills, and David Doremus. She also starred in several Disney films, including Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), No Deposit, No Return (1976), and Return from Witch Mountain (1978). In the John Carpenter film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), she played a child who was murdered. She later starred in the short-lived series Hello, Larry and appeared as a guest on numerous episodes of popular American television shows, including Diff'rent Strokes, Alice, The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie, CHiPs, Magnum, P.I., The Dukes of Hazzard and The Rockford Files.
For a long time, her last roles were in the films Meatballs 2, Tuff Turf and Escape (1990 film). However, Richards came out of retirement in 2002 to appear in the short film The Blair Witch Mountain Project and later appeared in Black Snake Moan.
As of April 2008, Richards is attached to Race to Witch Mountain. Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann are to appear in the new movie as a waitress and a sheriff.
She was married twice, to G. Monty Brinson, later divorced, by whom she had one daughter, Brooke Ashley, born on February 21, 1986, and to Gregory (Greg) Davis, also divorced, by whom she has two children, Whitney and Chad. She also had a daughter, Kimberly, with former boyfriend John Jackson.
References
^ Paris Hilton's Bio at the Biography Channel Website
^ a b Kim Richards at the Internet Movie Database
^ a b Hollywood Reporter Two 'Witch Mountain' vets return: Actors who played kids in original are back for the remake 29 April 2008 Retrieved 30 April 2008
External links
Kim Richards at the Internet Movie Database
Kyle Richards Online
Kim Richards Family Website
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NAME
Richards, Kim
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
American actress
DATE OF BIRTH
September 19, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH
Mineola, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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