Kyle Richards

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birthdate = Birth date and age|1969|1|11|mf=y
birthplace = Hollywood, California

Kyle Richards (born January 11 1969) is an American actress.

Biography

Personal life

Richards was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Kenneth E. Richards (1917 - 1998) and Kathleen Dugan (1938 — died due of breast cancer in 2002). The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried. Richards' siblings are the actresses Kathy Richards (born 1959) and Kim Richards (born 1964). [ [http://www.wargs.com/other/hilton.html Ancestry of Paris Hilton ] ] Socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her sister, Kathy.

Richards is married to Mauricio Umansky; the couple has four daughters, Farrah, Alexia, Sophia, and Portia.

Career

Richards began acting in 1975, playing Alicia Sanderson Edwards on the television series "Little House on the Prairie"; throughout the 1970s, she appeared in several television series and in horror films: "The Car", "Eaten Alive" and "Halloween", where she played Lindsey Wallace (the character that Nancy Loomis' character is babysitting). In 1980, she appeared opposite Bette Davis and Lynn-Holly Johnson in the Disney children's horror film, "The Watcher in the Woods", playing a terrorized young girl. Although she made a cameo appearance in "Halloween II", most of her 1980s roles were minor, and included made-for-television or video work.

Here recent acting roles include playing the part of Nurse Dori on the hit television series, "ER" and playing Lisa, a minor character in the film "National Lampoon's Pledge This!". She has also appeared in episodes of the reality series "The Simple Life".

Filmography

Notable television appearances

*"Down to Earth" - Elizabeth "Lissy" Preston
*"Little House on the Prairie" - Alicia Sanderson Edwards

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/kylerichardsonline/Intro.html Kyle Richards Online]
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