Kim Richards

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name = Kim Richards


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birthdate = Birth date and age|1964|9|19|mf=y
birthplace = Mineola, New York, U.S.A.

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. [ [http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1018:1830/1/Paris_Whitney_Hilton.htm Paris Hilton's Bio] at the Biography Channel Website]

Her career began as a child in the early 1970s.imdb name|id=0001668] . 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". 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." [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia9aa6fd4930eb09533b9382d6ea55f30 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] 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

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001668/ Kim Richards] at the [http://www.imdb.com Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.geocities.com/kylerichardsonline/ Kyle Richards Online]
* [http://www.kimrichards.net Kim Richards Family Website]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=American actress
DATE OF BIRTH=September 19, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH=Mineola, New York, United States
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