Kim Richards Biography

Summary

"Kim Richards" (born September 19, 1964) is an American former child actress.

Career

Richards was born in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Kenneth E. Richards (1917-1998) and Kathleen Dugan (1938-2002). The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried. Richards' 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, Trent Lehman and David Doremus. She also starred in several Disney films, including "Escape to Witch Mountain", "No Deposit, No Return" and "Return from Witch Mountain". In 1978, she also teamed up once again with "Witch Mountain" co-star Ike Eissinmann for the made-for-television movie "Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell".

In the John Carpenter film "Assault on Precinct 13", 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".

While in her young adulthood, Richards appeared in the films "Meatballs Part II", "Tuff Turf" and "Escape". In addition, she also co-produced "Escape" along with then-husband G. Monty Brinson. After 1990, Richards went into semi-retirement.

Return to acting

Richards came out of retirement in 2002 to reprise her role of 'Tia' in the short film "The Blair Witch Mountain Project", directed by former "Witch Mountain" co-star Ike Eissinmann.

In "Race to Witch Mountain", Richards and Eissinmann made cameo appearances, playing a waitress and a sheriff respectively.

Richards also made a brief appearance in the film "Black Snake Moan".

Personal life

Richards has been married twice. Her first marriage was to G. Monty Brinson, with whom she had one daughter, Brooke Ashley, born on February 21, 1986. Richards was then married to Gregory Davis, with whom she had two children, Whitney and Chad. Both marriages ended in divorce.

Richards also has a daughter, Kimberly, with former boyfriend John Jackson.