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Kim Richards
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Kim Erica Richards
September 19, 1964 Mineola, New York, U.S.
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Years active | 1970–1990; 2002–present |
Notable credit(s)
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Television | Nanny and the Professor The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills |
Spouse(s) |
G. Monty Brinson
(m. 1985; div. 1988)Gregg Davis
(m. 1988; div. 1991) |
Partner(s) | John Jackson (1992–1996) Wynn Katz (2012–2018) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Kyle Richards (sister) Kathy Hilton (half-sister) Paris Hilton (niece) Nicky Hilton Rothschild (niece) |
Kim Erica Richards (born September 19, 1964) is an American actress, socialite, and television personality. She began her career as a child actress, and rose to prominence from her roles in Nanny and the Professor, Escape to Witch Mountain, and Return from Witch Mountain. In 2010, Richards appeared as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alongside her sister Kyle Richards. She was part of the main cast for the first five seasons and has returned for guest appearances in subsequent seasons.
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Early life
Richards was born September 19, 1964, in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Kathleen Mary (née Dugan) and her second husband, Kenneth Edwin Richards. They separated in 1972 and her mother later remarried.
Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her half-sister, Kathy. Richards is of Welsh and Irish ancestry.
Career
Richards' career began when she was months old and appeared in a TV commercial for Firth Carpet. From 1970 to 1971, she starred as Prudence Everett in the television series Nanny and the Professor. She also starred in several Disney films, including Escape to Witch Mountain, No Deposit, No Return, and Return from Witch Mountain.
In 1974 and 1976, Richards appeared in Disney's Whiz Kid Capers series (The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton and The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper), two television movies that aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series.
Richards and her sister Kyle played sisters in the thriller film The Car (1977). She teamed up once again with Witch Mountain co-star Ike Eisenmann in the made-for-television movie Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978). She later starred in the short-lived television series Hello, Larry (1979-80) and appeared as a guest on numerous episodes of American television shows, including Emergency!, Diff'rent Strokes, Alice, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, CHiPs, Magnum, P.I., James at 16, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Rockford Files, and Little House on the Prairie as Olga Nordstrom.
As a young adult, she appeared in Meatballs Part II (1984) and Tuff Turf (1985). in 1990, she co-produced the film Escape, along with then-husband G. Monty Brinson.
Richards appeared in a supporting role as Christina Ricci's estranged mother in Black Snake Moan (2006). She made a cameo appearance in Race to Witch Mountain (2009), playing a waitress named Tina, a minor variation from the character Tia she played in the franchise's 1975 and 1978 films.
In 2010, Richards began appearing as a regular cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, alongside her sister Kyle. After five seasons, Kim was let go as a full-time cast member following her personal struggles. She returned as a guest star, though, in the show's sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth and thirteenth seasons.
Personal life
In 1985, Richards married Monty Brinson, a supermarket-franchise heir who later became a professional poker player. They have one daughter together, Brooke Ashley (born February 21, 1986).
Brinson and Richards divorced amicably in 1988. Later that year, she married Gregg Davis, the son of petroleum mogul Marvin Davis and his wife Barbara Davis. They have two children together: a daughter, Whitney Nicole Davis (born March 16, 1990) and a son, Chad Austin Davis (born May 26, 1991). Richards and Davis divorced in 1991.
Following her separation from Davis, Richards dated commodities salesman John J. Collett.
After Collett's death, Richards was in a relationship with aircraft-parts supplier John Jackson from 1992 to 1996. She gave birth to their daughter, Kimberly Collette Jackson, on August 23, 1995.
From 2012 to 2018, she was in a relationship with businessman Wynn Katz. They appeared together on WE TV's Marriage Boot Camp in 2018, and split after their appearance on the show.
Four months later, on August 2, 2015, Richards was again arrested for allegedly shoplifting at a San Fernando Valley Target department store. She was booked into the Van Nuys jail, being released the next day, on August 3, after posting bail of US$5,000 (equivalent to $6,000 in 2022).
Richards remained close friends with first husband Brinson and helped care for him during his struggle with lung cancer, which eventually caused his death on January 25, 2016, at age 58.
Richards has two grandsons through her oldest daughter Brooke and husband Thayer Wiederhorn.
Filmography
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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1970–71 | Nanny and the Professor | Prudence Everett | 54 episodes |
1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Girl | TV movie, uncredited |
1971–76 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Girl, Daphne 'Daffy' Fernald, Sara, Leroy | 5 episodes |
1972 | The F.B.I. | Barbie Ghormley | Episode: "Dark Christmas" |
1972 | Nanny and the Professor | Prudence Everett | Animated TV-movie |
1973 | Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus | Prudence Everett | Animated TV-movie |
1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Beatrice (as a child) | TV movie |
1973 | Here We Go Again | Jan Standish | 13 episodes |
1973 | Alvin the Magnificent | TV movie | |
1973–77 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Missey, Minnow | 2 episodes |
1974 | Police Story | Melanie | Episode: "The Wyatt Earp Syndrome" |
1974 | The New Temperatures Rising Show | Little Girl | |
1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Olga Nordstrom | Episode: "Town Party-Country Party" |
1974 | Benjamin Franklin | Episode: "The Whirlwind" | |
1974 | Return of the Big Cat | Amy McClaren | TV movie |
1974 | Emergency! | Melissa | Episode: "How Green Was My Thumb?" |
1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Julie Todd | Episode: "River of Fear" |
1975 | Medical Story | Episode: "Million Dollar Baby" | |
1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Tia Malone | Major film |
1976 | Sara | Maude | Episode: "Code of the West" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Marin Rose Gaily | Episode: "The Family Hour" |
1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Tracy | Major film |
1976 | Police Woman | Kerry McGuire | Episode: "Father to the Man" |
1976 | Medical Center | Penny | Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" |
1976 | Family | Laura Richardson | Episode: "Monday is Forever" |
1976 | Special Delivery | Juliette | |
1976 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Kathy Lawson | Independent film |
1977 | Raid on Entebbe | Alice | TV movie |
1977 | Police Story | Melanie | Episode: "Stigma" |
1977 | The Car | Lynne Marie Parent | Major film |
1977–78 | James at 15/16 | Sandy Hunter | 21 episodes |
1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Tia Malone | Major film |
1978 | Project UFO | Amy Forman | |
1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Bonnie Barry | TV movie |
1979 | $weepstake$ | Episode: "Lynn and Grover and Joey" | |
1979 | Hizzonner | Jamie | Episode: "Mizzonner" |
1979 | Diff'rent Strokes | Ruthie Alder | 3 episodes |
1979–80 | Hello, Larry | Ruthie Alder | 35 episodes |
1980 | Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary | Herself | TV special |
1981 | Why Us? | Holly Sanborn | TV short |
1982 | The Love Boat | Gail, Lilian Gerbert | Episode: "Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love" |
1982 | CHiPs | Sheila | Episode: "Tight Fit" |
1982 | Alice | Lisa | 2 episodes |
1982 | Magnum P.I. | Carrie Reardon | Episode: "Mixed Doubles" |
1983 | Lottery! | Valerie | |
1983 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Nancylou Nelson | Episode: "Cooter's Girl" |
1984 | The Mississippi | Episode: "Informed Consent" | |
1984 | Meatballs Part II | Cheryl | |
1985 | Tuff Turf | Frankie Croyden | |
1990 | Escape | Brooke Howser | |
2002 | The Blair Witch Mountain Project | Tia Malone | TV short |
2004, 2007 | The Simple Life | Herself | Episodes: "Back in the Saddle", "Almost Fame-Less" |
2006 | Black Snake Moan | Sandy | |
2009 | Race to Witch Mountain | Tina | |
2010–2020, 2023 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Herself | Series regular (Seasons 1–5); Guest star (Seasons 6–7, 9-10, 13) |
2013 | Stars in Danger | Herself | TV special |
2014 | G.U.Y. | Herself | Music video by Lady Gaga |
2015 | Revenge | Stephanie | Episode: "Kindred" |
2015 | Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Babs Jensen | |
2015 | Dr. Phil | Herself | 1 episode |
2016 | The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition | Herself | 2 episodes |
2018 | Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars | Herself | Season 13 |
See also
In Spanish: Kim Richards para niños