Kim Richards
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Born | Kim Erica Richards September 19, 1964 Mineola, New York, U.S. |
Occupation |
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Years active | 1970–1990; 2002–present |
Television | 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[1] (born September 19, 1964)[2] 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.[3]
Early life[]
Richards was born September 19, 1964, in Mineola, New York,[4] the daughter of Kathleen Mary (née Dugan) and her second husband, Kenneth Edwin Richards.[2][5][6] They separated in 1972 and her mother later remarried.
Her sisters are Kathy Hilton (from her mother's first marriage) and Kyle Richards (born 1969).[citation needed] Socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her half-sister, Kathy. Richards is of Welsh and Irish ancestry.[7][8]
Career[]
Richards' career began when she was months old and appeared in a TV commercial for Firth Carpet.[4] 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.[9][10]
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.[11]
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).[11] In the 1976 film Assault on Precinct 13, she played a young girl who was brutally murdered when a gang member fired a round into her chest. She later starred in the short-lived television series Hello, Larry 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.[11][12][13][14]
As a young adult, she appeared in Meatballs Part II and Tuff Turf. She co-produced Escape, along with then-husband G. Monty Brinson.[15]
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.[9][10][16]
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.[17][18] She returned as a guest star, though, in the show's sixth, seventh, ninth, and tenth seasons.[19]
Personal life[]
In 1985, Richards married Monty Brinson, a supermarket-franchise heir who later became a professional poker player.[20] They have one daughter together, Brooke Ashley (born February 21, 1986).[20]
Brinson and Richards divorced in 1988.[21] Later that year, she married Gregg Davis, the son of petroleum mogul Marvin Davis and his wife Barbara Davis.[20] They have two children together: a daughter, Whitney Nicole Davis (born March 16, 1990) and a son, Chad Austin Davis (born May 26, 1991).[20] Richards and Davis divorced in 1991.[22]
Richards' first husband Brinson died of cancer on January 25, 2016, aged 58.[22]
Richards was engaged to commodities salesman John J. Collett, a central figure in a criminal scheme involving 8,000 elderly investors and nearly US$150 million (equivalent to $285.01 million in 2020) in losses. On October 28, 1991, he was murdered outside Brent's Deli in Northridge. He was shot twice in the head at point-blank range by a hit man who had been paid US$30,000 (equivalent to $57,002 in 2020).[23] He was speaking with Kim on the phone when the shooting occurred.[24] Richards spoke about Collett's murder on an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.[25]
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.[20]
She was in a relationship with businessman Wynn Katz from 2012 to 2018. They appeared together on WE TV's Marriage Boot Camp in 2018, and split after their appearance on the show.[26][27]
Richards has two grandsons through her oldest daughter Brooke and her husband, Thayer Wiederhorn: Hucksley Andrew Wiederhorn (born September 28, 2016) and Hunter Montgomery Wiederhorn (born April 18, 2019).[28][29]
On April 15, 2015, Richards was arrested and charged with trespassing, public intoxication, resisting an officer, and battery on a police officer at the Beverly Hills Hotel.[30][31] She spent the night in Los Angeles County Jail and was released the next morning on bail of US$20,000.[30] She was arrested again on August 2, 2015, for allegedly shoplifting at a San Fernando Valley Target department store, was booked into the Van Nuys jail, and was released on August 3 after posting bail of US$5,000.[32]
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 | 1 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 | 1 episode, "The Wyatt Earp Syndrome" |
1974 | The New Temperatures Rising Show | Little Girl | |
1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Olga Nordstrom | 1 episode, "Town Party-Country Party" |
1974 | Benjamin Franklin | 1 episode, "The Whirlwind" | |
1974 | Return of the Big Cat | Amy McClaren | TV movie |
1974 | Emergency! | Melissa | 1 episode, "How Green Was My Thumb?" |
1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Julie Todd | 1 episode, "River of Fear" |
1975 | Medical Story | 1 episode, "Million Dollar Baby" | |
1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Tia Malone | Major film |
1976 | Sara | Maude | 1 episode, "Code of the West" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Marin Rose Gaily | 1 episode, "The Family Hour" |
1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Tracy | Major film |
1976 | Police Woman | Kerry McGuire | 1 episode, "Father to the Man" |
1976 | Medical Center | Penny | 1 episode, "If Wishes Were Horses" |
1976 | Family | Laura Richardson | 1 episode, "Monday is Forever" |
1976 | Special Delivery | Juliette | |
1976 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Kathy | Independent film |
1977 | Raid on Entebbe | Alice | TV movie |
1977 | Police Story | Melanie | 1 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 | Hizzonner | Jamie | 1 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 | 1 episode, "Command Performance/Hyde and Seek/Sketchy Love" |
1982 | CHiPs | Sheila | 1 episode, "Tight Fit" |
1982 | Alice | Lisa | 2 episodes |
1982 | Magnum P.I. | Carrie Reardon | 1 episode, "Mixed Doubles" |
1983 | Lottery! | Valerie | |
1983 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Nancylou | 1 episode, "Cooter's Girl" |
1984 | The Mississippi | 1 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 | The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Herself | Series regular (Seasons 1–5); Guest star (Seasons 6–7, 9-10) |
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 | Episode: "Real Housewife's Exclusive: Kim Richards Tells All About Drunken Arrest" |
2016 | The Mother/Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition | Herself | Episodes:"Housewife vs. Bad Girl", "The Hot Seat" |
2018 | Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars | Herself | Season 13 |
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External links[]
- Kim Richards at IMDb
- Kim Richards at the TCM Movie Database
- Living people
- 1964 births
- People from Mineola, New York
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from New York (state)
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Welsh descent
- American child actresses
- American film actresses
- The Real Housewives cast members
- Conrad Hilton family
- Richards family
- Davis family