Kim Richards
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| Born | September 19, 1964 Mineola, New York |
| Years active | 1970–1990; 2002–present |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Nationality | American |
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| Measurements | 34-24-35 |
| Bra/cup size | D |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Weight | 120 lb (55 kg) |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair | Dark Brown |
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Kim Erica Richards (born September 19, 1964) is an American actress. She is a former child actress, and currently a television personality on the TV series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Early life
Kim Richards was born in Mineola, New York on September 19, 1964. Her father was Kenneth E. Richards (1935–1998) and her mother, Sharon Kathleen Dugan (1938–2002). They separated in 1972 and her mother later remarried. Her sisters are the actresses Kathy Hilton (from her mother's first marriage) and Kyle Richards (born 1969). She graduated from Imperial High School in Imperial, California in 1983. Socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her half-sister, Kathy.
Career
Her career began during her childhood in the early 1970s. From 1970–1971, she starred as Prudence Everett in the television series Nanny and the Professor, with costars Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus and Trent Lehman. She also starred in several Disney films, including Escape to Witch Mountain, No Deposit, No Return and Return from Witch Mountain. She starred in an episode of Little House on the Prairie as Olga Nordstrom, Laura Ingalls' friend with one leg shorter than the other, whom her Pa fitted with a handmade wooden heel on her shoe that allowed her to run and play normally with the other children.
In 1974 and 1976, she 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 which aired as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series. In 1977, she and her sister Kyle both appeared as the daughters of James Brolin in The Car. By 1978, she teamed up once again with Witch Mountain co-star Ike Eisenmann for the made-for-television movie Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell. In the John Carpenter 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 series Hello, Larry and appeared as a guest on numerous episodes of popular American television shows including Diff'rent Strokes, Alice, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, CHiPs, Magnum, P.I., James at 16, The Dukes of Hazzard and The Rockford Files. As a young adult, she 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.
In 2006, she appeared in a supporting role as Christina Ricci's estranged mother in Black Snake Moan. She made a cameo appearance in 2009's Race to Witch Mountain, playing a waitress named "Tina," a minor variation from the character "Tia" she played in the 1975 and 1978 films. Since October 2010, she has starred as a full cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alongside her sister Kyle Richards.
Personal life
In July 1985, she married supermarket-franchise heir G. Monty Brinson, who is now a professional poker player. They had one daughter, Brooke Brinson, born in February 1986. The couple were divorced in 1988, and they shared custody of Brooke. She appeared on The World According to Paris in 2011 and currently works as a full-time real estate agent at Hilton & Hyland, for her uncle Richard Hilton.
Her second husband was oil heir Gregg Davis, son of oil tycoon and Dynasty inspiration Marvin Davis and philanthropist Barbara Davis. The couple produced two children: daughter Whitney (b. 1992) and son Chad Davis (b. 1993), but divorced in 1991.
Richards dated commodities salesman John J. Collett. He was a central figure in a large scam, involving eight thousand elderly investors and nearly $150 million in losses. On October 28, 1991, he was murdered by a hitman outside of Brent’s Deli, located in the San Fernando Valley community of Northridge. The two were speaking on the phone whilst the shooting occurred.The ordeal had a deep impact on Richards, who has opened up and spoken about Collett's murder on an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Additionally, Janis Collett, John's mother, later said: "John’s murder was a devastating tragedy, and Kim was just torn apart. Poor Kim had to identify his body. It was a horrible nightmare for her. I’ve never recovered from the loss, and I don’t think Kim has either."
Later, she was in a long term relationship with aircraft-parts supplier John Jackson. She gave birth to their daughter, Kimberly Richards, in 1995.
Richards has struggled with alcoholism. In December 2011, she entered rehab, and left in early January 2012. In an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kim was accused of being on crystal meth by fellow cast mate Brandi Glanville, Kim was extremely upset but it was because Richards was taking a combination of prescribed medication that had side effects similar to being inebriated. Shortly after, she admitted to being an alcoholic. She admitted she had been to rehab twice.
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. She spent the night in Los Angeles County Jail and was released the next morning on a $20,000 bail. 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 a $5,000 bail.
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