Bio: Kim Erika Richards was born September 19, 1964 in Mineola, Long Island, New York to Kathleen Mary Dugan & Kenneth Edwin Richards, a business executive. She is of Irish, English, and Welsh descent. Kim made her TV commercial debut at four months in a diaper ad. By age four and a half Kim had already appeared in 20 TV commercials. Richards made her television series debut in 1970 on the show Nanny and the Professor (1970). Kim later had substantial recurring roles on the TV programs James at 16 (1977) and Hello, Larry (1979). Richards achieved fame as psychic alien girl Tia in the terrific Disney family feature Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and its equally solid sequel Return from Witch Mountain (1978). Kim also played an obnoxious little brat who gets brutally killed in John Carpenter's fantastic urban action cult gem Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). Among the TV shows Richards has done guest spots on are The Magical World of Disney (1954), The Rockford Files (1974), Police Woman (1974), Little House on the Prairie (1974), Family (1976), Alice (1976), CHiPs (1977), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), The Love Boat (1977), Diff'rent Strokes (1978), Project U.F.O. (1978), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and Medical Center (1969). Kim was reunited with her "Witch Mountain" co-star Ike Eisenmann for the hilariously horrible made-for-TV horror howler Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) (Richards did a career interview for the recent DVD of this film). Kim played more mature adult roles in the mid 80s movies Meatballs Part II (1984) and Tuff Turf (1985) in which Richards gives a performance as a teenage gang leader's brash girlfriend. Richards took a hiatus from acting to raise her four children Brook, Whitney, Chad and Kimberly. After a lengthy absence from the big screen, Kim Richards made a welcome comeback with a fine portrayal of Christina Ricci's bitter estranged mother in the excellent Black Snake Moan (2006). She's the sister of fellow actress Kyle Richards -- they appeared together in The Car (1977) as James Brolin's daughters -- and Kathy Hilton, who is the mother of Paris Hilton.
Tivia: Was engaged to commodities salesman John J. Collett (whom she met at an AA meeting) at the time of his murder on 10/28/91. Collett, 29, was gunned down by a hitman outside a San Fernando Valley deli in what may have been a business scheme gone wrong. Richards and Collett were speaking on the phone when the shooting occurred.Made 20 TV commercials before she was 4-1/2 years old.Made her acting debut in a diaper commercial when only four months old.Aunt of Nicky Rothschild, Barron Hilton, Conrad Hilton, and Paris Hilton.Older sister of Kyle Richards. Younger half-sister of Kathy Hilton.First husband Monty Brinson was heir to a supermarket franchise. She left him for John Davis, elder son of billionaire oil and entertainment mogul Marvin Davis, but ended up marrying the younger brother Gregg. She met the father of her fourth child, aircraft parts supplier John Jackson, in 1992 when he purchased her late fianc�� John J. Collett's Harley-Davidson motorcycle; they split in 1996.Father: Ken, who died in 1998. Mother: Kathy Richards, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in the same year. They separated in 1972.Attended Imperial High School in Imperial, CA, class of 1983.Daughter of Kathy Richards and Ken Richards.Is contemplating returning to acting now that her youngest child Kimberly is in school.Her mother was of Irish descent. Her paternal grandparents were from Newfoundland, Canada, and had Welsh and English ancestry.Has four children: daughter, Brooke Wiederhorn (b. 2/21/86) with ex-husband, Monty Brinson, daughter, Whitney Davis (b. 3/16/90) and son, Chad Davis (b. 5/26/91) with ex-husband, Gregg Davis and daughter, Kimberly Jackson (b. 8/23/95) with ex-boyfriend, John Jackson.Sister-in-law of Rick Hilton