Kim Richards

American actress
the Australian politician

Kim Erica Richards (born September 19, 1964)

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. Her younger sister is actress, socialite, and television personality Kyle Richards. Socialite Kathy Hilton is her half sister, from her mother's prior marriage to Larry Avanzino, and her nieces include Nicky and Paris Hilton. Richards is of Welsh and Irish ancestry.

Richards' career began when she was months old and appeared in a TV commercial for Firth Carpet. 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). 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 (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 the drama film 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. On April 10, 2023, in honor of National Sibling Day, Richards and half sister Kathy Hilton appeared together on Entertainment Tonight's "Spill the ETea" segment discussing their relationship, their children and being grandparents.

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. He was speaking with Kim on the phone when the shooting occurred. Richards spoke about Collett's murder on an episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 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. 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 bail of US$20,000 (20000.0 in 2015 is equivalent to about <calculated amount> in recent years). 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 and a granddaughter through her oldest daughter Brooke and husband Thayer Wiederhorn.