Kristin Nelson

Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was an American primitive painter, actress and author. She was married to musician Ricky Nelson.

She was the daughter of Tom Harmon and actress/model Elyse Knox, her younger siblings are model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon.Nash, Eric P. "Books in Brief: Nonfiction; California Dreamin' ", The New York Times, November 16, 1997; retrieved February 24, 2010. 

In 1988, she married Mark Tinker, who encouraged her to paint. Her brightly colored primitives found favor with Jacqueline Kennedy and Mia Farrow, among other celebrities, and they form the basis of her coffee-table autobiography Out of My Mind.

Nelson starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Adam-12, The Resurrection of Broncho Billy, which won an Academy Award for best live action short movie, and Liar's Moon.

Her daughter, actress Tracy Nelson, announced on Facebook that her mother had suddenly died on April 27, 2018 of a heart attack.

References

Other websites

 Filmography for Kristin Nelson at The New York Times

 "Broncho Billy" (1970) short film

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