Kim Richards

**Kim Erica Richards** (born September 19, 1964) is an American television personality and philanthropist. She is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

## Early Life

Richards was born in Mineola, New York to parents Kenneth Edwin and Kathleen Mary Richards. She has a younger sister, Kyle Richards. She has an older half-sister, Kathy Hilton, from her mother's first marriage. Her parents divorced in 1972 and her mother re-married twice after this. She also has three half-siblings from her father's first marriage, all of whom were adults by the time she was born.

Both of her parents are deceased.

## Career

Richards' career began when she one months old and appeared in a television commercial for Firth Carpet. From 1970-1971, 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.

In 1974 and 1976, Richards appeared in Disney's Whiz Kid Capers series, 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. She teamed up once again with Witch Mountain co-star Ike Eisenmann in the made-for-television movie Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell. 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 stared 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 Hazzards, The Rockford Files and Little House on the Prairie as Olga Nordstrom.

As a young adult she appeared in Meatballs Part II and Tuff Turf. She co-produced Escape, along with then-husband G. Monty Brinson.

Richards appeared in a supporting role as Christina Ricci's estranged mother in Black Snake Moan. She made a cameo appearance in Race to Witch Mountain, playing a waitress named Tina, a minor variation from the character Tia, who she played in the fracnhise's 1975 and 1978 films.

### The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

In 2010, Kim joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the first season. She appeared in the first five seasons before returning as 'guest' in Season 6, 7, 9 and 10.

#### **RHOBH Taglines**

* Season 1 - "I was a child star but now my most important role is being a mother."
* Season 2 - "People try to figure me out but I'm one of a kind."
* Season 3 - "Life is a journey and I'm finding myself every day."
* Season 4 - "Everybody loves a comeback story. Especially one starring me."
* Season 5 - "I've been rich and I've been famous but happiness beats them both."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Richards has been married twice. She married her first husband, supermarket-franchise heir G. Monty Brinson in 1985 and together they have one daughter, Brooke Ashley (born February 21, 1986). The couple got divorced in 1988.

She married her second husband, petroleum heir Gregg Davis in 1988 and together they have two children: Whitney Nicole (born Mach 16, 1990) and Chad Austin (born May 26, 1991). The couple got divorced in 1991.

She was then engaged to commodities salesman John J. Collett, a central figure in a criminal scheme involving 8,000 elderly investors and nearly $150 million in losses. On October 28, 1991, he was murdered outside Brent's Deli in Northridge.

Richards was then in a long-term relationship with aircrafts-parts supplier John Jackson and together they have one daughter, Kimberly Collette (born August 23, 1995).

She has two grandsons from Brooke, Hucksley and Hunter Wiederhorn.

### Legal Problems

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 $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.

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* G. Monty Brinson (Ex-husband; 1985-1988)
* Gregg Davis (Ex-husband; 1988-1991)
* John J. Collett (Ex-fiance)
* John Jackson (Ex-boyfriend)

**Children**

* Brooke Wiederhorn
* Whitney Davis
* Chad Davis
* Kimberly Jackson

**Grandchildren**

* Hucksley Wiederhorn
* Hunter Wiederhorn

**Parents**

* Kenneth Edwin Richards
* Kathleen Mary Richards

**Siblings**

* Kathy Hilton
* Kyle Richards
* 3 Unknown Siblings

**Nieces and Nephews**

* Paris Hilton
* Nicky Hilton
* Barron Hilton
* Conrad Hilton
* Farrah Aldjufrie
* Alexia Umansky
* Sophia Umansky
* Portia Umansky