Kimberly "Kim" Richards is an American actress. She is best known for being a former child actress, and a television personality. Kim Richards was born in Mineola, New York, the daughter of Kenneth E. Richards of Scottish and German ancestry and Kathleen Dugan who was Irish Catholic . The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried. Richards' sisters are the actresses Kathy Hilton and Kyle Richards . Socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces, daughters of her half-sister, Kathy. 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 Richard Long of, Juliet Mills, Trent Lehman and David Doremus. She also starred in several Disney films, including Escape to Witch Mountain, No Deposit, No Return and Return from Witch Mountain. With one leg shorter than the other, she starred in an episode of Little House on the Prairie as Olga Nordstorm, Laura Ingalls' friend, whom her Pa fitted with a handmade wooden shoe that allowed her to run and play normally with the other children.
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| Birthdate: | September 19, 1964 |
| Birthplace: | Mineola, New York |
| Age: | 47 |
| Also known as: | Kim Richards-Brinson, Kimberly Richards |