Kyle Richards Umansky is an American actress, television personality, memoirist and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California.
Background
Richards was born on January 11, 1969, in Hollywood. She is the daughter of Kathleen Mary (née Dugan. 1938–2002) and Kenneth Edwin Richards (1917-1998).
Richards" siblings are Kathy Hilton (her older half-sister from her mother"s first marriage to Lawrence Avanzino (born 1959) and Kim Richards (born 1964).
Career
She began her career as a child actress, appearing in a recurring role on Little House on the Prairie, and in several horror films, including The Carolina (1977), Tobe Hooper"s Eaten Alive (1977), and John Carpenter"s Halloween (1978). Since 2010, she has appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried twice more.
Richards began acting in 1974.
She appeared in 18 episodes of the television series Little House on the Prairie as Alicia Sanderson Edwards. Her sister, Kim, was also an actress.
In the 1970s, Richards appeared on several television series and in a few horror films, including the 1978 cult classic Halloween. In 1980 she appeared opposite Bette Davis and Lynn-Holly Johnson in The Watcher in the Woods.
Most of her 1980s roles were minor, and included made-for-television, direct-to-video, or other video work.
Subsequent roles included Nurse Dori in 21 episodes of Emergency (1998–2006) and Lisa, a supporting character in National Lampoon"s Pledge This!. She also appeared in The Simple Life and My New BFF.
The concept, which opened its first location at Brighton Way and Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills in late 2012, features exciting new fashions, trends and accessories by the world"s top exclusive designers. She also held a fundraiser for the CHLA in 2013, which was featured on the Real Housewives.
Life Is Not a Reality Show: Keeping lieutenant Real with the Housewife Who Does lieutenant All (New York, New York: HarperOne), December 27, 2011.
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