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My Take
What strikes me about Kim Richards is how completely she owned the child-star era of 1970s American TV and film. I grew up associating her with that run of Disney adventures, Escape to Witch Mountain and its sequel, plus her turns in Nanny and the Professor and Little House on the Prairie. That's a remarkably dense résumé for someone barely into her teens. I find child performers fascinating precisely because the public meets them so young and then keeps watching as they grow up, which is a strange kind of pressure. The New York birth and the long arc into television personality work tell me she never really stepped out of the spotlight.
Overview
Kim Erica Richards (born September 19, 1964) is an American former child actress and television personality. Richards began her career as a child actress and rose to prominence from her roles as Prudence Everett in Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971), Olga in Little House on the Prairie (1974), Tia Malone in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), and its sequel Return from Witch Mountain (1977).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kim Richards
- Name (Japanese)
- キム・リチャーズ
- Reading
- きむ・りちゃーず
- Born
- September 19, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Mineola, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.