Kim Richards

Kim Richards was one of the biggest child stars of the 1970s best known for her role as Tia, the alien girl with telekinetic abilities, in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).

By age four-and-a-half Kim had already appeared in 20 TV commercials and from 1970-1971 Richards starred as Prudence Everett in the television series "Nanny and the Professor."

She was one of the first child stars to sign a long-term contract with Disney and starred in several Disney films, including Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), No Deposit, No Return (1976), Return from Witch Mountain (1978) as well as in 10 episodes of the "Disneyland" TV series.

In the John Carpenter film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), she played a child who was murdered. She later starred in the short-lived series "Hello, Larry" and appeared as a guest on numerous episodes of popular American television shows, including "Diff'rent Strokes," "Alice," "Little House on the Prairie," "CHiPs," "Magnum, P.I.," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The Rockford Files." And since she was a star in the 1970s, she was legally obligated to guest star on both "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island."

For a long time, her last roles were in the films Meatballs 2 (1984), Tuff Turf (1985) and Escape (1990). However, Richards came out of retirement in 2002 to appear in the short mockumentary film The Blair Witch Mountain Project (2002) and later had a part in Black Snake Moan (2006).

Kim reprised her role of Tia in Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Disney's reboot of the 1970s classic. She currently stars on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" along with her sister Kyle Richards.

Kim also has another sister named Kathy, who married a rich hotel heir named Rick Hilton. They went on to have two daughters who are very famous for some unknown reason. Apparently there is some actual talent in that family tree, but it all went to Kim.