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Kyle Richards
Richards in 2014
Born	Kyle Egan Richards (1969-01-11) January 11, 1969 (age 50) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Residence	Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, television personality, memoirist, philanthropist
Years active	1974–present
Known for	Little House on the Prairie The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Spouse(s)	Guraish Aldjufrie (m. 1988; div. 1992) Mauricio Umansky (m. 1996)
Children	4
Relatives	Kim Richards (sister) Kathy Hilton (half-sister) Paris Hilton (niece) Nicky Hilton Rothschild (niece)

Kyle Egan Richards (born January 11, 1969)^[1] is an American actress, socialite, television personality, memoirist and philanthropist. 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 Car (1977), Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive (1977), and John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). Since 2010, she has appeared as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She was a contestant on The New Celebrity Apprentice (also known as The Celebrity Apprentice 8), playing for the charity Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She was the 5th contestant fired, finishing in 12th place and raising $25,000 for her charity.

Early life

Richards was born on January 11, 1969, in Hollywood.^[1][2] She is the daughter of Kathleen Mary Richards (née Dugan; 1938–2002) and Kenneth Edwin Richards (1917-1998).^[3][4] The couple separated in 1972 and Kathleen later remarried twice more. 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),^[5] as well as three paternal half-siblings from her father's first marriage, all of whom were adults by the time Richards was born. Nicky and Paris Hilton are her half-nieces.

Acting career

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 cult classic Halloween (1978). 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 ER (1998–2006) and Lisa, a supporting character in National Lampoon's Pledge This!. She also appeared in The Simple Life and My New BFF.

She appears on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which also previously featured her sister, Kim Richards.

Philanthropy

With her husband, Richards is listed on the "First Families" of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles which means they have donated US$100,000 or more to the hospital.^[6] She also held a fundraiser for the CHLA in 2013, which was featured on the Real Housewives.^[7][8]

Personal life

Left to right, half-sister Kathy Hilton, Hilton's daughter Paris Hilton and Kyle Richards at NBC party, February 2011.

In 1988, at age 18, Richards married Guraish Aldjufrie from Indonesia while she was pregnant with their daughter Farrah (b. 1988), but they separated in 1990 and divorced two years later.^[9][10][11]

Richards met second husband Mauricio Umansky, a Los Angeles real estate agent, in 1994. Umansky is of Russian and Greek Jewish descent. He is the son of Estella Sneider. He was born and raised in Mexico. The couple wed on January 20, 1996, when Kyle was 4 months pregnant. Their daughter Alexia was born on June 18, 1996. The couple went on to have two more daughters, Sophia (born 2000) and Portia (born 2008). Richards, who is of English, Irish and Welsh descent, converted to Modern Orthodox Judaism when she married Umansky.^[12][13][14] She also attends events at the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles.^[12]

She resides in Bel Air, Los Angeles, with her husband and children.^[15][16][17]

Filmography

Film and television

As herself

Memoir

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References

External links

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