Kyle Richards Biography

Kyle Egan Richards (born January 11, 1969) is an American actress and television personality. She is known for returning to television with her sister, Kim Richards, on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Early life

Richards was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Kenneth E. Richards (1935"1998) and Kathleen Dugan (1938"2002). 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). Nicky and Paris Hilton are her nieces.

Career

Richards began acting in 1975. She appeared in eighteen episodes of the television series Little House on the Prairie as Mr. Edward's adopted daughter, Alicia Sanderson Edwards. Her sister, Kim Richards (of Witch Mountain fame and various other very popular Disney films), also appeared once on the series, playing Laura's friend Olga, a shy child with one leg shorter than the other, who gets fitted with a handmade wooden shoe by Laura's father, which finally enables her to run and play normally with the other children.

Throughout the 1970s Richards guest starred in several television series and acted in a few horror films: The Car, Eaten Alive, and Halloween, in which she played Lindsey Wallace, one of the two children whom Laurie Strode babysits. In 1980 she appeared opposite Bette Davis and Lynn-Holly Johnson in the Disney children's horror film The Watcher in the Woods, playing a terrorized young girl. Most of her 1980s roles were minor, and included made-for-television, direct-to-video, or other video work.

Subsequent roles include Nurse Dori on the hit television series ER (1998"2006)-(21 episodes) and Lisa, a supporting character in the film National Lampoon's Pledge This!. She has also appeared in episodes of her niece Paris Hilton's reality series The Simple Life and My New BFF.

Richards appears in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which the first season aired from October 2010 through February 2011. She and her sister, Kim Richards, are both currently appearing in the show on Bravo.

She appeared in a new thriller film, Deadly Sibling Rivalry, as Tricia, a woman left inside a freezer in which she dies, by disturbed evil twins Callie/Janna, played by Charisma Carpenter.

Personal life

In 1988, at age 19, Richards married Guraish Aldjufrie while she was pregnant. Richards gave birth to their daughter, Farrah, butthey were divorced in 1990.

Richards met second husband Mauricio Umansky in 1994. Umansky is a mix of Greek and Russian descent. He was born and raised in the Jewish religion in Mexico. Richards married Mauricio Umansky when she was pregnant with Alexia (born 1996). The couple went on to have two more daughters: Sophia (born 2000) and Portia (born 2008).

Richards, who is of Irish and Welsh descent, converted to Judaism when she married Umansky.

Richards announced that she will partner with upscale fashion retailer Alene Too to launch an innovative boutique concept, "Kyle by Alene Too." The concept, opening its first location at Brighton Way and Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills in June 2012, will feature exciting new fashions, trends and accessories by the world"s top exclusive designers.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Car	Debbie
	Eaten Alive	Angie
1978	Halloween	Lindsey Wallace
1980	The Watcher in the Woods	Ellie Curtis
1981	Halloween II	Lindsey Wallace	Archival footage
1989	Curfew	Stephanie Davenport
1990	Escape	Lydia
2006	Pledge This!	Lisa
2011	Deadly Sibling Rivalry	Tricia

Television appearances

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012)- Ms. Young (1 episode)
• TMZ on TV (2012) - Host (1 episode)
• ER (1998"2006)- Nurse Dori (21 episodes)
• 7th Heaven (2003)- Matt's Patient (1 episode)
• The Simple Life (2003)- Herself (uncredited) (1 episode)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1999)- Anna Murphy (1 episode)
• Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)- Scheming Women (1 episode)
• Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1998)- Unknown (1 episode)
• Down to Earth (1984"1985) - Elizabeth "Lissy" Preston (12 episodes)
• CHiPS (1982)- Jodi (1 episode)
• Little House on the Prairie (1975"1982) - Alicia Sanderson Edwards (recurring) (19 episodes)
• Concrete Cowboys (1981) - Isobel (1 episode)
• Carter Country (1979)- Gerry (4 episodes)
• Fantasy Island - "Cornelius and Alfonse" and "The Choice" - Season 2 Episode 23 - 1979 (1979) - The little girl Rebecca (1 episode)
• Vega$ (1979)- Julie Travis (1 episode)
• Flying High (1978)- Katie (1 episode)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1978)- Naomi (1 episode)
• Police Woman (1974)- Julie (1 episode)