Kristy mcnichol biography
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Actor Kristy McNichol is best known for her role as "Buddy" in the Spelling/Goldberg hit TV series Family (), where she won 2 Emmy awards and was nominated for a Golden Globe. McNichol began her career with guest appearances on such popular TV series as Starsky and Hutch, The Bionic Woman, Love American Style and The Love Boat, the list goes on. Her first role as a series regular came with the role of Patricia Apple in the CBS television series Apple's Way (). McNichol began her feature film career in the Burt Reynolds comedy "The End" and went on to star with Dennis Quaid and Mark Hamill in "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", "Two Moon Junction" with Louise Fletcher, "The Pirate Movie" with Christopher Atkins, "Just the Way You Are", "The Forgotten One", and "You Can't Hurry Love". Her television movie credits include "Women of Valor", "Like Mom, Like Me", "Sum
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Kristy McNichol
American actress (b. )
Christina Ann McNichol (born September 11, ) is an American former actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, she rose to fame in with her portrayal of teenaged daughter Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence in the TV skådespel Family for which she won two Emmy Awards. Subsequent roles included Angel in the film Little Darlings, Polly in Only When inom Laugh, and Barbara Weston in the TV sitcom Empty Nest.[1] McNichol retired from acting in
Early life, family and education
[edit]McNichol was born on September 11, , in Los Angeles, California,[2] the daughter of James and Carolyn McNichol. Her father was a carpenter and her mother worked odd jobs to support the family, including as a sekreterare, cosmetics salesperson, and movie extra. McNichol is Scottish/Irish on her father's side and her mother fryst vatten of Lebanese descent.[3]
Career
[edit]She appeared with her brother Jimmy McNichol in commercials and later,
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Kristy McNichol
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Synopsis
Born on September 11, , in Los Angeles, California, Kristy McNichol got her start in commercials as a child actress. She acted in the television drama Family, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and started a singing career. She starred in several films over the next decade, but an on-going battle with bipolar disorder harmed her productivity. She retired from acting in the late s.
Child Actor
Born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, , in Los Angeles, California. Kristy McNichol was one of the most popular young actresses during the s and s. When she was three, her parents divorced. Kristy and her brothers, Jimmy and Tommy, were raised by their mother.
At the age of 6, McNichol shot her first commercial. Both she and her brother, Jimmy, were trying to make it as performers, with their mother Carollyne serving as their manager. In , McNichol made her television debut in the short-lived drama Apple's Way. She played Patricia Apple, a young