Kim Richards after ‘Escape to Witch Mountain’

Celebrity Q&A, Featured Article
on April 25, 2013
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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What became of Kim Richards from Disney’s “Escape to Witch Mountain”?
 —Monty Kaan, Charlottesville, Va.

Following “Escape to Witch Mountain” in 1975 when she was 9, Richards appeared in a variety of TV series, including “Nanny and The Professor,” “James at 15,” “Hello Larry,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “CHiPS” and “Magnum, P.I.”  In 1985, she retired from acting to raise her children: Brooke, now 26, Whitney, 22, Chad, 21, and Kimberly, 17. Now back on TV as one of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” the Mineola, N.Y.-born actress and entrepreneur, 48, is working on a line of jewelry and water bottles, the sales of which raise funds for charity.