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.