Kathy Hilton
Kathleen "Kathy" Elizabeth Hilton (* 13. March 1959 in Whittier , California as Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino ) is an American actress . She is married to the hotel heir Richard Hilton and the mother of the society girls Paris and Nicky Hilton .
Life
She was born to Larry Avanzino, of Italian descent, and Sharon Kathleen Dugan, a German-Hungarian American (1941-2003). Her parents later divorced and her mother married Ken Richards (1938–1998). Her maternal half-sisters are the actresses Kim Richards (born September 19, 1964) and Kyle Richards (born November 1, 1969). She also has two half-brothers and four half-sisters from a later marriage of her father.
On November 24, 1979 she married Richard Hilton , with whom she has four children: Paris Whitney (born February 17, 1981), Nicolai "Nicky" Olivia (born October 5, 1983), Barron Nicholas (born November 7, 1989) and Conrad Hughes Hilton (born March 3, 1994). Her daughters Paris and Nicky keep appearing in the gossip columns and the rainbow press . Kathy's husband, Richard, had a huge personal fortune as a real estate developer , aided by the fact that he inherited $ 125 million from his father's $ 1 billion stake in Hilton Hotels . In 2005, Kathy, Richard, and their two younger sons moved into a $ 10 million mansion built in the 1930s in the Bel Air neighborhood of west Los Angeles . The family also owns a $ 6.3 million home in the Hamptons , near Long Island, New York State .
Film and television career
Kathy Richards had a small role in the movie The Dark , a science fiction - horror movie from 1979 with William Devane , Cathy Lee Crosby , Richard Jaeckel and Keenan Wynn . She has guest roles on the television series Dear Uncle Bill ( Family Affair ), Happy Days and Detective Rockford - Call Enough ( The Rockford Files ).
After the beginning of her acting career long ago, she has been making guest appearances for some time in which she plays herself and appears under the name of Kathy Hilton.
In 2002 she started selling merchandise through the cable TV channel QVC , a home shopping channel. In June 2005 she got her own reality show , which ran under the title I Want To Be a Hilton on NBC until August 2005 .
Web links
- Kathy Hilton at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I want to Be a Hilton on the Internet Movie Database
- I Want To Be a Hilton on realitytv.about.com (English)
- Kathy Hilton on Twoop
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hilton, Kathy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Avanzino, Kathleen Elizabeth (maiden name); Hilton, Kathleen Elizabeth (married name); Hilton, Kathy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and society lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Whittier , California , United States |