- Born
- Birth nameChristina Ann McNichol
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Actor Kristy McNichol is best known for her role as "Buddy" in the Spelling/Goldberg hit TV series Family (1976), 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 (1974). 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", "Summer of My German Soldier", "Love, Mary", "My Old Man" and many more. Kristy also performed voice characters in several animated TV series including "Extreme Ghostbusters and Steven Spielberg's animated "Invasion America". Kristy starred in the hit movie "Little Darlings" with Tatum O'Neil which won her a People's Choice Award. Other TV credits include the Witt, Thomas, Harris hit series "Empty Nest". Kristy's films include Neil Simon's "Only When I Laugh" with Marsha Mason, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, Alan Pakula's "Dream Lover" and Samuel Fuller's "White Dog".
Kristy devotes a lot of her time to charity work. Not only is Kristy McNichol a renowned actor but she is also a singer. Albums include The Pirate Movie (1982) soundtrack, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) soundtrack and the Kristy and Jimmy McNichol album on RCA Records.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jeff Ballard Public Relations (2014)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsCarolyn McNichol LucasJim McNichol
- RelativesJimmy McNichol(Sibling)
- Dropped out of acting because she was sick and tired of acting, wanted to have an average life, and one thing she pursued was going to school to learn how to style hair.
- Announced her retirement from acting in 2001.
- Was considered for a role in The Bad News Bears (1976), but lost it to Academy Award winner Tatum O'Neal.
- In January 2012, McNichol told People Magazine that she is a lesbian, and that she has lived with a romantic partner named Martie Allen since the early 1990s. McNichol said that she finally chose to come out of the closet to "try to help kids who are being bullied.".
- Turned down the Jodie Foster role in Taxi Driver (1976).
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