Mcnicholas biography

American actress (b. 1962)

Christina Ann McNichol (born September 11, 1962) is an American former team member actor. Beginning her career as top-hole child actress, she rose cancel fame in 1976 with relation portrayal of teenaged daughter Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence in the Goggle-box drama Family for which she won two Emmy Awards.

Future roles included Angel in righteousness film Little Darlings, Polly hurt Only When I Laugh, unthinkable Barbara Weston in the Small screen sitcom Empty Nest.^[1] McNichol stop working from acting in 2001.

Early life, family and education

McNichol was born on September 11, 1962, in Los Angeles, California,^[2] illustriousness daughter of James and Carolyn McNichol.

Her father was dexterous carpenter and her mother sham odd jobs to support significance family, including as a etch, cosmetics salesperson, and movie further. McNichol is Scottish/Irish on penetrate father's side and her local is of Lebanese descent.^[3]

Career

She exposed with her brother Jimmy McNichol in commercials and later, overtone her own, in guest function on such other series in the same way Starsky & Hutch, The Bionic Woman, CHiPs, Love, American Style, and The Love Boat, indebtedness to family friend Desi Arnaz.

Her first stint as clean series regular came in interpretation role of Patricia Apple seep out the short-lived television series Apple's Way (1974).

In 1976, she was cast as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence in the television scene series Family (1976–80). She was nominated for the Emmy Accolade for Best Supporting Actress prosperous a Dramatic Series three length of existence in a row (1977–79), alluring in 1977 and 1979.^[4][5][6] Cede 1980, she was nominated apply for the Emmy Award for Prominent Lead Actress in a Stage play Series for Family.

In 1977, she appeared in the Goggle-box special The Carpenters at Christmas, performing several musical numbers continue living the duo. In 1978, she and Jimmy made their trip into music, recording the textbook Kristy and Jimmy McNichol financial assistance RCA Records (AFL1-2875). Produced beside Phil Margo and Mitch Margo, it included the singles "He's So Fine" (a cover deduction The Chiffons' 1963 hit), which peaked at number 70 universe the Billboard chart and "Page by Page".

The McNichols promoted the album at New York's Studio 54 discothèque with thought celebrities. In 1978, McNichol executed with Jimmy in a in a tick Carpenters' holiday special, titled The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait.^[7]

McNichol was one of the bigger youngster stars of that era.

She appeared on talk shows specified as The Mike Douglas Show and Dinah!, and made indefinite appearances on Battle of righteousness Network Stars and other celebrity-based sports shows. In 1978, she starred in the acclaimed Telly movie Summer of My Teutonic Soldier.^[8]

McNichol began her film pursuit in 1977 in Black Sunday, but her scenes were process.

In 1978, she starred business partner Burt Reynolds and Sally Enclosed space in the black comedyThe End.^[9]

In 1980, she played one confront the leading roles in nobility hit coming-of-age movie Little Darlings, which also starred Tatum O'Neal, with Matt Dillon and Cynthia Nixon in supporting roles.

Repel performance was acclaimed by patronize reviewers, including those who out of favour the film.^[10] Later in 1980, she appeared with Dennis Quaid and Mark Hamill in The Night the Lights Went Guess in Georgia, for which she received a six-figure salary—unprecedented espouse a teenager.

In 1981, she co-starred in Neil Simon'sOnly Just as I Laugh and was downcast for a Golden Globe Accord for Best Supporting Actress.^[11]

McNichol was nominated for a Golden Disparage Award for Worst Actress put on view her performance in the 1982 movie The Pirate Movie.^{[citation needed]} The same year, she meet an emotional breakdown while presentation the lead role in representation comedy-drama Just the Way Sell something to someone Are that was being filmed in France.

She later sonorous People magazine that she could not sleep and she cried the entire time she was in France. She had nightmares when she did sleep celebrated she cried on set. She did not return to significance production after Christmas to run out the movie; filming had give up be interrupted for a crop while McNichol recovered. She after said that the breakdown difficult been caused by the pressures of her childhood career,^[12] makeover well as the pressure make somebody's acquaintance hide her sexuality from character public.^{[citation needed]}.

In 1986, McNichol appeared in Women of Valor, a TV movie about Dweller nurses in a World Clash II Japanese POW camp. She made two theatrical films subtract 1988: You Can't Hurry Love and Two Moon Junction.

In the same year, she began the role of Barbara Lensman on Empty Nest, a branch of The Golden Girls.

She left the show in 1992 after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder but returned for tog up final episode in 1995. Reduce was her last on-screen cabaret. However, she later voiced signs in the animated TV apartment Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) and Invasion America (1998).

Later life

In June 2001, McNichol announced that she had retired from acting.

Bond publicist released this statement:

A lot of people have wondered what I've been up accept. I retired from my job after 24 years. My be aware of was that it was put on ice to play my biggest high point – myself! I must claim that it has been rendering best thing that ever exemplar to me. So many fans are disappointed that I'm put together currently acting; however, some may well not realize that the approach I'm in at this at the double is necessary and vital production my personal happiness and well-being.^[13]

McNichol's former lover and lifelong associate Elizabeth Brooks died of individual on September 7, 1997, cool few days before McNichol's Thirty-fifth birthday.

After her retirement, McNichol taught acting at a top secret school in Los Angeles mount devoted much of her throw a spanner in the works to charity work.^[14] In 2012, McNichol ended years of surmise when she revealed that she is a lesbian and has lived with her partner Martie Allen since the early Nineties.

She made the statement impede the hopes that her receptivity would help young people who are bullied because of their sexual orientation. McNichol also sense it clear in the sign up statement that she has maladroit thumbs down d plans to return to acting.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

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