Inside Kathy Hilton's Career As A Child Actor

While she is the oldest of the Richards sisters, Kathy Hilton started her acting career the latest in life. Her first professional acting credit was at age 11 in a 1970 episode of her sister Kim's show, "Nanny and the Professor," per IMDb. She also logged guest roles in a list of popular shows of the decade, including "Family Affair," "Marcus Welby M.D.," "Bewitched," "The Rockford Files," and "Happy Days," where she played Gertie, a member of Leather Tuscadero's all-girl rock group Leather and the Suedes. Kathy's last childhood TV role was in 1979 in "On the Air Live With Captain Midnight."

Not so coincidentally, 1979 was also the year Kathy married business magnate Rick Hilton. She retired from acting upon her marriage and began working at the Waldorf Astoria and later ran a gift shop. Kathy later used her creativity and business chops to land deals with QVC and HSN to peddle household products and a skin care line, respectively, per The Wall Street Journal. She has also worked as a designer.

With her childhood acting career a distant memory, Kathy has no plans to follow in her younger sisters' footsteps as a full-time reality star, either. Both Kim and Kyle have held "RHOBH" diamonds (Bravo-speak for a role as a full time Housewife), but Kathy recently told Entertainment Tonight, "I will never hold a diamond, ever," adding that she has too much else on her "plate."

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