Kathy Hilton
| Kathy Hilton | |
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Hilton at daughter Nicky Hilton's fashion show at Smashbox Studios, Culver City, California in March 2008
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| Born |
Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino March 13, 1959 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Actress, fashion designer, philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Howard Hilton (m. 1979) |
| Children |
Nicky Hilton Paris Hilton Barron Nicholas Hilton II Conrad Hughes Hilton III |
| Relatives |
Kim Richards (half-sister) Kyle Richards (half-sister) |
| Website | www |
Kathy Hilton (born Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino, later Richards; March 13, 1959) is an American actress, fashion designer and philanthropist. She is the mother of socialite Paris Hilton and fashion designer Nicky Hilton.
Hilton is the daughter of Kathleen Mary (née Dugan; 1938–2002) and Laurence K. Avanzino (1935–1997). Her paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. She also has Irish and Scottish ancestry. Hilton's parents later divorced, and her mother married Kenneth E. Richards (1917–1998), who already had three grown children from a previous marriage, and had Kathy's two maternal half-sisters: actresses Kim and Kyle Richards. Hilton also has five paternal half-siblings from her father's remarriage. She graduated from a private high school in Los Angeles, where she became best friends with Michael Jackson. They remained close friends until his death in 2009.
In 1968, Hilton began working as an actress, retiring in 1979. Notable appearances include "Nanny and the Professor", Bewitched, Family Affair, Happy Days, The Rockford Files, and film appearances include The Dark and On the Air Live with Captain Midnight. On the May 13, 2008 episode of The Young and the Restless, she made a guest appearance as herself.
In 2005, she hosted the reality show, I Want To Be a Hilton on NBC. She also appeared on The World According to Paris in 2011.
In June 2012, Hilton commented that she refuses to watch her half-sisters Kim and Kyle Richards on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, stating they caused her to "break down in tears" over watching their lives "fall apart".
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