Kristy McNichol

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-09-11 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Kristy McNichol

Biography

​Christina Ann "Kristy" McNichol (born September 11, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leticia “Buddy” Lawrence on the television drama series Family and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. She is also the sister of former child actor Jimmy McNichol. McNichol retired from acting when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kristy McNichol, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1988

Two Moon Junction

as Patti Jean

1982

1980

1982

1981

1978

The End

as Julie Lawson

1982

White Dog

as Julie Sawyer

1984

Just the Way You Are

as Susan Berlanger

1986

Dream Lover

as Kathy Gardner

1989

The Forgotten One

as Barbara Stupple

1986

Women of Valor

as T.J. Nolan

1978

1980

Blinded by the Light

as Janet Bowers

1978

1979

My Old Man

as Jo Butler

1985

Love, Mary

as Mary Groda-Lewis

1977

Love Boat II

as Linda Morley

1978

Like Mom, Like Me

as Jennifer Gruen

1977

The Pinballs

as Carlie Higgins

Production

1993

Mother of the Bride

as Co-Executive Producer

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