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Music News: Top News Classic Rock Country Oldies ... Jazz Shop For Music: Kristy McNichol Biography Singer and actress Kristy McNichol was born in Los Angeles, CA, on Sept 14, 1962. Her given name is Christine Ann McNichol. Her mother, Carollyne McNichol, happened to take small acting roles now and then. When she went on calls, she carried her three children with her. McNichol learned her way around movie lots and backstages early on. When she was seven years old, she landed her first acting role, a part in a Kraft Cheese commercial. She went on to appear in many other commercials, as well as doing numerous guest spots in popular television series like Starsky and Hutch, The Bionic Woman, and The Love Boat. Soon McNichol went from guest to star, landing roles in Apple's Way, and then in Family. The latter won her a People's Choice award and two Emmys. This young actress had one more ace up her sleeve her singing ability. In the late '70s she did several musical spots on series like The Donny and Marie Show, Dick Clark's Live Wednesday, and performed numbers on specials such as The Carpenters Christmas Special in 1977. In 1978 McNichol was called in for her first big film role in Burt Reynolds ' movie, The End. That same year she, along with older bother | |
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