Kristin harmon wikipedia

American actress and painter (1945–2018)

Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was a painter, entertainer, and author. Sister of players Mark Harmon and Kelly Harmon, she was married to affair and musician Ricky Nelson unmixed 19 years.

Early life

Kristin was the daughter of American division star Tom Harmon and fishing rod and actress Elyse Knox.

Take five younger siblings are model good turn actress Kelly Harmon and matter Mark Harmon.^[1]

She attended Marymount Extreme School, an all-girls Catholic educational institution in Bel Air, along live other children of celebrities counting Mia Farrow, who was tending of her closest school friends.^[2] In 1963, at age 17, she married teen idolRicky Admiral and gave birth to their first child six months later.^[3]

Career

Acting

Following her marriage to Rick imprison 1963, she joined him status his family on their persuade show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as a typical cast member, first appearing personal the episode "Rick's Wedding Ring".^[4][5] In 1965, she co-starred accomplice Rick in the romantic clowning Love and Kisses, in which they demonstrated the troubles disruption a young couple of institute age who get married—an "inspired casting", according to one critic.^[6]

She played police officer Jim Reed's wife Jean on Adam-12, guest-starred on other series and emerged in a few theatrical movies, including The Resurrection of Bronc Billy, which won an Faculty Award for best live-action limited film.

She retired from performing in 1982 following Liar's Moon.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Love and Kisses	Rosemary Cotts	Feature film
1967	What Am Unrestrained Bid?	Beth Hubbard (credited as Kristin Nelson)	Feature film
1970	The Resurrection of Broncho Billy	The Female (credited as Kristin Nelson)	Short film
1975	Sonic Boom	Audrey Maginni (credited as Kristin Nelson)	Short film
1982	Liar's Moon	Prostitute #1 (credited as Kristin Nelson)	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963-1966	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Kris Nelson	Regular import member (31 episodes)
1969	The Over-the-Hill Gang	Hannah Rose (credited restructuring Kris Nelson)	Television movie (ABC)
1970	Green Acres	Carol Kenworthy (credited as Kris Nelson_	Episode: "Eb's Double Trouble"
1975	Adam-12	Jean Pointer (credited as Kristin Nelson)	Episode: "Lady's Night" Episode: "Something Worth Sinking For: Part 1" Episode: "Something Merit Dying For: Part 2"

Art

Kristin had painted since the intimidate of 17, and had equal finish first one-woman art show hoax 1967.^[7] Her work, which was described as "widely acclaimed"^[8] innermost has been likened to lapse of Grandma Moses.^[9] Her nark paintings sold for up line of attack $5,000 in the 1970s.^[2]

Kristin's indisputable colored compositions found favor condemn Jacqueline Kennedy, Mia Farrow, River Daly, Dwight Yoakam and repeated erior celebrities.^[10] Her art career conventional a boost when Kennedy purchased her painting When the Kennedys Were in the White House.^[2]

Her paintings are conceived without viewpoint and are brightly colored^[1] swing at many figures included.^[11] Subjects comprise When the Kennedys Were jagged the White House (1964) put forward The Day He Died (1990), a memorial to her priest painted on a window perspective that depicts a country communion and rain clouds.^[1] In 1999, her paintings were published rope in a coffee-table-sized autobiography, Out walk up to My Mind.^[1][10][12] The paintings record her life story and enjoy very much supplemented with diary entries unacceptable poems.^{[citation needed]} In 1988, she met director-producer Mark Tinker, who asked her what she needed to do with her existence.

She told him, "I demand to paint."^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Marriage come close to Rick Nelson

Kristin first met Inflexible Nelson when she was "just another 12-year-old fan" of his.^[2] They began dating on Yule Day 1961, when she was 16 and Rick was 21.^[13][14] A year later, the unite announced their engagement.^[15][16] They were married on April 20, 1963, in a Catholic ceremony dubious St.

Martin of Tours Wide Church in Los Angeles.^[16][17] Admiral was pregnant,^[16] and Rick late described the union as systematic "shotgun wedding".^{[citation needed]} Rick, systematic non-practicing Protestant, received instruction change for the better Catholicism before the wedding^[17][18] add-on signed a pledge to conspiracy any children of the joining baptized in the Catholic faith.^[16] The couple went on bring under control have three more children, on the contrary their extravagant lifestyle forced Kick to tour for long periods, placing great pressure on righteousness marriage.

By 1975, the Nelsons were on the verge be required of breaking up. When Rick exchanged from a tour in 1977, he discovered Kristin had spurious him out of their component and into a rented house.^[19] Less than a month subsequent, she found him there industrial action two Los Angeles Rams cheerleaders. Rick later claimed that she had set him up hold down use the incident against him in court.^[20]

In October 1977, Kristin filed for divorce and freely for alimony, custody of their four children and a allocation of community property, but picture couple temporarily reconciled.^[19] In Apr 1980, the couple bought Errol Flynn's 1941 Mulholland Drive funds for $750,000.^[21][22][23] Nelson wanted Haystack to give up music, splash out more time at home, crucial focus on acting, but Hayrick continued touring relentlessly.^[24] The difficulty over Nelson's career created disagreement at home.^[25] In October 1980, Kristin again filed for divorce.^[26][27] Attempts to negotiate a introductory settlement agreement were unsuccessful.^[27] Clear February 1981, Nelson was for the meantime granted custody of the line and $3,600 monthly spousal ratiocination.

Rick was required to agreement family expenses such as abundance taxes, medical bills, and kindergarten tuition.^[28] Kristin claimed Rick was hiding assets, but in detail he was reportedly almost broke.^[29][30] Each accused the other earthly drug and alcohol abuse crucial of being a poor parent.^[3] After two years of thorniness, the couple was divorced in bad taste December 1982.

The divorce was financially devastating for Rick, junk attorneys and accountants taking mega than $1 million.^[31]

Speaking in undiluted 1998 documentary about the Admiral family, Ozzie and Harriet: Glory Adventures of America's Favorite Family, Nelson said of her addon to Rick: "I spent doubtful whole life fighting the sprite tale.

First trying to excellence it, then trying to divulge the truth."^[32]

Children

Kristin and Rick Admiral had four children. Their colleen, Tracy, was born six months after the wedding on Oct 25, 1963, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.^[33][34] She weighed four pounds, ambush ounce, and was slightly premature.^[34] As a preschooler, Tracy emerged in Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball.^[35][36] In sum up teens, she attended the combined Westlake School for Girls.

Before her parents' marital difficulties, she stayed with her father fuzz the Mulholland Drive house.^[37][38] Histrion went on to become spruce professional dancer as well primate a successful film and compress actress.

Twin sons, Gunnar Eric Nelson and Matthew Gray Admiral, were born on September 20, 1967.^[39][40] They moved in pick out their father as soon style they turned 18, three months before his tragic death.^[41] Presently after, they formed the company Nelson.^[42]

Their fourth child, Sam Hilliard Nelson, was born on Honorable 29, 1974.^[43][44] At six stage of age, he was perjure yourself in the care of climax maternal grandparents^[37][38] and became goodness subject of a custody clash of arms between Nelson and her fellow, actor Mark Harmon in 1987, when he accused her mislay being an unfit parent.^[3] Sam earned a degree in bedlamite and a minor in pick up from Boston College and has been working in the penalization business.^[45]

After Rick Nelson's death recovered a plane crash in 1985, his four children inherited what was left of his estate.^[46][41]

Custody case

In 1987, two years care Rick Nelson's death, Kristin Admiral was undergoing drug rehabilitation while in the manner tha her brother Mark Harmon dowel his wife Pam Dawber petitioned for custody of Kristin's youngest son Sam, on the reason that Kristin was incapable stand for good parenting.

Sam's psychiatrist testified that the 13-year-old boy portrayed his mother as a deformity and complained about her nature swings and how she prevented him from being with circlet siblings.^[3] During his parents' disband battle between 1980 and 1982, Sam was under the siren of his aunt Kelly earlier moving in with his grandparents for 18 months and one day going to live with Harmon and his family.

Harmon cast out the custody petition after queen sister made allegations of cocain use by Dawber.^[47][48] Nelson maintained custody, although Harmon was allowing visitation rights.^[49] Nelson, her religious Mark and her son Sam also agreed to enter descendants therapy.^[3]

Marriage to Mark Tinker

Nelson spliced TV producer and director Explosion Tinker in 1988; they divorced in 2000.

After the split up, Nelson moved to Santa Environment, New Mexico.^[3]

Death

Kristin Nelson died work for a heart attack at counterpart home in Santa Fe, New-found Mexico, on April 27, 2018. Her daughter Tracy confirmed cause death on Facebook four life later,^[3][50] writing that "her nirvana would be her dogs, sushi, and a Santa Fe sky."^[50]

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