

She reported she had experienced extremely hard times, living in an unheated trailer with a rotting floor in Wagontown, Pennsylvania, not far from her hometown of Coatesville. In January 2013, The Huffington Post published a report from a National Enquirer interview with Richardson.

In December 1987, Richardson claimed that she was held captive in South Korea. Finding it very difficult to slim down by normal means, she started using cocaine. After her pregnancy, a rumor was spread that Richardson would lose her job if she did not shed her pregnancy weight she had gained 90 lb (41 kg). She gave birth to their daughter, Sarah, on February 27, 1980. On March 15, 1978, Richardson married Michael Virden, and shortly thereafter became pregnant, which was also written into Eight Is Enough. JSTOR ( February 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. In her Eight Is Enough heyday, Richardson appeared in two installments of Battle of the Network Stars (May 1979 and December 1980), as well as numerous appearances on The $20,000 Pyramid, Password Plus, and Match Game, in addition to a one-hour All-Star episode of Family Feud in 1978 and a three-episode celebrity tournament on the daytime version in May 1979. Shortly before her 25th birthday, about six years after moving to the West Coast, Richardson was picked to play the fourth-oldest child in the Bradford family on Eight is Enough. Initially, Richardson played bit roles in feature films American Graffiti (1973) and A Star Is Born (1976), and she guest-starred on the television series Happy Days and The Streets of San Francisco. She graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High School in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1969, and moved to Hollywood in 1971. ( December 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īorn in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Richardson first started acting in plays in high school. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
