Showing all 13 items. Older brother of actress Kristy McNichol. Still performing with his band "Wizard King" and released a new cd, called "Echo Warrior". Jimmy once portrayed Danny Zuko in a theatrical production of Grease. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Create a list ». Marked for Death premiere. Beverly Hills Cop II premiere. Big premiere. The 25 Hottest Teens on TV in the 's.
See all related lists ». Share this page:. Clear your history. Renee Nash - present 2 children. In addition to her work on the series, McNichol started a film career. She also starred in Blinded by the Light , with her brother Jimmy. Besides acting, McNichol enjoyed some popularity as a singer. She and her brother, Jimmy, recorded an album of disco songs in , and had a minor hit with the single "He's So Fine. Around the same time Family ended in , McNichol took her film career to another level, co-starring with fellow child actress Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings.
The plot revolved around a bet between their two characters about who could lose their virginity first while at summer camp. Their love interests were played by Matt Dillon and Armand Assante. While the film received mixed reviews, McNichol won praise for her portrayal of Angel, a tomboy from the wrong side of tracks.
The following year, McNichol had two major film roles. The summertime drama was met with lukewarm reviews, but her next effort brought her strong praise. Critic Robert Ebert said that she turned in a "wonderful performance.
Unfortunately, her next film project turned out to be a critical and box-office dud. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. In a review in The New York Times , McNichol was singled out as the best performer in the film, but she was "still not in good form.
Also during this time period, McNichol made one film that was not even released in the United States. White Dog was an unusual drama about a dog trained to attack people with Black skin, and the efforts made to break its racist programming. After so many years of success, McNichol had her confidence shaken by this latest losing streak.
In the movie, McNichol starred as a talented flute player with a lame leg. Hiding her physical handicap by wearing a fake cast, her character falls for a photographer while in Europe. McNichol was struggling to hold herself together during filming.
I was crying all the time It was the hardest thing I've ever done to try and get through that film," she told People magazine. Near the end of filming, the cast and crew took a two-week break for the Christmas holiday. McNichol returned to California and decided not to go back to France. Soon rumors began to circulate about a possible substance abuse problem. The studio released a statement about McNichol having a "chemical imbalance," which only fueled more speculation about her.
In reality, she was experiencing some type of nervous breakdown. McNichol had been working steadily since she was a child, and all of the pressures and stress related to her career may have finally caught up with her. To help her through this difficult time, McNichol underwent extensive psychotherapy. Her brother, Jimmy, went with her to provide additional support. Some reports indicate that she was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression.
When she was ready to work again, McNichol found new roles hard to come by. She did, however, finish up work on Just the Way You Are , which was released in Still, concerns about her mental health, and the possibility of her walking away from another film while in production, definitely dampened her work prospects.
McNichol even briefly explored another career entirely, working for a time in as a hairdresser. Her work on the small screen, however, led to a career revival with the situation comedy Empty Nest. She starred as a single police detective who lives with her widower father and divorced sister. In , McNichol had to leave the popular series because she was experiencing some difficulty managing her bipolar disorder, according to a report in People magazine.
She returned for a few episodes two years later, as the series was ending. In the late s, McNichol did some voiceover work for the animated series Invasion America before retiring from acting.
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