Kristy McNichol

group for abused children in Los Angeles. She was typecast in similar roles, and in 1955, plagued by ill health, she committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates in her apartment in New York. Kristy McNichol is host of the annual "Kristy McNichol Celebrity Tennis Tournament," benefitting the H.E.L.P. Ona Munson’s career was stalemated by the acclaim of GWTW. McNichol's feature film credits include Only When I Laugh, Little Darlings, White Dog, and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. Tallulah Bankhead refused the role as too small. In 1988, she started playing the character of Barbara Weston on Empty Nest, but had to leave midway through the show's run when she was diagnosed with depression. Early on, Selznick had announced Mae West was to play Belle, but this was of course a publicity stunt.

In 1976, she was cast as Buddy in Family, for which the actress earned Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1976 and 1978. The needed look for Belle could be created in the wardrobe and makeup departments. Her first stint as a series regular came with the role of Patricia Apple in Apple's Way in 1974. She spoke deep and throaty in her test, and her voice conveyed sexiness and worldliness. She began her career with guest appearances on such series as Starsky and Hutch and The Bionic Woman. But her skills as an actress electrified her screen test: it was all in the voice. Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962) is an American actress, most known for her role as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on the drama Family, which she played from 1976 to 1980. She was the antithesis of the voluptuous Belle: tall, freckled, and of slight build.

She introduced the song "You're the Cream In My Coffee," to New York audiences. 1955) Ona Munson was an improbable choice to play the whiskey-voiced prostitute with a heart of gold, Belle Watling, in "Gone With the Wind." Born Ona Wolcott in Portland, Oregon in 1903, she first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of "No, No, Nanette." She had a very successful stage and radio career in the 1930’s in New York. 1903, d. ONA MUNSON (American actress, b.