Sunday, April 29, 2018

Kristin Nelson R.I.P.

Kristin Nelson, who was married for a time to Rick Nelson and appeared on the TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, died on April 26 2018 at the age of 72.

Kristin Nelson was the daughter of actress Elyse Knox and former NFL player and sports broadcaster Tom Harmon. She married Rick Nelson in 1963 and began appearing on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Rick's wife. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet starred Rick Nelson's parents, Ozzie and Harriet, and featured nearly the whole Nelson family. While the show was still on the air she appeared in the feature film Love and Kisses (1965), alongside her husband. After the show's cancellation, she appeared in the feature film What Am I Bid? (1967) and the TV movie The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969). She guest starred on the classic sitcom Green Acres. Later she played Officer Jim Reed's wife Jean on the police drama Adam-12.

Kristin Nelson later took up painting and established herself as a respected painter of primitives.

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