Tatum O'Neal
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| Born | Tatum Beatrice O'Neal November 5, 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1973 - present | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | John McEnroe (1 August 1986 - 1992) (divorced) 3 children | ||||||
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Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for her film work as a child actress in the 1970s. She remains the youngest actor, at the age of 10, to win an Oscar.
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[edit] Biography
O'Neal was born into the motion picture family of actor Ryan O'Neal and actress Joanna Cook Moore. Her brother, Griffin, was born in 1964. In 1967, her parents divorced. Her father married actress Leigh Taylor-Young, a marriage which produced her half-brother, Patrick. She also has another half-brother, Redmond, from Ryan O'Neal's relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett. O'Neal's mother died in 1997 of lung cancer at age 63, after a career in which she had appeared in such movies as Touch of Evil.
[edit] A Paper Life
In her autobiography, A Paper Life, Tatum O'Neal alleged that she had been molested by a male friend of her father. Tatum also alleges physical and emotional abuse from her father, much of which she attributes to drug use. In the book, Tatum also details her own heroin addiction and its effects on her relationship with her children.
[edit] Career
In 1974, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, a record that still stands as of 2008. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress for her performance in Paper Moon. O'Neal played the role of Addie Loggins, a child con artist being tutored by a Depression-era grifter played by her father, Ryan. She was 10 years old at the time she won the award.
Other movies in which O'Neal appeared include The Bad News Bears, Nickelodeon, International Velvet, and Little Darlings. She appeared as the title character in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Her acting career took a backseat to her marriage to John McEnroe, the professional tennis player, for many years, but in 2005 she began a recurring role as Maggie Gavin on the firehouse drama series Rescue Me, portraying the unbalanced and lively sister of Tommy Gavin, played by Denis Leary. O'Neal's character is married to a firefighter in her brother's firehouse.
In January 2006, she participated in the second season of ABC's reality series Dancing with the Stars but was eliminated in the second round. She went on to do commentary for the series on Entertainment Tonight.
From 2006 to early 2007, Tatum starred as the vindictive and psychotic Blythe Hunter in the My Network TV prime-time drama Wicked Wicked Games. She appears opposite Nashawn Kearse and Vanessa L. Williams in the Liberty Artists feature film My Brother (2007).
[edit] Personal life
O'Neal describes her upbringing as chaotic, with her mother battling drug and alcohol problems and neglecting the care of her and her brother Griffin, while her father was absentee and prone to abusive outburts of temper. After her parents divorced, Ryan O'Neal obtained custody and Tatum was exposed to his celebrity, bachelor lifestyle, as well as his temper.[1]
In 1986, O'Neal wed tennis superstar John McEnroe. No one from her family attended the ceremony. The couple had three children: Kevin, Sean, and Emily and divorced in 1992. Following the divorce, O'Neal's drug problems re-emerged and she developed an addiction to heroin. As a result of her drug problems, McEnroe obtained custody of the children in 1998.[2]
[edit] Filmography
| Motion pictures | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1973 | Paper Moon | Addie Loggins | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe |
| 1976 | The Bad News Bears | Amanda Whurlitzer | |
| Nickelodeon | Alice Forsyte | ||
| 1978 | International Velvet | Sarah Brown | |
| 1980 | Circle of Two | Sarah Norton | |
| Little Darlings | Ferris | ||
| 1981 | Prisoners | Christie | (never released) |
| 1985 | Certain Fury | Scarlet | |
| 1992 | Little Noises | Stella | |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Cynthia Kruger | |
| 2002 | The Scoundrel's Wife | Camille Picou | |
| 2003 | The Technical Writer | Slim | |
| 2006 | My Brother | Erica | |
| 2008 | Saving Grace | Grace | |
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Goldilocks | "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Kim | "15 and Getting Straight" |
| 1993 | Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | Lawrencia Bembenek | |
| 2003 | Sex and the City | Kyra | "A Woman's Right To Shoes" |
| 2004 | 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter | Ms. McKenna | "Opposites Attract: Part 3: Night of the Locust" |
| Law and Order: Criminal Intent | Kelly Garnett | "Semi-Detached" | |
| 2005 | Ultimate Film Fanatic | judge | |
| Rescue Me | Maggie | cast member, 2005 to present | |
| 2006 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself | 5 episodes |
| Wicked Wicked Games | Blythe Hunter | 51 episodes | |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Eileen Heckart for Butterflies Are Free |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1973 for Paper Moon |
Succeeded by Ingrid Bergman for Murder on the Orient Express |
[edit] References
- ^ Phillips, Stone. Tatum O'Neal Shares Survival Story: Part 1. Dateline NBC. 15 October 2004.
- ^ Phillips, Stone. Tatum O'Neal Shares Survival Story: Part 2. Dateline NBC. 15 October 2004.
[edit] Bibliography
- Tatum O'Neal autobiography: A Paper Life - ISBN 0-06-054097-4.
[edit] External links
- Tatum O'Neal at the Internet Movie Database
- Tatum O'Neal at TV.com
- When Young Stars Burn Out MSN Movies
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| NAME | O'Neal, Tatum |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Neal, Tatum Beatrice |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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