TATUM O'NEAL
Name: Tatum Beatrice O'Neal
Born: 5 November 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States
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 years,
148 days, to win an Oscar.
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.
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.
In 1974, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, a
record that continues. 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).
Name: Tatum Beatrice O'Neal
Born: 5 November 1963 Los Angeles, California, United States
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 years,
148 days, to win an Oscar.
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.
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.
In 1974, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, a
record that continues. 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).