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. To this day, she remains the youngest actor ever (at the age
of 10) to win an Oscar.
O'Neal was born into the motion picture family of actor Ryan O'Neal and actress
Joanna Moore. Her brother, Griffin, was born in 1964. In 1967 her parents divorced.
Her father married actress Leigh Taylor-Young, the mother of her half-brother,
Patrick (who was married to actress Rebecca DeMornay). She also has another
half-brother, Redmond, from Ryan O'Neal's relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett.
Tatum'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.
A Paper
Life
In her autobiography called 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. She later said she
was dragged to an opium-fueled orgy by Melanie Griffith when she was 12 years old.
In the book, Tatum also details her own heroin addiction and its effects on her
relationship with her children.
Academy Award
as a child
In 1974, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar, a record
that she still holds to this day. She won the Best Supporting Actress award 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
roles
Other movies starring O'Neal include The Bad News Bears, Nickelodeon (both 1976),
International Velvet (1978), and Little Darlings (1980). Controversy arose as well
around her underage nude scene opposite screen icon Richard Burton in the
Canadian-made Circle of Two (1980). She also starred 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 smash reality
series Dancing with the Stars but was the second contestant to be 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).
Marriage
In 1986, O'Neal wed tennis superstar John McEnroe, and the couple had three
children: Kevin, Sean, and Emily. The couple divorced in 1992.
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