Tatum O'Neal
{{short description|American actress (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Tatum O'Neal in 2019.jpg
| birth_name = Tatum Beatrice O'Neal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|5}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| caption = O'Neal in 2019
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1973–present
| spouse = {{marriage|John McEnroe|1986|1994|end=div}}
| children = 3
| parents = Ryan O'Neal
Joanna Moore
| relatives = Griffin O'Neal (brother)
Patrick O'Neal (half-brother)
Redmond O'Neal (Half-brother)
| awards = Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Paper Moon (1973)
}}
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tatum-ONeal Tatum O'Neal] on Britannica) is an American actress. At the age of 10, she became the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon co-starring her father, Ryan O'Neal. She later starred in the films The Bad News Bears, Nickelodeon, and Little Darlings, and appeared in guest roles in the television series Sex and the City, 8 Simple Rules, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Family background
O'Neal was born in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California, to actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore. Her brother, Griffin, was born in 1964. In 1967, her parents divorced and her father quickly married actress Leigh Taylor-Young, together having Tatum's half-brother, Patrick. The two divorced in 1973. Tatum has another half-brother, Redmond, from Ryan O'Neal's relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett. O'Neal's mother died of lung cancer at age 63, after a career in which she appeared in such movies as Walk on the Wild Side and Follow That Dream. Her paternal ancestry is Irish, English, and Ashkenazi Jewish.[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8V6-PJ1 Profile], familysearch.org; accessed June 22, 2014.{{better source|date=December 2023}}
Career
= Young career =
File:Tatum O'Neal Oscar 1974 (cropped).jpg for Paper Moon|left|236x236px]]
On April 2, 1974,{{cite web| url= http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 | title=The 46th Academy Awards: 1974 | date=October 4, 2014 | publisher= Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences| access-date= May 27, 2015| archive-date= March 15, 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150315090403/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 | url-status=live}} at age ten, Tatum O'Neal 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, released in May 1973.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=4717,1861129|newspaper=Montreal Gazette |agency=UPI |last=Scott |first=Vernon |title=Tatum is a natural star |date=May 22, 1973 |page=24 }} The youngest ever to win a competitive Academy Award,{{cite web| url=http://www.biography.com/people/tatum-oneal-9542526| title=Tatum O'Neal Biography: Actress (1963–)| publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks)| access-date=May 27, 2015| quote=Tatum O'Neal became the youngest winner of a competitive Academy Award in 1974, at age 10, receiving the best supporting actress honor for her work in 1973's Paper Moon.| archive-date=April 25, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425112536/http://www.biography.com/people/tatum-oneal-9542526| url-status=dead}} she turned nine years old during filming in autumn 1972.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LlU_AAAAIBAJ&pg=5803,3126219|newspaper=Windsor Star |title=Paper Moon being filmed |date=October 13, 1972 |page=15 }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XztfAAAAIBAJ&pg=815,3864039 |newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press |last=Scott|first=Bill |title=Inclement weather presents problem to movie makers |date=November 16, 1972 |page=6A }} O'Neal played the role of Addie Loggins, a child con artist being tutored by a Depression-era grifter played by her father. In her 2010 appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race, O'Neal stated that her father had not attended the Academy Awards ceremony with her due to his busy schedule.{{Cite web |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: 'And then there were three...' |url=https://ew.com/recap/rupauls-drag-race-season-2-episode-9/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=EW.com |language=en}}
O'Neal starred in films such as The Bad News Bears (1976) with Walter Matthau, International Velvet (1978) with Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins, and Little Darlings (1980) with Kristy McNichol, and co-starred in Nickelodeon (1976) with her father and in Circle of Two (1980) with Richard Burton.
She was cast in Split Image but had to be let go during filming because she was too young (seventeen) for night schools and was replaced by Karen Allen.{{cite news|title=Film Clips|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=8 May 1981|page= 111}} She appeared as the title character in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (1984).
= Later career =
O'Neal appeared in only five films during the next 15 years, one of them being Basquiat (1996) as Cynthia Kruger.
In the early 2000s, O'Neal returned to acting with guest appearances in Sex and the City, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2005, O'Neal began a recurring role as Maggie Gavin in the firehouse drama series Rescue Me, portraying the unbalanced and lively sister of Tommy Gavin, played by Denis Leary.
In January 2006, she participated in the second season of ABC's reality series Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Nick Kosovich. They were eliminated in the second round. She went on to do commentary for the series on Entertainment Tonight.
From 2006 to 2007, she portrayed the vindictive and psychotic Blythe Hunter in the MyNetworkTV drama Wicked Wicked Games. She appears opposite Nashawn Kearse and Vanessa Williams in the film My Brother (2007).
In 2008, she appeared in the Lifetime original film Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal. The film is based on a true story which took place at McKinney North High School in Texas. She portrayed the mother of the main character, Brooke Tippit, and became close friends with the character's actress, Ashley Benson, whom she mentored in acting.{{cite web |title=Ashley Benson: Learning New Things|url=http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/ashley-benson-learning-new-things|work=myLifetime.com|access-date=September 4, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100731073240/http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/ashley-benson-learning-new-things| archive-date= July 31, 2010 }}
In 2021, O'Neal appeared in the film Not to Forget, which aimed to raise awareness and funds for the fight against Alzheimer's disease. The movie, directed by Valerio Zanoli, stars Karen Grassle and five Academy Award winners: O'Neal, Cloris Leachman, Louis Gossett Jr., George Chakiris, and Olympia Dukakis.
Personal life
= Family and romantic relationships =
One of O'Neal's first reported relationships was with singer Michael Jackson in the late 1970s. In a 2002 interview with Martin Bashir, Jackson said that O'Neal tried to seduce him, but he was terrified by the idea of sex.{{cite web|url=http://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/transcript-of-michael-jacksons-secret-world-by-martin-bashir/ |title=Fact Checking "Michael Jackson's Secret World" by Martin Bashir « Vindicating Michael |date=April 28, 2011 |publisher=Vindicatemj.wordpress.com |access-date=November 7, 2012}} O'Neal adamantly denied all of Jackson's claims in her 2004 autobiography and stated that her relationship with Jackson was platonic.{{cite book| last=O'Neal |first=Tatum |year=2004 |title= A Paper Life |publisher= HarperCollins |isbn= 0-06-054097-4 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VTHOerKO7yIC}}
O'Neal's relationship with tennis player John McEnroe began in 1984 when she moved into his Central Park West apartment in New York City.{{cite book|title=America's Couple|author=Victor Bockris|page=71|publisher=Spin|date=June 1985|access-date=August 22, 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16jp_aFRHdgC&q=spin+magazine+1985+america%27s+couple&pg=PA71}} They married in 1986.{{cite news | url=http://articles.cnn.com/2002-06-04/entertainment/cel.mcenroe.oneal_1_john-mcenroe-super-brat-manhattan-art-gallery?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ | title=John McEnroe discusses Tatum O'Neal in memoir | publisher=CNN | date=June 5, 2002 | access-date=October 8, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827203508/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-06-04/entertainment/cel.mcenroe.oneal_1_john-mcenroe-super-brat-manhattan-art-gallery?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ | archive-date=August 27, 2011 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} The couple have three children: Kevin, Sean and Emily. They separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1994. Following the divorce, O'Neal's drug problems reemerged and she developed an addiction to heroin. As a result, McEnroe obtained custody of the children in 1998.{{cite web | author-link=Stone Phillips|last=Phillips|first= Stone| url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6254612 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002194452/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6254612/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 2, 2013 |title=Tatum O'Neal Shares Survival Story: Part 2| work=Dateline NBC| date= October 15, 2004 }}
In 2011, Tatum and her father began to restore their relationship after 25 years. Their reunion and reconciliation process was captured in the short-lived Oprah Winfrey Network series Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals.{{cite news|title='Ryan & Tatum' review: Estranged father and daughter actors reconnect on their OWN show|work=Daily News| location=New York City| date=June 18, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/ryan-tatum-review-estranged-father-daughter-actors-reconnect-show-article-1.129656|access-date=January 8, 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13792806 | work=BBC News | title=Ryan and Tatum O'Neal open up on family feud | date=June 16, 2011}}Sydney Morning Herald, "Ryan and Tatum: a loathe story," June 23, 2011 In 2015, she said she had begun dating women, while choosing not to identify herself as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual, saying, "I'm not one or the other."{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/article/tatum-oneal-dating-women|title=Tatum O'Neal: 'I'm Dating Women Now' |first=Liz |last=McNeil |date= May 27, 2015|work=People}}
= Arrest =
On June 1, 2008, O'Neal was arrested for buying crack cocaine near her Manhattan apartment building.{{cite news|date=June 2, 2008|title=Tatum O'Neal in crack bust|work=Daily News|location=New York City|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/01/2008-06-01_tatum_oneal_in_crack_bust.html|author=Alison Gendar|author2=Bill Hutchinson|access-date=December 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803104813/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/06/01/2008-06-01_tatum_oneal_in_crack_bust.html|archive-date=August 3, 2009}} When police searched her, they allegedly found two bags of drugs—one of crack cocaine, one of powder cocaine—and an unused crack pipe. She was charged with a misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance. Authorities released her without bail. On July 2, 2008, O'Neal pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with the arrest and agreed to spend two half-day sessions in a drug treatment program.{{cite web|date=June 2, 2008|title=Tatum O'Neal in New York Drug Bust|first1=Samuel|last1=Maull|first2=Jennifer|last2=Peltz |work=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/tatum-oneal-in-new-york-d_n_104611.html|access-date=December 17, 2008}}
= Stroke =
In May 2020, O’Neal suffered a massive stroke caused by a prescription drug overdose. She was discovered unconscious by a friend, and the stroke left her in a coma for a month and a half. When she reawakened, she could not remember how to speak. She has since struggled to relearn everything.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/tatum-oneal-interview-life-career-dad-ryan-oneal-1235535430/ |title=After Her Debilitating Stroke, Tatum O'Neal Attempts to Heal a Fractured Relationship With Dad Ryan O'Neal |first=Seth |last=Abramovitch |date=July 17, 2023 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=November 17, 2023}}
= Autobiographies =
In her 2004 autobiography, A Paper Life, O'Neal alleged that she was molested by her father's drug dealer when she was 12. She also alleges physical and emotional abuse by her father, much of which she attributed to drug use. She also detailed her heroin addiction and its effects on her relationship with her children. Her father denied the allegations.{{cite news |date=October 13, 2006 |title=O'Yeah? Tatum's just lyin', sez Ryan |first=Corky|last=Siemaszko |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/10/13/2004-10-13_o_yeah__tatum_s_just_lyin___.html |access-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721040746/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/10/13/2004-10-13_o_yeah__tatum_s_just_lyin___.html |archive-date=July 21, 2009 }} In a prepared statement, Ryan O'Neal said: "It is a sad day when malicious lies are told in order to become a 'bestseller.{{' "}}
In 2011, O'Neal wrote a new collection of memoirs, Found: A Daughter's Journey Home, which dealt with her tempestuous relationship with her father, volatile marriage to McEnroe, and recent drug arrest.{{cite book |title=Found: A Daughter's Journey Home |url=https://archive.org/details/founddaughtersjo0000onea |url-access=registration |year=2011 |publisher=William Morrow |location=New York City|last1=O'Neal |first1=Tatum |last2=Liftin |first2=Hilary |isbn=978-0-06-206656-5}}
Published works
- [https://archive.org/details/paperlife00tatu A Paper Life]. {{ISBN|0-06-054097-4}}.
- [https://archive.org/details/founddaughtersjo0000onea Found: A Daughter's Journey Home]. {{ISBN|978-0062066565}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1973
| Addie Loggins | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| Amanda Wurlitzer | |
| Nickelodeon
| Alice Forsyte | |
| 1978
| Sarah Brown | |
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| Sarah Norton | |
| Little Darlings
| Ferris Whitney | |
| 1982
| Christie | Unreleased |
| 1985
| Scarlet | |
| 1992
| Stella | |
| 1996
| Basquiat | Cynthia Kruger | |
| 2002
| Camille Picou | US video title: The Home Front |
| 2003
| Slim | |
| 2006
| Erica | |
| 2008
| Grace B. Jones | |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Marie Harmon | |
| Last Will
| Hayden Emery | |
| 2012
| Realtor | Cameo |
| 2013
| Mr. Sophistication | Kim Waters | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Sweet Lorraine | Lorraine Bebee | |
| She's Funny That Way
| Waitress | Cameo |
| 2017
| Dr. Evelyn Bauer | |
| 2018
| God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | Barbara Solomon | |
| 2019
|The Assent |Dr. Hawkins | |
| 2020
|Troubled Waters |Kim Waters | |
| 2021
|Doctor | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1984
|Goldilocks |Episode: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| 1989
|Kim |Episode: "15 and Getting Straight" |
| 1993
|Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story |TV movie |
| 2003
|Kyra |Episode: "A Woman's Right to Shoes" |
| rowspan=2|2004
|Ms. McKenna |Episode: "Opposites Attract: Part 3: Night of the Locust" |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|Kelly Garnett |Episode: "Semi-Detached" |
| 2005
|Ultimate Film Fanatic |Judge | |
| 2005–2011
|Maggie |Recurring role (Seasons 2–3, 5–7), Main role (Season 4); 39 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2006
|Herself |5 episodes |
| Wicked Wicked Games
|Blythe Hunter |51 episodes |
| 2008
|Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal |Lorene Tippit |TV movie |
| 2010
|Herself |Episode: "The Diva Awards" |
| 2011
|Herself | |
| 2015
|Herself |Episode: "6 Chefs Compete" |
| 2017
|Miranda White |Episode: "Assistance Is Futile" |
| 2018
|Runaway Romance |Veronica Adson |TV movie |
See also
References
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