Kristin Nelson

Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was a painter, actress, and author. Sister of actors Mark Harmon and Kelly Harmon, she was married to actor and musician Ricky Nelson for 19 years. Early life Kristin was the daughter of American football star Tom Harmon and model and actress Elyse Knox. Her younger siblings are model and actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon. She attended Marymount High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Bel Air, along with other children of celebrities including Mia Farrow, who was one of her closest school friends. In 1963, at age 17, she married teen idol Ricky Nelson and gave birth to their first child six months later.