Tatum O'Neal Overview

The daughter of actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore, Tatum Beatrice O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced when she was just a toddler, and Tatum developed an ulcer while living with her drug-addicted mother. Her father later won custody of her and sent her to boarding school. When she was nine, he pulled her out of school to star opposite him in her first acting role, as the precocious Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973). Tatum became an instant celebrity, as well as... See All