Kathie Lee Gifford

Talk show host, TV Personality

1953 –

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Who is Kathie Lee Gifford?

Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter, comedian, and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the Today team.

Before her long stint in talk shows, Gifford's first television exposure was that of Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on Name That Tune, from 1974 to 1978.

She also appeared in television advertisements for Carnival Cruise Lines beginning in 1984.

On April 7, 2008, Gifford began co-hosting Today's Talk, the fourth hour alongside Hoda Kotb.

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Born
Aug 16, 1953
Paris
Also known as
  • Kathy Lee
  • Kathy Lee Gifford
  • Kathryn Lee Epstein
  • Kathie Me
  • Kathie Lee Johnson
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • France
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Oral Roberts University
  • Bowie High School
Lived in
  • Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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