Her first regular appearances on national TV was as a singer on the game show "Name That Tune," hosted by Tom Kennedy in the late 1970s, in which she would sing small portions of songs that contestants would have to identify.Ĭareer Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee During a summer in the early 1970's, she was a live-in secretary/babysitter for Anita Bryant at her home in Miami. After high school graduation in 1971, Gifford attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama and music. She told interviewer Larry King, "I was raised with many Jewish traditions and raised to be very grateful for my Jewish heritage." ĭuring high school, Gifford was a singer in a folk group, "Pennsylvania Next Right", which performed frequently at school assemblies. Īfter seeing the Billy Graham–produced film The Restless Ones at age 12, Gifford became a born-again Christian. Her mother, a relative of writer Rudyard Kipling, was of French Canadian, German and English descent. Gifford's paternal grandfather was a Russian Jew from Saint Petersburg and her paternal grandmother had Native American ancestry. Gifford grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie High School. Aaron Epstein was stationed with his family in France at the time of Gifford's birth. Gifford was born Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France, to American parents, Joan (born Cuttell Janu– September 12, 2017), a singer, and Aaron Epstein (March 19, 1924 – November 19, 2002), a musician and former US Navy Chief Petty Officer. 2.3 Other media appearances and projects.Kathie Lee has released studio music albums and several books. After their divorce in 1982, she married sportscaster and former NFL player Frank Gifford in 1986.
Kathie Lee married Paul Johnson, a composer/arranger/producer/publisher of Christian music, in 1976. She also occasionally appeared on the first three hours of Today and was a contributing NBC News correspondent. Gifford's first television role had been as Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on the syndicated version of Name That Tune only in the 1977–1978 season. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the Today team.
She is also known for her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC's Today show (2008–2019). She is best known for her 15-year run (1985–2000) on the talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. Kathryn Lee Gifford ( née Epstein born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author.
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