Kathie Lee Gifford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.6109

Gender

Female

Birthday

16-Aug-1953

Age

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As
  • Kathie Lee
  • Kathie Lee Johnson
  • Kathie Epstein
  • Kathryn Lee Epstein

Kathie Lee Gifford

Biography

Kathryn Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She is 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 is also known for her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC's Today show. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the Today team. Gifford's first television role had been as Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on the syndicated version of Name That Tune, from 1974 to 1978. She also occasionally appeared on the first three hours of Today and was a contributing NBC News correspondent. Gifford left Today in order to pursue a movie career both as an actress, and as a director and producer. In 2018 she filmed Then Came You in which she co-stars with Craig Ferguson. In 2018 she also filmed a Hallmark Christmas movie for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries called A Godwink Christmas. Gifford intends to make movies about the experiences of losing a loved one and being a widow, which she considers an underrepresented topic in Hollywood. Gifford has several projects in the works including sequels to Then Came You.


Credits

Regis Philbin - My Personal Workout Regis Philbin - My Personal Workout (1993) Character: Self
Anyone can do this workout (except David Letterman!) "My Workout Works!" - Regis Philbin
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (1993) Character: Self - Host
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade is a live television special.
Adventures of Serial Buddies Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011) Character: Herself
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to become a trophy maker and Vinny Van Go drives a road emergency van just to make friends. A coincidental encounter forces these four dim witted rejects to join forces and embark upon an idiotic and altogether hilarious road trip adventure - encountering the likes of skinheads, fraternity jocks, sorority babes, missing children, bikers, porn-stars, clowns, and Kathie Lee Gifford! If the boys aren't careful they might just become human, in what is "the very first serial killer buddy movie of all time
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996) Character: Self
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in the entertainment industry - over a span of more than sixty years. He is still drawing in his nineties. His interesting domestic life, political, and cultural views are highlights. In addition, he talks about himself a bit - seriously and lightly.(At one point he he claims that his only form of exercise has been to live in his Manhattan townhouse: stairs). He drives his car around Manhattan - an adventure in itself. Brief interviews with, and reminiscences of many friends and associates.
The Bikini Open 5 The Bikini Open 5 (1991) Character: Self
THE BIKINI OPEN is a special-event, retro series featuring the best swimsuit, fitness, bikini, and modeling competitions from the early 90s.
Miracle Babies Miracle Babies (1996) Character: Host
Kathie Lee Gifford hosts a report on children born under extraordinary circumstances. Profiled: conjoined twins Shannon and Megan Fanning, who survived separation surgery in 1994; Celeste and Timothy Keys, New Orleans twins who were born 95 days apart.
The Lennon Sisters: Same Song Separate Voices The Lennon Sisters: Same Song Separate Voices (2011) Character: Self
A joyful and exuberant song-filled retrospective about television’s greatest sister act, this musical documentary about the Lennon Sisters is a dazzling journey through the Great American Songbook and classic pop hits from the '50s, '60s, '70s and beyond.
VH1 Divas 2009 VH1 Divas 2009 (2009) Character: Self
VH1 Divas: An Honors Concert For The VH1 Save The Music Foundation aired live on September 17, 2009 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York. Paula Abdul hosted and performed. This concert, which featured a new and younger crop of divas as headliners, has not been released on CD or DVD.
Spinning Out of Control Spinning Out of Control (2001) Character: Amanda Berkeley
A popular TV sitcom actress struggles with her drug and alcohol-addled private life while her manager does "damage control" for her own protection from the press, which is becoming increasingly difficult.
Kathie Lee: Home for Christmas Kathie Lee: Home for Christmas (1995) Character: Self
Kathie Lee Gifford celebrates the Christmas holiday season with family and musical friends at her home.
Dudley Do-Right Dudley Do-Right (1999) Character: Kathie Lee Gifford
Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a phony gold rush by seeding the river with gold nuggets.
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997) Character: Jill (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
A Toast to 2018 A Toast to 2018 (2018) Character: Host
The highlights and newsmakers of 2018 are brought to the fore in this year-end review.
Kathie Lee's Feel Fit & Fabulous Workout Kathie Lee's Feel Fit & Fabulous Workout (1994) Character: Self
"Feel Fit and Fabulous" is a unique, time-saving workout that combines special body sculpting exercises for the arms, buttocks, hips and thighs with low-impact aerobic movements. Stretching and abdominal toning round out the program, which is designed to help both beginners and intermediate exercisers burn calories, increase their energy and improve overall muscle tone. Working out with her friends, family and fitness expert C.B. Yelverton, Kathie Lee shows you how to look and feel your very best.
Model Behavior Model Behavior (2000) Character: Deirdre
An ordinary high school girl and a top teen model decide to switch places after meeting and discovering they bear an uncanny resemblance.
A Godwink Christmas A Godwink Christmas (2018) Character: Aunt Jane
As Christmas approaches, Paula, a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Daniel, a career-focused attorney. When her Aunt Jane senses she has mixed emotions over the engagement, she invites Paula to her Nantucket home. Upon her arrival, Paula plans a trip to the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where she meets a charming inn owner.
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting 95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting (2017) Character: Host
On November 30, 2017 the National Park Service and National Park Foundation will present the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting. Popular entertainers and a United States military band add to the celebratory evening.
Hercules: Zero to Hero Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) Character: Echidna (voice) (archive sound)
After defeating Hades for good, Hercules marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Herc supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes. A compilation of Hercules: The Animated Series episodes 47, 49, 53 and 54.
The First Wives Club The First Wives Club (1996) Character: Kathie Lee Gifford
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011) Character: Self (archive footage)
A behind-the-scenes look at the beloved public television personality's journey from humble beginnings to an American pop-culture icon. "The Happy Painter" reveals the public and private sides of Bob Ross through loving accounts from close friends and family, childhood photographs and rare archival footage. Interviewees recount his gentle, mild-mannered demeanor and unwavering dedication to wildlife, and disclose little-known facts about his hair, his fascination with fast cars and more. Film clips feature Bob Ross with mentor William Alexander and the rough-cut of the first "Joy of Painting" episode from 1982. Famous Bob Ross enthusiasts, including talk-show pioneer Phil Donahue, film stars Jane Seymour and Terrence Howard, chef Duff Goldman and country music favorites Brad Paisley and Jerrod Niemann, provide fascinating insights into the man, the artist and his legacy.
Becoming Madonna Becoming Madonna (2024) Character: Self (archive footage)
Madonna's rise to fame from 1978 to 1992, exploring her personal life, controversies, and the challenges she faced during that period.
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) Character: Self
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).
Then Came You Then Came You (2020) Character: Annabelle
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) Character: Kathie Lee Gifford
Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.
Sunshine Superman Sunshine Superman (2015) Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) Character: Kathy Lee Gifford
The sharks take bite out of the East Coast when the sharknado hits Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Florida.
A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love (2019) Character: Olga
Multiple coincidences and a chance meeting bring together Alice and Jack, two strangers from very different family backgrounds, for an unexpected Christmastime courtship filled with personal revelations, misread signals, and a very real health scare that will either destroy or strengthen the budding romance.



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