Kathie Lee Gifford
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Publicado: 17 de abril de 2011
Early life
Kathie Lee Gifford, born Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France, is the daughter of Joan (née Cuttell; born January 20, 1930), a singer, and Aaron Epstein (March 19, 1924 — November 19,2002), a musician and former U.S. Navy officer. Aaron Epstein was stationed with his family in France at the time of Gifford's birth.[1] Gifford grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie HighSchool.[2] During high school, Gifford was a singer in a folk group, "Pennsylvania Next Right," which performed frequently at school assemblies. During her senior year at high school she dated and went toprom with Michael Bray, who would later become an anti-abortion activist who was convicted for acts of terrorism.[3] After high school graduation, Gifford attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa,Oklahoma, studying drama and music.
Gifford's paternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent and her paternal grandmother was of Native American ancestry. Her mother, a relative of writerRudyard Kipling, was of French Canadian and German descent and was raised in a Methodist family.[4][5] After seeing the Billy Graham-produced film, The Restless Ones at age 12, Gifford became a born-againChristian. She told interviewer Larry King, "I was raised with many Jewish traditions and raised to be very grateful for my Jewish heritage."[6] Her brother, Rev. David Paul Epstein, is an evangelicalBaptist preacher and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in New York City.
[edit] 1970s
In 1970, Gifford represented Maryland in America's Junior Miss Pageant.[7]
During one summer in the early1970s, she was a live-in secretary/babysitter for Anita Bryant at her home in Miami. Gifford's career took off in the 1970s (during her first marriage to Christian composer/arranger/producer/publisherPaul Johnson) as a vocalist on the game show Name That Tune with Tom Kennedy (she performed the "sing a tune" segment as Kathie Lee Johnson). In 1978, she joined the cast of the short-lived Hee Haw...
Kathie Lee Gifford, born Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France, is the daughter of Joan (née Cuttell; born January 20, 1930), a singer, and Aaron Epstein (March 19, 1924 — November 19,2002), a musician and former U.S. Navy officer. Aaron Epstein was stationed with his family in France at the time of Gifford's birth.[1] Gifford grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie HighSchool.[2] During high school, Gifford was a singer in a folk group, "Pennsylvania Next Right," which performed frequently at school assemblies. During her senior year at high school she dated and went toprom with Michael Bray, who would later become an anti-abortion activist who was convicted for acts of terrorism.[3] After high school graduation, Gifford attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa,Oklahoma, studying drama and music.
Gifford's paternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent and her paternal grandmother was of Native American ancestry. Her mother, a relative of writerRudyard Kipling, was of French Canadian and German descent and was raised in a Methodist family.[4][5] After seeing the Billy Graham-produced film, The Restless Ones at age 12, Gifford became a born-againChristian. She told interviewer Larry King, "I was raised with many Jewish traditions and raised to be very grateful for my Jewish heritage."[6] Her brother, Rev. David Paul Epstein, is an evangelicalBaptist preacher and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in New York City.
[edit] 1970s
In 1970, Gifford represented Maryland in America's Junior Miss Pageant.[7]
During one summer in the early1970s, she was a live-in secretary/babysitter for Anita Bryant at her home in Miami. Gifford's career took off in the 1970s (during her first marriage to Christian composer/arranger/producer/publisherPaul Johnson) as a vocalist on the game show Name That Tune with Tom Kennedy (she performed the "sing a tune" segment as Kathie Lee Johnson). In 1978, she joined the cast of the short-lived Hee Haw...
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