Studied drama and music at Oral Roberts University.
Was accused of running Honduras sweatshops in 1996, related to her clothing line.
Plans to sue the National Enquirer for recent articles printed about her children. [March 2000]
She was born the same year as Frank Gifford's oldest son, Jeff.
Named Maryland Junior Miss at age 17.
Has homes in Greenwich, CT, Key Largo, FL, Nantucket, MA, and a ski condo in Colorado.
Was a high school cheerleader.
Born at 11:30pm-CET
Has two children: Cody Newton (b.1990) and Cassidy Erin (b.1993).
Attended high school in Bowie, MD.
Tried out for the part of Tiffany Welles on "Charlie's Angels" (1976) and was told she wasn't pretty enough. Shelley Hack got the part and was later replaced because she wasn't a good actress.
Dropped out of Oral Roberts University during her junior year with no plans to finish.
Named her dog, Regis, after her famous co-star, Regis Philbin.
Has released several Christian music albums over the years. Her most recent release, 2000's 'The Heart of a Woman', was her first pop release.
Releases her albums on her own label, Lamb Records. Her two most recent albums are 'Goodnight, Angel' and 'Party Animals'.
Her brother is Rev. David Paul Epstein, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan (catty-corner from Carnegie Hall).
Mrs. Gifford's father, Aaron Leon Epstein, died on November 19, 2002. He had been terminally ill for the past few years, and his illness was one of the reasons Mrs. Gifford decided to leave "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) in 2000, after more than a decade as host.
Mrs. Gifford's dog Chardonnay, a white poodle given to her by husband Frank in 1988, was found dead from a coyote attack on January 28, 2003.
Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, famous for her stint on the television talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin for 15 years.
Gifford was born in Paris, France to Aaron Leon Epstein and Joan. She grew up in Maryland in the United States. Her father was Jewish and her mother was Christian; Gifford grew up in a culturally Jewish environment, but she became a born-again Christian at the age of 12 (after seeing a Christian education film directed by Billy Graham), although she still refers to herself as Jewish. She has a brother, Rev. David Paul Epstein, who is an evangelical Baptist preacher and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan.
Gifford's career took off in the 1970s (during her first marriage to Paul Johnson) as a vocalist on the game show Name That Tune with Tom Kennedy (she performed the "sing a tune" segment). In 1978, she joined the cast of the short-lived Hee Haw sitcom spinoff, Hee Haw Honeys.
Gifford appeared in television advertisements for Carnival Cruise Lines beginning in 1984. The ads were the first cruise line advertisements to air on network television.
