Person Details

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Aliases: Kathie Lee , Kathie Lee Johnson , Kathie Epstein , Kathryn Lee Epstein

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Diagnosis: Murder
Average
7

Diagnosis: Murder

(1993) Mary Montgomery
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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7
Good Day Live
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3

Good Day Live

(2001) Self
Touched by an Angel
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7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Jolene
Celebrity Family Feud
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8

Celebrity Family Feud

(2015) Herself
Smash
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7

Smash

(2012) Kathie Lee Gifford
Intimate Portrait
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5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Annabelle
2019 Olga
Self - Guest
Kathie Lee Gifford
2018 Host
Aunt Jane
2017 Host
Kathie Lee Gifford
2015 Kathy Lee Gifford
Herself
Herself (archival footage)
Kathie Lee Gifford
2014 N/A
Self
2013 Self
Self
2012 Kathie Lee Gifford
2011 Self (archive footage)
Herself
2010 Christal
2008 Cindy
2007 Self
2006 Kathie Lee Gifford
2005 N/A
Self
Echidna (voice)
2004 Self
Self
2003 Marge
N/A
Claire
2002 N/A
2001 Self
N/A
Amanda Berkeley
2000 Deirdre
1999 Herself
Echidna (voice) (archive sound)
1998 Echidna (voice)
N/A
N/A
1997 Jill (voice)
Self
1996 N/A
Self
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford
N/A
N/A
1995 Jill (voice)
N/A
1994 Wendy
Jolene
Self
Self
1993 Self (archive footage)
Mary Montgomery
herself
Herself
1992 N/A
1990 Herself
1989 Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford
1988 Self - Host
1978 Kathie Honey
1974 N/A
1952 Self
Herself
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Screenplay
2019 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Director
1994 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Theme Song Performance
Year Role Movie/Tv

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