Kathryn "Kathie" Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter, comedian, and actress. She began her career as a Christian entertainer and sang in Baptist churches. She later became popular for her talk show ‘Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee,’ which ran for 15 years. She has featured in numerous TV programs and movies during her career spanning 40 years, and has written several musicals, like the Broadway show ‘Scandalous,’ which featured Carolee Carmello in the lead role and earned her a Tony nomination for Best Actress. She also starred on Broadway in ‘Putting It Together’ and ‘Annie’. An Emmy Award winner, the multifaceted lady is a New York Times best-selling author as well. She wrote three bestselling books including ‘Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg’, ‘I Can't Believe I Said That’, and the popular children's book ‘Party Animals’. Her book ‘Good Gifts, A Year in The Heart of a Home’, raised over $1 million for the Salvation Army. Apart from her acting and writing projects, she launched GIFFT, a line of wine, with the Scheid Family Vineyards in Monterey, California.
