Kathryn Lee Gifford Net Worth

Today, Gifford’s net worth is believed to be $60 million as a result of her numerous sources of entertainment-related income. Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee and Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda were the two long-running television shows that Gifford hosted. She co-hosted Live! for more than ten years with Regis Philbin, providing viewers with humor and entertainment news.

Kathryn Lee Gifford Bio

Kathryn Lee Gifford is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She and Regis Philbin co-hosted the chat show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee from 1985 to 2000.

Gifford is also well-known for her 11-year stint co-hosting the fourth hour of NBC’s Today show with Hoda Kotb (2008–2019). She was a member of the Today crew when she won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010, and she has been nominated for 11 Daytime Emmys overall.

Kathryn Lee Gifford Age

As of 2024, Kathee Lee is 70 years old. She was born on August 16, 1953, in Paris France.

Kathryn Lee Gifford Parents

Kathryn Lee Epstein was born in Paris, France, to American parents, Joan, a singer, and Aaron Epstein, a musician and former US Navy Chief Petty Officer. When Gifford was born, Aaron Epstein and his family were stationed in France.

Kathryn Lee Gifford Husband

In 1976, composer Paul Johnson wed Kathie Lee. They became well-known in Christian music by showing up on the covers of Christian periodicals. From the beginning, the marriage was tense, and Johnson eventually left. In 1982, the couple got a divorce.

Kathie Lee remarried on October 18, 1986, this time to American football player and television sports analyst Frank Gifford. Following his union with Astrid Lindley and Maxine Avis Ewart, this was his third marriage. He had three kids with Ewart.

Frank was 23 years older than Kathie Lee. Cody Newton Gifford and Cassidy Erin Gifford were their two children. They also shared a birthday: August 16. Frank died on August 9, 2015, from natural causes at their Greenwich, Connecticut, home at the age of 84.

Kathryn Lee Gifford Career Background

On March 31, 2008, NBC made the announcement that Gifford would be joining its morning program Today Show as co-host of the fourth hour, dubbed Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, alongside Hoda Kotb. She made a comeback to morning television with this; in many markets, she followed her previous program, which is now named Live with Kelly and Ryan.

In most markets, Gifford’s hour did not directly compete with her former show because Today’s fourth-hour airs live at 10:00 am ET, and Live with Kelly and Ryan airs live at 9:00 am ET. Ann Curry and Natalie Morales were replaced by Kotb and Gifford. Ratings for Today’s fourth hour in the weeks preceding Gifford’s arrival showed 1.9 million viewers.

Current Career

Gifford quit Today to focus on her acting, directing, and producing careers in movies. She co-starred in the 2018 film Then Came You with Craig Ferguson. She also shot A Godwink Christmas, a Hallmark Christmas film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, in the same year. In order to address what she sees as an underserved subject in Hollywood, Gifford plans to produce films about the experiences of losing a loved one and being a widow. Gifford is working on a number of projects, including Then Came You sequels.