Kathie Lee Gifford
Acting • Born 1953-08-16
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.
Filmography
88 credits
Regis Philbin - My Personal Workout
Movie • 1993
Self
Kathie Lee's Feel Fit & Fabulous Workout
Movie • 1994
Self
Adventures of Serial Buddies
Movie • 2011
Herself
The Lennon Sisters: Same Song Separate Voices
Movie • 2011
Self
Sunshine Superman
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Spinning Out of Control
Movie • 2001
Amanda Berkeley
The Bikini Open 5
Movie • 1991
Self
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Movie • 2015
Kathy Lee Gifford
VH1 Divas 2009
Movie • 2009
Self
Dudley Do-Right
Movie • 1999
Kathie Lee Gifford
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Movie • 2017
Kathie Lee Gifford
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Movie • 1997
Jill (voice)
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting
Movie • 2017
Host
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
A Godwink Christmas
Movie • 2018
Aunt Jane
A Toast to 2018
Movie • 2018
Host
Disney Heroes Volume 1
Movie • 2005
Echidna (voice)
A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love
Movie • 2019
Olga
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Kathie Lee Gifford
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Movie • 1999
Echidna (voice) (archive sound)
Model Behavior
Movie • 2000
Deirdre
Then Came You
Movie • 2020
Annabelle
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Movie • 1996
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self
Miracle Babies
Movie • 1996
Host
Kathie Lee: Home for Christmas
Movie • 1995
Self
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie • 1993
Self - Host
Becoming Madonna
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Kathie Lee Gifford
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Kathie Lee Gifford
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Hope & Faith
TV • 2003
Marge
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Wendy
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Herself
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Host
Spin City
TV • 1996
Kathie Lee Gifford
The View
TV • 1997
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
LateLine
TV • 1998
Hercules
TV • 1998
Echidna (voice)
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Kathie Lee Gifford
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
TV • 2002
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
The Daytime Emmy Awards
TV • 1974
Second Noah
TV • 1996
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
Hee Haw Honeys
TV • 1978
Kathie Honey
The Other Two
TV • 2019
Kathie Lee Gifford
Younger
TV • 2015
Kathie Lee Gifford
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV • 2013
Self
Naomi's New Morning
TV • 2005
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Jolene
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Mary Montgomery
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Allison Spencer
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Jill (voice)
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV • 2013
Self
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Women of the House
TV • 1995
The Suite Life on Deck
TV • 2008
Cindy
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Smash
TV • 2012
Kathie Lee Gifford
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV • 2007
Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Christal
That's So Raven
TV • 2003
Claire
Primetime Glick
TV • 2001
The Mysteries of Laura
TV • 2014
Dr. Carlin
Style & Substance
TV • 1998
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Kathie Lee Gifford
Coach
TV • 1989
Kathie Lee Gifford
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Vanessa Bobeck
Lipstick Jungle
TV • 2008
Kathie Lee Gifford
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self
The Soup
TV • 2004
Self
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Kathie Lee Gifford
Dora the Explorer
TV • 2000
Pirate Piggies (voice) (uncredited)
The Baxters
TV • 2024
Lilian Ashford
JoJo's Circus
TV • 2003
Nosey Josie (voice)
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest Co-Host