Kathie Lee Gifford

Gifford was born Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France, to American parents, Joan (born Cuttell; January 20, 1930 – September 12, 2017), a singer, and Aaron Epstein (March 19, 1924 – November 19, 2002), a musician and former US Navy Chief Petty Officer. Aaron Epstein was stationed with his family in France at the time of Gifford's birth.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Kathie-Lee-Gifford.html |title=Kathie Lee Gifford Film Reference biography |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=February 16, 2009}} Gifford grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie High School.{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1996/05/13/1996-05-13_kathie_lee_s_high-school_cla.html | title=Kathie Lee's High-School Class Struggle | work=Daily News | access-date=July 3, 2023 | first1=George | last1=Rush | first2=Joanna | last2=Molloy | first3=Baird | last3=Jones |location=New York | date=May 13, 1996 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619203539/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1996/05/13/1996-05-13_kathie_lee_s_high-school_cla.html | archive-date=June 19, 2009}}

Gifford's paternal grandfather was a Russian Jew from Saint Petersburg and her paternal grandmother had Native American ancestry. Her mother, a relative of writer Rudyard Kipling, was of French Canadian, German and English descent.{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuECAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Her+grandfather%2C+Meyer+Epstein%2C+was+a+snake-charmer+and+carnival+barker%22&pg=PA39 | title=How Does She Do It? | first=Barbara | last=Lippert | magazine=New York | via=Google Books | date=July 22, 1996 | pages=34–39 | access-date=July 3, 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/servlet/DCARead?standardNo=9780345512062&standardNoType=1&excerpt=true |title=Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg |publisher=Worldcat.org |date=November 16, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2011}}

After seeing the Billy Graham-produced film The Restless Ones at age 12, Gifford became a born-again Christian. She told interviewer Larry King, "I was raised with many Jewish traditions and raised to be very grateful for my Jewish heritage."{{cite web | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0005/11/lkl.00.html | title=What's Next for Kathie Lee? | date=May 11, 2000 | work=Larry King Live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044407/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0005/11/lkl.00.html | archive-date=December 1, 2017}}

During high school, Gifford was a singer in a folk group, "Pennsylvania Next Right", which performed frequently at school assemblies. After high school graduation in 1971, Gifford attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama and music. During a summer in the early 1970s, she was a live-in secretary/babysitter for Anita Bryant at her home in Miami. Her first regular appearances on national TV were as a singer on the game show Name That Tune, hosted by Tom Kennedy in the late 1970s, in which she would sing small portions of songs that contestants would have to identify.

Gifford's career took off in 1978 when she joined the cast of the short-lived Hee Haw spinoff, Hee Haw Honeys. She was also a correspondent and substitute anchor on ABC's Good Morning America in the early 1980s.

On June 24, 1985, Gifford replaced Ann Abernathy as co-host of The Morning Show on WABC-TV with Regis Philbin. The program went into national broadcast in 1988 as Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, and Gifford became well known across the country. Throughout the 1990s, morning-TV viewers watched her descriptions of life at home with her sportscaster husband Frank, son Cody, and daughter Cassidy.

In 1990, when TV Guide held a poll for readers to select the most beautiful woman on television, Live! presented a week-long mock campaign to garner votes for Gifford.{{cite news |title=Kathie Lee Proves She Has the Knack for Pulling in Votes |url=https://www.deseret.com/1990/8/21/18877344/kathie-lee-proves-she-has-the-knack-for-pulling-in-votes |access-date=2022-08-04 |work=Deseret News |date=21 August 1990}} Gifford wound up winning the poll,TV Guide, 25 August 1990.{{cite book |last1=Altschuler |first1=Glenn C. |last2=Grossvogel |first2=David I. |title=Changing Channels: America in TV Guide |date=1992 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Urbana |isbn=025201779X |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2brkf3x-YEC&dq=%22kathie+lee+gifford%22+%22tv+guide%22+%22most+beautiful%22&pg=PA82 |access-date=2022-08-04}} receiving more than four times as many votes as the runners-up, Jaclyn Smith and Nicollette Sheridan.

Philbin and Gifford were jointly nominated eight years in a row (1993 to 2000) for Outstanding Talk Show Host during the Daytime Emmy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317537/awards|title=Kathie Lee Gifford|website=IMDb|access-date=May 4, 2018}} Gifford decided to leave the show in 2000. She explained that filling in for Carol Burnett on Broadway and guest-hosting Late Show with David Letterman had inspired her to pursue more challenging work. The day after she hosted Late Show on February 24, 2000, she told Regis she had decided to leave Live!. Her last episode aired on July 28, 2000.{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Kyle Michael |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/kathie-lee-says-filling-david-letterman-changed-her-life-t22016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520234507/https://www.today.com/popculture/kathie-lee-says-filling-david-letterman-changed-her-life-t22016 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 20, 2015 |title=Kathie Lee reveals how filling in for David Letterman changed her life |work=Today |date=May 20, 2015|access-date=September 29, 2023}}

On March 31, 2008, NBC announced that Gifford was to join its morning show, Today, as co-host of the fourth hour titled Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, alongside Hoda Kotb. This marked her return to morning television; in many markets, she aired directly after her old show, currently called Live with Kelly and Mark. Because the fourth hour of Today airs live at 10:00 am ET, and Live with Kelly and Ryan airs live at 9:00 am ET, Gifford's hour did not compete directly with her former show in most markets.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/kathie-lee-gifford-returns-morning-tv-wbna23871853|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401235318/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23871853/|archive-date=April 1, 2008|title=Kathie Lee Gifford returns to morning TV at Today|date=March 31, 2008|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=February 26, 2020}} Kotb and Gifford replaced Ann Curry and Natalie Morales. In the weeks prior to Gifford's arrival, ratings indicated 1.9 million viewers of the fourth hour of Today.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/business/11today.html|title=Forthright or Clueless? Kathie Lee Draws Fire|last=Quenqua|first=Douglas|date=August 10, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 4, 2018}} As of 2014, the fourth hour of Today with Gifford and Kotb averaged 2.15 million total viewers, an increase of 13 percent over the 2008 ratings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/nbcnews/today/pressreleases?pr=contents/press-releases/2011/03/31/todayrtgswin1301594221263.xml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612050110/http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/nbcnews/today/pressreleases?pr=contents%2Fpress-releases%2F2011%2F03%2F31%2Ftodayrtgswin1301594221263.xml|url-status=dead|title="TODAY is the No. 1 Morning Program for 797 Weeks Straight and Counting"|archivedate=June 12, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://theknoxvillejournal.com/kathie-lee-gifford-more-than-just-a-pretty-face/|title="Kathie Lee Gifford, more than just a pretty face", The Knoxville Journal, Nov. 9, 2012|publisher=Theknoxvillejournal.com|access-date=2015-03-09}} On December 11, 2018, it was announced that she would be leaving Today in April 2019. Her final Today Show appearance was on April 5, 2019, with a party, including a video by her children Cody and Cassidy Gifford.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/11/media/kathie-lee-gifford-leaving-today-show/index.html|title=Giffords leaving Today show|date=December 11, 2018|work=CNN|access-date=December 11, 2018}} In 2019, they won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.

Gifford has made guest appearances in films and television series, and has several independently released albums on CD, including 2000's The Heart of a Woman, featuring the single "Love Never Fails".{{YouTube|l3m812cQ4d0|Love Never Fails video}}{{dead link|date=February 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Love-Never-Fails/dp/B000VZRBOW |title=website |website=Amazon |access-date=2015-03-09}}

She appeared as a spokesperson for Slim Fast diet shakes after her son Cody was born. She also was the face of Carnival Cruise Lines in the late 1980s and early 1990s, singing "If my friends could see me now!" In 1991 she christened the Carnival Ecstasy, the 2nd of the Fantasy Class of cruise ships. In 1994, she appeared as herself in an episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.

She did a number of voice overs most notably as Echidna in the 1998 TV series Hercules and in Higglytown Heroes as the Mail Carrier Hero in 2004.

In September 2005 she became a special correspondent on The Insider, a syndicated entertainment magazine television show, ending her relationship with that program upon her co-hosting role with Today.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/story/544.html|title=Kathie Lee Gifford lands role on The Insider|author=TV.com|date=2005-08-16|publisher=Tv.com|access-date=2015-03-09|archive-date=June 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620224008/http://www.tv.com/story/544.html|url-status=dead}}

She played the role of Miss Hannigan in a concert performance of Annie at Madison Square Garden in December 2006.{{cite web |author=BWW News Desk |url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Kathie_Lee_Gifford_is_Miss_Hannigan_in_MSG_Annie_20061012 |title=Kathie Lee Gifford plays Miss Hannigan in MSG production of Annie |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |access-date=2015-03-09}}

On an episode that aired March 27, 2010, she guest starred on The Suite Life on Deck, along with her real-life daughter, Cassidy.

She appeared as herself in the 2015 television film Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!.

She has written numerous autobiographical books, Just When I Thought I'd Dropped my Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities in 2010, The Rock, the Road and the Rabbi in March 2018, and It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life in 2020. Her book regarding the Christian faith, The Jesus I Know: Honest Conversations and Diverse Opinions about Who He Is was released in 2021. She has also written a number of children's books.

Gifford left Today in order to pursue a movie career as an actress, director, and producer. In 2018, she filmed Then Came You in which she co-stars with Craig Ferguson. That same year, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/03/29/today-show-exit-kathie-lee-gifford-hoda-kotb-final-show/3299811002/|title=Kathie Lee Gifford says 'Today' exit isn't sad: 'I certainly won't bawl like a baby'|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}} Gifford has several projects in the works including sequels to Then Came You.

On April 28, 2021, Gifford was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the television industry. Her star is located at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard, only five stars away from that of her former co-host Regis Philbin.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Julius |title=Kathie Lee Gifford receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 'Thank you for this honor' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kathie-lee-gifford-star-hollywood-walk-fame |access-date=May 10, 2021 |work=Fox News |date=April 28, 2021}}

In the late 1990s, Gifford began working in musical theatre. She contributed a number of musical numbers to Hats, and wrote and produced Under The Bridge,{{cite web |url=http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/messages/6706mesg.php |title=Under The Bridge |publisher=KathieLeeGifford.com |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109112436/http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/messages/6706mesg.php |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} based upon the children's book The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson. In 2000 she released the album The Heart of a Woman on Universal.

Gifford wrote the book and lyrics for Saving Aimee, a stage musical about evangelist Aimee McPherson, which premiered in 2007 at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/messages/sablog.php |title=Saving Aimee |publisher=KathieLeeGifford.com |date=May 15, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620163613/http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/messages/sablog.php |archive-date=June 20, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042402428.html |title=Kathie Lee Gifford's Leap of Faith |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 25, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2009 |first=Jane |last=Horwitz}} The premiere starred actress Carolee Carmello in the lead role.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107157.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909054108/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107157.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-09 |title=Carmello Is Famed Evangelist in Kathie Lee Gifford's Saving Aimee Musical |publisher=Playbill.com |date=2007-04-10 |access-date=2015-03-09 }} The show, retitled as Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, ran on Broadway from November 15, 2012, through December 9, 2012,{{ibdb show|493182|Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson}} with Carmello reprising her role as McPherson. On April 30, 2013, Carmello received her third Tony Award nomination for the performance.Tony Awards Official Website. [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html Tony Award Nominees 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511033910/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html |date=May 11, 2008 }}. tonyAwards.org. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

On April 16, 2007, Gifford was a guest presenter at the Washington, D.C. Helen Hayes Award Ceremony, honoring contributions and professional accomplishments in theatre.{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/Arts%20&%20Events/afterhours/3930.html | title=Celebrating the Stars at the Helen Hayes Awards | first=Leslie | last=Milk | date=April 17, 2007 | work=Washingtonian | access-date=July 3, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620020933/https://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/Arts%20&%20Events/afterhours/3930.html | archive-date=June 20, 2009}}

In 2008, Gifford and David Friedman wrote a junior high school musical entitled Key Pin It Real.{{cite web | url=http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/929229.aspx | title=Kathie Lee: At home on Today | work=allDAY | publisher=MSNBC | first=Kathie Lee | last=Gifford | date=April 21, 2008 | access-date=July 3, 2023 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225004706/http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/929229.aspx | archive-date=December 25, 2009 | df=mdy-all }} The play depicts a coming-of-age story about a young girl named Key Pin. The first production took place in December 2008 in Kendallville, Indiana, at East Noble High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1987797|title=www.tradingmarkets.com}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2011, Gifford was working on a musical adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life with John McDaniel; McDaniel is composing music while Gifford is writing lyrics.{{cite web | url=https://www.stlmag.com/Meet-John-McDaniel-Director-of-Opera-Theatre-of-Saint-Louis-039-The-Daughter-of-the-Regiment/ | title=Meet John McDaniel, Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' The Daughter of the Regiment | first=Jeanette | last=Cooperman | work=St. Louis Magazine | date=May 24, 2011 | access-date=July 3, 2023}}

Gifford is a celebrity ambassador for the non-profit organization Childhelp. She regularly makes appearances at fund raisers and events for the child abuse prevention and treatment organization and is an ardent supporter.{{cite web |last=Shayna |first=Kathy |url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2009/01/02/20090102sr-shocket0103.html |title=Childhelp goes Hollywood for fundraiser |publisher=Azcentral.com |date=2009-01-03 |access-date=2015-03-09}}

Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford raised the money to build and continued to financially support two shelters in New York City for babies born with HIV, or a congenital crack cocaine addiction. These shelters were named in honor of her children, Cody and Cassidy.{{cite web |url=http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/charity/abccharity.php |title=Charities, Assoc. to Benefit Children |publisher=KathieLeeGifford.com |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216122404/http://www.kathieleegifford.com/lamb04/charity/abccharity.php |archive-date=December 16, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}

In 1996 Gifford was earning $9 million annually licensing her name to a brand of clothing sold at Walmart. Part of the proceeds went to charity. Charles Kernaghan's human rights group called the National Labor Committee reported that sweatshop labor was being used in manufacturing the Kathie Lee Gifford branded clothing.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/us/charles-kernaghan-dead.html | title=Charles Kernaghan, Scourge of Sweatshops, is Dead at 74 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 14, 2022 | last1=Risen | first1=Clay }}{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073001413_pf.html |title="The Man Who Made Kathie Lee Cry", Washington Post, July 31, 2005 |work=Washingtonpost.com |date=2005-07-31 |access-date=2015-03-09}}

Gifford called Kernaghan's report "a vicious attack" on an episode of Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee. Gifford explained during this broadcast that she was not responsible for the contract manufacturers that made her products.

[http://66.244.199.219/CKUA_Archives/eng/archive/news_gifford.aspx Kathie Lee Gifford's clothing line and its connection to sweatshop work] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222094131/http://66.244.199.219/CKUA_Archives/eng/archive/news_gifford.aspx |date=February 22, 2006 }}

Kernaghan in his congressional testimony of April 1996, said that to make Gifford's clothing, girls as young as 15 worked for 31 cents an hour, 75 hours a week. Kernaghan reported that a worker in Honduras smuggled a piece of clothing out of the factory, which had a Kathie Lee label on it.{{Cite web|url=http://www.americas.org/bookstore/category_5006_product_2607|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205204406/http://www.americas.org/bookstore/category_5006_product_2607|url-status=dead|title="Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label", 1995; a Crowning Rooster Production|archivedate=December 5, 2005}} One of the workers, Wendy Diaz, came to the United States to testify about the conditions under which she worked. She commented, "I wish I could talk to [Kathie Lee]. If she's good, she will help us."{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/07/ma_447_01.html |title=Keeper of the Fire |publisher=Motherjones.com |access-date=December 16, 2009}}

Gifford later contacted federal authorities to investigate the issue and worked with US federal legislative and executive branch agencies to support and enact laws to protect children against sweatshop conditions. She appeared with President Bill Clinton at the White House in support of the government's initiatives to counter international sweatshop abuses."Companies agree to meet on 'sweatshops'. The Washington Post, John F. Harris, Peter McKay. August 3, 1996, Page A10. "Pres Clinton stood side-by-side at the White House August 2, 1996 with talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford and a delegation of leading executives from the apparel industry to announce ..."

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Kathie Lee married Paul Johnson, a composer/arranger/producer/publisher, in 1976. They gained fame in Christian music, appearing on covers of Christian magazines. The marriage was strained from the start and in 1981, Johnson moved out of their residence in Woodland Hills, California. The couple divorced in 1982.{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-kathie-lees-story-vol-38-no-18/|author=Elizabeth Gleick|title=Kathie Lee's Story |publisher=People magazine |date=November 2, 1992|access-date=November 29, 2017}}

On October 18, 1986, Kathie Lee married a second time, this time to Frank Gifford, an American football player and television sports commentator. It was his third marriage after marriages with Maxine Avis Ewart and Astrid Lindley. With Ewart he had three children.

Kathie Lee was 23 years younger than Frank Gifford. They had two children together, Cody Newton Gifford (born March 22, 1990) and Cassidy Erin Gifford (born August 2, 1993). They also shared the same birthday of August 16. Frank Gifford died on August 9, 2015, from natural causes at their Greenwich, Connecticut, home at the age of 84.{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/09/frank-gifford-dead-at-84/ |title=Pro Football Hall Of Famer, Giants Legend Frank Gifford Dead At 84 |access-date=August 9, 2015 |date=August 9, 2015 |publisher=WCBS-TV |location=New York City |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810173619/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/09/frank-gifford-dead-at-84/ |url-status=live |df=mdy}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nfl-legend-frank-gifford-passes-away-84-n406761 |title=NFL Legend Frank Gifford Passes Away at 84 |publisher=NBC News (NBCUniversal) |access-date=August 9, 2015 |date=August 9, 2015 |first=Hasani |last=Gittens |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810163739/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nfl-legend-frank-gifford-passes-away-84-n406761 |url-status=live |df=mdy}}

In 2017, Kathie Lee Gifford released the song "He Saw Jesus", co-written with songwriter Brett James, which she dedicated to her late husband. All proceeds from the song went to the international evangelical Christian humanitarian aid charity Samaritan's Purse.

(as Kathie Lee Gifford on all albums except where indicated)

• 1978: Finders Keepers (as Kathie Lee Johnson)
• 1993: It's Christmas Time
• 1993: Christmas Carols
• 1993: Sentimental
• 1993: Christmas With Kathie Lee Gifford (double album)
• 1995: Dreamship: Lullabies for Little Ones
• 1995: Kathie Lee's Rock 'N' Tots Cafe: A Christmas "Giff"
• 2000: Heart of a Woman (as Kathie Lee)
• 2000: Born For You (as Kathie Lee)
• 2001: Goodnight, Angel (as Kathie Lee)
• 2004: Gentle Grace
• 2009: Everyone Has a Story (as Kathie Lee Gifford & Friends)
• 2009: My Way Home
• 2010: Super Hits
• 2013: Scandalous, The Musical (lyrics by)
• 2017: The Little Giant
• 2020: Then Came You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with Brett James & Sal Oliveri)

Biographical

• 1976: (as Kathie Epstein) The Quiet Riot
• 1992: I Can't Believe I Said That!: An Autobiography by Kathie Lee Gifford
• 1995: Listen to My Heart: Lessons in Love, Laughter, and Lunacy
• 2010: Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities
• 2014: Good Gifts: One Year in the Heart of a Home
• 2018: The Rock, the Road and the Rabbi
• 2020: It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life

Cooking

• 1993: (with Regis Philbin) Cooking With Regis & Kathie Lee: Quick & Easy Recipes From America's Favorite TV Personalities
• 1994: (with Regis Philbin) Entertaining With Regis & Kathie Lee: Year-Round Holiday Recipes, Entertaining Tips, and Party Ideas

Christian faith

• 2004: Gentle Grace: Reflections & Scriptures on God’s Gentle Grace
• 2021: The Jesus I Know: Honest Conversations and Diverse Opinions about Who He Is
• 2022: (with Rabbi Jason Sobel) The God of the Way: A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever

Children's books

• 1997: Christmas with Kathie Lee: A Treasury of Holiday Stories, Songs, Poems, and Activities for Little Ones
• 2010: Party Animals
• 2011: The Three Gifts: A Story About Three Angels and the baby Jesus (co-written with Michael Storrings)
• 2011: The Legend of Messy M'Cheany
• 2018: The Gift That I Can Give
• 2020: Hello, Little Dreamer{{Cite web|title=Hello, Little Dreamer|url=https://www.thomasnelson.com/9781400209262/hello-little-dreamer/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Thomas Nelson|language=en-US}}

A fictionalized version of Kathie Lee Gifford appears in the South Park episode "Weight Gain 4000", voiced by Karri Turner.{{Citation |title=Weight Gain 4000 {{!}} South Park Character / Location / User talk etc |url=https://southpark.cc.com/ |access-date=2022-05-06 }} Gifford later re-appears in the episodes "City on the Edge of Forever", "The Return of Chef", "200" and "201".{{Citation |title=Kathie Lee Gifford {{!}} South Park Character / Location / User talk etc |url=https://southpark.cc.com/ |access-date=2022-05-06 }}

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• Carnival Ecstasy (Sponsor)

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