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American television host, singer, songwriter, and actress, has an estimated net worth of $60 million.
Born Kathryn Lee Epstein in 1953, Kathie Lee Gifford is a singer and television personality best known for co-hosting Live with Regis and Kathie Lee with Regis Philbin. Throughout the 1970s, Gifford, also called Kathie Lee Johnson, gained notoriety as a singer on the game show Name That Tune, and in the early '80s, she could be seen as a correspondent on ABC's Good Morning America. In 1984, her profile was raised significantly when she became the spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Lines in a number of TV ads. In 1985, she began co-hosting a New York morning show with Regis Philbin that would eventually become Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. The show began airing nationally on ABC in 1989, and Gifford remained as host until 2000. She was eventually replaced by Kelly Ripa. In addition to her television and recording career, Gifford received a good deal of press for her long and sometimes rocky marriage to sportscaster Frank Gifford.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Kathie Lee Gifford's 11,419-square-foot South Florida mansion overlooking Card Sound in Key Largo |
$10,500,000 |
2017 |
Asset |
Current value of her Greenwich mansion that includes a swimming pool, home office, and gaming room |
$3,000,000 |
2017 |
Salary |
Salary as a prolific anchor |
$2,000,000 |
2017 |
Asset |
Current value of her family's property in Connecticut, Florida and assets in cash |
$10,000,000 |
1998 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Kathie Lee Gifford's 11,419-square-foot South Florida mansion overlooking Card Sound in Key Largo |
$3,900,000 |
1994 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Kathie Lee Gifford's 13,000-plus-square-foot 1930s Gatsby-worthy mansion on nearly three acres of water front property in swanky Greenwich, Connecticut |
$7,800,000 |