Leeza Gibbons
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Gibbons at the 1990 Emmy Awards
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| Born |
Leeza Kim Gibbons March 26, 1957 Hartsville, South Carolina, United States |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Television | Leeza |
| Spouse(s) |
John Hicks (m. 1980–82) (divorced) Christopher Quinten (m. 1989–91) (divorced) Stephen Meadows (m. 1991–2005) (divorced) Steven Fenton (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www |
Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for Entertainment Tonight (1984–2000) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime talk show, Leeza (1993–2000). In 2013, her book 'Take 2' became a New York Times bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show, 'My Generation'. On February 16, 2015, Leeza was named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice, having raised $714,000 for her charity Leeza's Care Connection.
Gibbons was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, the daughter of Jean and Carlos Gibbons, a former state superintendent of education and antique shop owner. Gibbons has two siblings – a brother, Carlos Jr., and a sister, Cammy. Gibbons grew up in Irmo, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia, and graduated from Irmo High School. After completing high school, Gibbons graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Carolina's school of journalism and mass communication, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Her television career started at the CBS affiliate (WSPA) in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC. Her next stop was as the co host of PM Magazine in Beaumont, TX before moving to WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 1983, she landed the co hosting job on 'Two on the Town' in New York for WCBS. The following year, she joined the on air team as a reporter and weekend anchor on Entertainment Tonight concurrently hosted Leeza, her own NBC/syndicated talk show, which ran from June 1993 to September 2000. The show originated as John & Leeza from Hollywood, a talk show with former Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh. Tesh was dropped from the show after seven months, and Gibbons hosted solo for the remainder of the series. From 2001–2003, Gibbons was the host and managing editor of the television show 'Extra'. In 2011, she pulled down double duty (again) as the host of the PBS show My Generation (2011–2014) and as co-host and executive producer of the syndicated newsmagazine show America Now (2011–2015).
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