Leeza Gibbons

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Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. Gibbons is currently the host of her own radio show, Leeza Live. The show was a part of the Westwood One radio syndication company.

Gibbons was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, to Jean and Carlos Gibbons. She graduated from the University of South Carolina's school of journalism and mass communication. Her past television credits include co-hosting Entertainment Tonight, hosting Extra, and hosting Leeza, her own NBC/syndicated talk show, which ran from January 1994 to September 2000. She has also guest starred on several shows, including The Geena Davis Show, The Simple Life, and The Simpsons. She also played a television reporter in the Robocop films.

In addition to her television and radio career, Gibbons has received the Congressional Horizon Award for her work on children's issues.

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Gibbons has been married three times, first to John Hicks (1980 - 1982), then to British actor Christopher Quinten (1989 - 1991), who fathered her daughter Alexis (Lexi). She married her third husband, actor Stephen Meadows, in 1991, and they have two sons together. Meadows filed for divorce in February 2005, after 14 years of marriage to Gibbons.

Gibbons is active in her non-profit organization, "Leeza's Place," an organization that educates and empowers caregivers of loved ones affected by memory disorders.

On February 20, 2007, the ABC television network announced that Gibbons would be a participant in its Spring 2007 Dancing with the Stars reality show. [1]

  1. ^ unknown. "Meet the New Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars", ABC.com Dancing with the Stars, February 20, 2007. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.

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