1. Kathy Garver was born on Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13,1945 and is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom Family Affair.
17 Facts About Kathy Garver
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Kathy Garver was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Rosemary and Hayes Kathy Garver.
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Kathy Garver was raised Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic primary school.
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In 1969, Kathy Garver released a Christmas song called "Lem, the Orphan Reindeer" on the Aquarian label, distributed by Bell Records.
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Kathy Garver had been a fan of series star Brian Keith since she was ten years old and had guest-starred on his earlier CBS series about the Cold War, Crusader.
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Kathy Garver had previously worked with co-producer Don Fedderson on The Millionaire.
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In 1969, Kathy Garver appeared as Laura Hayden in The Big Valley season 4 episode "The Royal Road".
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In 1971 Kathy Garver appeared as Paula in the Adam 12 episode of "Pickup".
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Kathy Garver appeared in such movies as Princess Diaries, Unleashed, and Helen's Last Love, and as guest star in such TV films as Hercules Saves Christmas and FBI Murders.
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Kathy Garver's stage plays include Voice of the Turtle, Vanities, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Sunday in New York, Star Spangled Girl, Romeo and Juliet with musicals My Fair Lady, River Song: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Summer Magic.
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Kathy Garver provided the voices of Firestar, Storm and other female guest characters on the Saturday morning cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.
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Kathy Garver's voice has been heard in the films Apollo 13, Ransom, Backdraft and Jingle All the Way.
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Kathy Garver has produced, narrated, written lyrics, and composed the music for eight audio Beatrix Potter tales and eight Mother Goose based audiotapes for Smarty Pants, Inc She has recorded books for Brilliance Audio, Dove, Audible, and Listen and Live.
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On June 26,2008, she attended the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony when Brian Keith was awarded a star posthumously; Kathy Garver gave a speech on his behalf.
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In 2009, Kathy Garver co-authored, with Geoffrey Mark, The Family Affair Cookbook.
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Kathy Garver has won two Audie Awards, one for her narration of The World's Shortest Stories, the other in 2004 for her direction of Amy Tan in The Opposite of Fate read by the author.
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In 2010, Kathy Garver was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for her role in Family Affair.