Leeza Gibbons Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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. In the 1990's she was the co-host of John and Leeza, a talk show with former co-host of Entertainment Tonight, John Tesh. 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.

Personal life

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.

Leeza Gibbons also has a star on The Hollywood walk of Fame for television.

Dancing with the Stars

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. Leeza was eliminated from the competition on April 10th, 2007. She was the third celebrity eliminated.

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