Kathy Garver

Kathy Garver
Kathy Garver at the Golden Halo Awards 2014 in Hollywood, California
Born (1945-12-13) December 13, 1945 (age 78)
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • speaker
  • author
Years active1952–present
Spouse
David Travis
(m. 1981)
Children1
WebsiteOfficial website

Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945)[1] is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom, Family Affair. Before that, she was cast by Cecil B. DeMille in the film The Ten Commandments (1956), and after that, she provided the voice of Firestar in the animated television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83). Garver authored The Family Affair Cookbook (2009), Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood (2015),[2] and X Child Stars: Where are They Now? (2016).[3]

  1. ^ Pilato, Herbie J. (2014). Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door: Television's Iconic Women from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-58979-969-1.
  2. ^ King, Susan (2 September 2015). "'Family Affair's' Kathy Garver looks back on childhood stardom in new autobiography". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ Hayes, Anthony C. (2 October 2016). "Family Affair actress looks at X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?". The Baltimore Post-Examiner. Retrieved 22 December 2017.