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Kassie DePaiva Biography
Birth Name:
Katherine Virginia Wesley
Birth Place:
Morganfield, Kentucky, United States
Profession
Actor, singer
Fast Facts
- At 18, made solo debut at the Grand Ole Opry
- Dropped out of UCLA to tour with the USO
- Sang backup for Bobby Womack
- In 1986, played good girl Chelsea Reardon on Guiding Light
- Won the role of vixen Blair Cramer on One Life to Live in 1993; met future husband, James DePaiva, on the set of the soap opera
- Was nominated in 2005 for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress for One Life to Live
- In 2007, she began cohosting the PBS craft show Knit & Crochet Today
- Formed the Divas of Daytime TV country trio with fellow soap stars Bobbie Eakes and Kathy Brier in 2009
- Her son, James, who was born deaf, inspired her to become active in a number of charities supporting the deaf, including the League for the Hard of Hearing; the Deafness Research Foundation; and the Clark School for the Deaf
Relationships
- Jeff Wesley -- Brother
- John Wesley -- Brother
- Richard Hankins -- Ex-husband
- J. Quentin Wesley -- Father
- Hildegard Wesley -- Mother
- Sara Wesley -- Sister
- James Quentin DePaiva -- Son
- Dreama DePaiva -- Stepdaughter