Leeza Gibbons Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998
• Founded the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation, which provides services for family caregivers
• Was nominated for 27 Daytime Emmy Awards, three of which she won, during her time hosting "Leeza․"
• Graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Was the host of the short-lived "Two on the Town" in the early 1980s before becoming a field correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" in 1984
• Began her television career as a news anchor in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Launched her own daily talk show, "Leeza," which focused primarily on women's issues, in January 1994
• Began co-hosting "America Now" in 2010, joining the current host Bill Rancic
• Best known as the host and executive producer of the talk show "America Now․"
• Was a celebrity contestant on the reality TV series "Dancing with the Stars" in 2007