Ask American Profile 12/21/2008
Leeza Gibbons, Kathleen Quinlan and Bobby Sherman
—Rachael Lewis, Rosamond, Calif.
Gibbons, 51, left her job with TV’s Extra in 2003 to start Leeza’s Place, a foundation to honor her mother, Gloria Jean Gibbons, who was battling Alzheimer’s disease and died in 2008 at age 72. Gibbons, who was a caregiver for her mother, created the foundation to offer resources and help counsel individuals diagnosed with memory-loss disorders and their families. In addition, she currently hosts and produces Hollywood Confidential, a nationally syndicated radio show, and promotes her mineral-based makeup system, Sheer Cover.
Q I was young at the time, but I remember a TV western series called Pistols ’n’ Petticoats. Who were the women who starred in it? No one seems to remember it but me. My friends think I’m making it up!
—Diane L. White, Kinston, S.C.
You’ve got a good memory—especially considering the fact that Pistols ’n’ Petticoats lasted only a handful of episodes before ending its short Saturday-night run on CBS in 1967. The half-hour comedy starred Ann Sheridan, Ruth McDevitt and Carole Wells, plus Douglas Fowley and Gary Vinson, better known as “Christy” on McHale’s Navy.
Q I’d like to know more about Kathleen Quinlan and if she’s still acting.
—Lisa Chirco, Kelseyville, Calif.
Quinlan, who got her big break when director George Lucas discovered her at the high school she attended in Mill Valley, Calif., and cast her in 1973’s American Graffiti, continues to act. Earlier this year, she was on the big screen in Made of Honor, and she’s made recent guest appearances on TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and House M.D. She received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal as the wife of astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13. Quinlan, 53, is married to actor Bruce Abbott, who appeared with her in several episodes of the TV series Family Law, in which she starred from 1999 to 2002. They have two teenage sons.
Q Whatever happened to Bobby Sherman of Here Come the Brides? I loved that show and especially Bobby.
—Terri La Masa, Grants Pass, Ore.
After singing superstardom with the hit singles “Easy Come, Easy Go” and “Julie (Do Ya Love Me),” and roles on several TV shows in the 1970s, the former teen idol eventually left the entertainment business to raise his two sons and volunteer with the Los Angeles Police Department. Now, Sherman, 65, heads up the Bobby Sherman Volunteer EMT Foundation, which provides emergency medical and first-aid services for nonprofit and charitable events.
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