Heilman & Haver - Episode 40 (Guest Kathy Garver - Part I)

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 40.  We hope you enjoy the show!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Movies of the Decade: E.T. at the Roxy

Roxy tomorrow, Saturday August 21st, for "Movies of the Decade".  This month we’re celebrating the 1980’s with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.  Stephen Spielberg's four-time Oscar winner from 1982 starring the adorable Drew Barrymore hits the Roxy big screen at 6:30 with a special intro from TMC’s Jeremy Arnold.  For tickets visit RoxyBremerton.org.

In the Mix celebrates De Niro's 78th B-Day with a Godfather cocktail trilogy

This week we also return to the Bay Street Bistro for a new episode of In the Mix.  August 17th we celebrated the birthday of the young Don Vito Corleone himself, Robert De Niro, with a trio of cocktails celebrating the epic Godfather trilogy.  Find the video on our YouTube channel and call the Bistro now (360-602-0310) for reservations for this week’s Sunday Supper featuring a menu fit for a Don. ‘Salute’!

WWCA Prepares for Pirates and Love Letters

Next up at WWCA is Pirates of Penzance opening September 10th and for those of you itching to get back on stage, come out to WWCA at 10AM tomorrow for auditions for “Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney, opening in October.

Virtual Theater 2020 Presents Pride & Prejudice - The Musical

VTHEATER2020's special presentation of Pride & Prejudice, written and produced by founder Amy Knickerbocker, is free to stream on Facebook Watch and will be available LIVE for 3 performances today, August 20 and tomorrow August 21 at 6pm PDT, and August 22 at 3pm PDT.  Tune in on their Facebook page!

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:  Kathy Garver

Most fondly remembered for her starring role as “Cissy” in the long running CBS hit, “Family Affair”, Kathy Garver has garnered critical acclaim in movies, stage, radio, voice-over animation, and audio book narration.  

Legendary Cecil B. DeMille was one of the first to recognize Kathy’s talent.  Originally hired for a small part in the epic motion picture “The Ten Commandments”, Kathy was noticed by the great director who had special scenes written into the movie to highlight the little girl.  

During her teenage years, Kathy added radio and stage to her burgeoning film and television career and was a freshman majoring in speech at UCLA when she was cast in “Family Affair” to star as “Cissy” alongside Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot.  One of the warmest and most enduring series of the 1960’s and 70’s, Family Affair earned Kathy a host of accolades such as Best Actress from the “Family Television Awards” and continues to be popular today and is available on Amazon Prime.

Today Kathy is an active, accomplished, and versatile actress, appearing in such films as Sweet November and The Princess Diaries.  Kathy is also very much in demand for her numerous vocal characterizations and is best known as “Firestar”, a mutant super hero in the Spiderman and his Amazing Friends TV series.  Kathy has also recorded audiobooks for Brilliance Audio, Dove, Listen and Live and her voice has been heard in Apollo 13 (which was awarded the Academy Award for sound), Ransom, Back Draft and Jingle all the Way, all directed by Ron Howard.   

Kathy also added author to her long list of accomplishments. Her first book, The Family Affair Cookbook, was a tasty trip down memory lane and her 2015 memoir, Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood was just released in paperback.  This year, Kathy has two more books scheduled for publication: TV Dinners with a Side Dish of Stars will be released in May and to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Family Affair, Family Affair: A Pictorial Scrapbook will be released in September.  

Currently, Kathy can be seen on her YouTube channel cooking show, Cooking with Kathy and Scot and she’ll soon be launching a podcast called All Things Classic with director, writer, producer John Norton.  She is a regular at comic conventions and autograph shows where she greets her many fans.  Kathy joined us from her home in Bell Canyon, CA.

COMING UP NEXT WEEK

Join us next week, Friday, August 27, for the second half of our interview with Kathy.  You can find out more about her, order copies of her books, and keep up on her latest projects at kathygarver.com.