The biography of Kathleen Bradley : FIRST PERMANENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN MODEL ON 'THE PRICE IS RIGHT'
Kathleen Bradley
Kathleen Bradley (born January 10, 1951) is an American former model, former singer, actress and host. She is primarily known as a "Barker's Beauty" on the CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right from 1990 until 2000. She is noted as the first permanent African-American model on the show.
Bradley was born in Girard, Ohio. Bradley was the only girl of four brothers. She won the "Miss Black California" award in 1971. In the 1970s, she was part of two short-lived disco groups, The Love Machine and Destination. She was also a model for Ultra Sheen.
In 1978, she played Sweet Daddy Williams's Nurse on 'Good Times' ("Blood Will Tell"). Sweet Daddy Williams goes into the hospital in need of a blood transfusion and wants J.J. to help. She is also known for 'Grey's Anatomy' (2005).
Bradley has been married twice. Her first marriage was to actor Bill Overton from 1980 to 1984. She has been married to mechanical engineer Terrence Redd since 1988. She has two children; a daughter, Cheyenne Overton, from her marriage with Overton; and their son Terrence Redd II. Her stepdaughter Dior is from Redd's marriage to actress Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma on 'Good Times').
She is a former model, a singer, an actress, and a host. She was born in the Midwest at Girard, Ohio. Her parents were Albert and Winifred Bradley, the only girl of four children. She won the Miss Black California award in 1971. By the 1970's disco group called The Love Machine and Destination. Many of the younger generations know her for playing Mrs. Parker in the 1995 movie Friday. She worked on The Price is Right for years. Her 2014 memoir is called Backstage at the Price is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty." She loves her 2 children. She is married to mechanical engineer Terrence Redd. She was in Harlem Nights, Good Times, Amen, Family Feud in 1993, Martial Law, A House Divided,
She was in the 1989 movies 'Troop Beverly Hills' as Mrs. Shakar and 'Harlem Nights' as Lady. She is most famous for her role as Mrs. Parker in the 1995 movie 'Friday'.
Shortly after having testified during the lawsuit for slander and defamation of character (host and executive producer Bob Barker filed against model Holly Hallstrom), Bradley, along with longtime model Janice Pennington, was released from her modeling duties on The Price Is Right in October 2000. Barker lost his suit against Hallstrom and afterward fired Bradley, Pennington and other show staffers whose testimony contradicted Barker's. She accepted an undisclosed monetary settlement and did not pursue litigation.
In June 2014, she released her memoirs, Backstage at The Price Is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty.
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