Kathy Griffin Biography

Kathy Griffin is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her role as a supporting character in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan (1996–2000).

Kathy Griffin Age | How Old Is Kathy Griffin?

Griffin is 61 years old as of 2021. She was born Kathleen Mary Griffin on November 4, 1960, in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

Kathy Griffin Height

Griffin stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall.

Kathy Griffin Family / Parents

Griffin is the daughter of Mary Margaret “Maggie” Griffin (née Corbally) and John Patrick Griffin, both first-generation Irish Americans. Her mother worked as a cashier for Oak Park Hospital. Her father died on February 17, 2007, of heart failure during the shooting of the third season of her reality show; he was 91 years old. The episode related to his death aired on June 19, 2007.

Kathy Griffin Siblings

Griffin has four older siblings: Kenny Griffin, Joyce Griffin (who died in 2017), Gary Griffin (who died in 2014), and John Griffin. Her brother Gary and her sister Joyce both died from cancer.

Kathy Griffin Husband

Griffin married Washington, D.C., native Matt Moline on February 18, 2001, but the couple divorced in May 2006. Griffin had her tattooed wedding ring laser-removed after her divorce. From 2012 until November 2018, she was in a relationship with marketing executive Randy Bick. They reconciled in April 2019. Griffin resided in the Hollywood Hills from 2004 to 2016. On January 1, 2020, Griffin married Bick at her home in a ceremony officiated by comedian Lily Tomlin.

Kathy Griffin Early life

Griffin described herself as “a kid who needed to talk, all the time” during her early years. She would often visit her neighbors, the Bowens, to tell them stories about her family; she has referred to those visits as her first live shows and the place where she learned “the power of juicy material”.

After most of her siblings had moved, she often spent hours alone in the house and developed a binge eating disorder. Griffin explained that even though eating disorders were not very well known at that time, she knew her eating behavior was aberrant and always threw the garbage away in the neighbor’s can.

In her 2009 autobiography Official Book Club Selection, she confessed that she “still suffers [from food issues]” but has learned to “deal with them”. In the same book, she discussed her eldest brother, Kenny, who was a drug addict and homeless at various times, and revealed that she was “afraid of him until the moment he died” due to his violent, abusive nature.

Griffin states that her brother would climb into bed with her when he was 30 and she was 7 and “whisper” into her ears; Kathy refused to speak to him or be in the same room as him for years but did not tell her parents until she was in her twenties, at which point he openly admitted pedophilia to their parents.

Kathy Griffin Career

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and became a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. Griffin has starred in several comedy specials for cable TV and has released several comedy albums. She has also appeared on TV and on film numerous times, mainly in supporting roles.

She has released six comedy albums, all of which received Grammy Award nominations. Her first album, For Your Consideration released in 2008, made her the first female comedian to debut at the top of the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart.

She began performing as a stand-up comedian in the 1990s and has taped numerous stand-up comedy specials with HBO and Bravo. She has also appeared as a guest star on several television shows. For the latter network, Griffin has recorded 16 television specials, breaking the Guinness World record for the number of aired TV specials on any network, by any comedian in the history of comedy.

Griffin’s Bravo reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005–2010) became ratings hit for the network and earned her two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Program. In 2011, Griffin also became the first comedian to have four televised specials in a year. She has also participated in two USO tours.

Aside from her comedy career, Griffin is an LGBT activist involved in causes such as same-sex marriage and the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell”. She is known for her conversational style and controversial statements on celebrities, religion, and sexuality. In 2007 and 2008, she won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. After being nominated for six years in a row for the Grammy for Best Comedy Album, Griffin won the award in 2014.

Kathy Griffin Net Worth

Griffin has an estimated net worth of $35 million dollars which she has earned through her career as an actress.

Kathy Griffin Lung Cancer and Surgery

In August 2021, Kathy announced that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer and needed to have half of her left lung removed.

Kathy Griffin Surgery

On August 2, she had surgery for lung cancer, saying before the procedure that doctors “are very optimistic” that she can make a full recovery and even avoid chemotherapy. A representative said on Monday afternoon that the surgery “went well and as planned.” The spokesperson said, “Kathy is now in recovery now and resting, Doctors say the procedure was normal without any surprises.”

Kathy Griffin Plastic Surgery

Griffin is an outspoken opponent of LASIK eye surgery, having endured a series of operations for her own eyesight that left her partially blind in one eye with a visible eyeball deformity. She is open about her multiple plastic surgeries and jokes that the fat “was donated to a soup kitchen” after her liposuction procedure.

Kathy Griffin Jewish

Griffin describes herself as a “non-believer”. In her book Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, she said that while in high school, she fell away from the Roman Catholic Church. She considered becoming a Unitarian but was not sure what that would involve. On March 9, 2008, she became an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church. In a 2006 interview, Griffin said she does not drink alcohol.

Kathy Griffin Book

• 2016: Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index
• 2009: Official Book Club Selection

Kathy Griffin Trump

Back in 2017 griffin took a picture with a Donald Trump mask, it wasn’t just a mask though, the picture showed her holding a mask of Trump’s severed head covered in ketchup. The viral picture created a huge scandal that resulted in her getting fired from her annual New Year’s Eve job as a co-host for CNN with Cooper. 25 Theaters also canceled her upcoming shows. The picture led to her receiving death threats from people, they even threatened her mother and sister who was at the hospital then.

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Griffin.

Kathy Griffin Movies

Kathy Griffin Tv Shows

Kathy Griffin Stand Up

• HBO Comedy Half-Hour (1996)
• Kathy Griffin: Hot Cup of Talk (1998)
• Kathy Griffin: The D-List (2004)
• Kathy Griffin: Allegedly (2004)
• Kathy Griffin Is…Not Nicole Kidman (2005)
• Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman (2006)
• Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It (2007)
• Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell (2007)
• Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch (2009)
• Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel (2009)
• Kathy Griffin: Does the Bible Belt (2010)
• Kathy Griffin: Whores on Crutches (2010)
• Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant (2011)
• Kathy Griffin: Gurrl Down! (2011)
• Kathy Griffin: Pants Off (2011)
• Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker (2011)
• Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class (2012)
• Kathy Griffin: Kennedie Center On-Hers (2013)
• Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl (2013)
• Kathy Griffin: Record Breaker (2013)