Kathleen Bradley 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 RightJET Magazine - May 4, 1992JET Magazine - The Price Is Right! - August 19, 1996 from 1990 until 2000. She is noted as the first permanent African American model on the show.Atlanta Black Star - Showtime Series, 36-24-36 Reveals the Racism and Sexism The First Black TV Model of The Price Is Right Faced - October 29, 2015
Career Born to Albert and Winifred Bradley in Girard, Ohio, Bradley was the only girl of four children. 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 played the role of Mrs. Parker in the 1995 movie Friday. Twenty-nine years later, both Cube and Bradley appeared together again in his music video "It's My Ego",It's My Ego | Ice Cube (starts at 0:17/4:00) where she appears as a churchgoer in a matching blue dress and wide-brimmed hat in 2024.
Departure from The Price Is Right
Bradley, along with longtime model Janice Pennington, was released from her modeling duties on The Price Is Right on October 19, 2000,E! True Hollywood Story: The Price is Right (2002) (38:50-42:22) 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's final episode aired on December 13, 2000.The Price is Right: December 13, 2000 Barker lost his suit against Hallstrom. Bradley alleged that she and Pennington were fired for their testimonies in that lawsuit and negotiated a financial settlement in lieu of a lawsuit. Barker insisted that Bradley's accusation was untrue and that the dismissal stemmed from a change in ownership, and also stated that he appreciated Pennington's testimony.
In June 2014, Bradley released her memoirs, Backstage at The Price Is Right: Memoirs of a Barker Beauty.
Personal Bradley has been married twice. Her first marriage was to actor Bill Overton from 1980 to 1984.JET Magazine - Jayne Kennedy, Bill Overton: Newlyweds Talk About Love, Marriage, Baby And Careers - August 3, 1985 She has been married to mechanical engineer Terrence Redd since 1988.Ebony Magazine - Stepmom - May 2000 She has two children; a daughter, Cheyenne Overton, from her marriage with Overton;Ebony - 2000 and their son Terrence Redd II. Her stepdaughter Dior is from Redd's marriage to actress Bern Nadette Stanis.JET Magazine - Kathleen Bradley 'Price Is Right' Model Juggles Motherhood And TV Career - June 3, 1996
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Troop Beverly Hills Mrs. Shakar Harlem Nights Lady 1987 Perfume Vashtii 1995 Friday Mrs. Parker 2000 An Everlasting Piece Bronagh's Cousin 2007 The Stolen Moments of September Mohogany 2014 Bitter Inheritance Mrs. Morgan Short 2016 All-Star Party for Kathleen Bradley Guest of Honor TV Movie 2018 Men-O-Pause- Ages of the Colors of Love Stageplay Brown Video 2020 She's the One Judge Jenny 2021 Dice Game Pt. 2 Mrs. Parker Video short A Day of Trouble Yvonne
Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 Good Times The Nurse Episode: "Blood Will Tell" 1988 Amen Bailiff Episode: "Deacon Dearest" 1990-2000 The Price Is Right Herself/model Main Cast: Season 19-29 1993 Family Feud Herself Episode: "The Price Is Right vs. the Young and the Restless" 1994 The Suzanne Somers Show Herself Episode: "Episode #1.47" 1997 Access Hollywood Herself Episode: "Daytime Television" 1998 Martial Law The Price Is Right Hostess Episode: "Shanghai Express" 2002 E! True Hollywood Story Herself Episode: "The Price Is Right" 2005 Negermagasinet Herself Episode: "Bubba Smith" 2016-18 Grey's Anatomy O.R. Nurse 2 Episodes 2019 A House Divided Pamela 2 Episodes
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