Kathy Garver
Kathy Garver | |
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Kathy Garver at the Golden Halo Awards 2014 in Hollywood, California | |
| Born | Kathleen Marie Garver December 13, 1945 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse |
David Travis (m. 1981) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | Official website |
Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945) is an American actress best known for portraying Catherine "Cissy" Davis on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom, Family Affair. Before that, she was cast by Cecil B. DeMille in the film The Ten Commandments (1956) and later provided the voice of Firestar in the animated television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83). Garver authored The Family Affair Cookbook (2009), Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood (2015), X Child Stars: Where are They Now? (2016) The Family Affair Scrapbook, and the newest book Romancing with the Stars: Inspiring Hollywood Love Stories which launched on Valentine’s Day of 2026.
She was a guest star on an episode of The Big Valley.