Kathy Garver

Kathy Garver
Kathy Garver at the Golden Halo Awards 2014 in Hollywood, California
Born
Kathleen Marie Garver

(1945-12-13) December 13, 1945
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • speaker
  • author
Years active1952–present
Spouse
David Travis
(m. 1981)
Children1
WebsiteOfficial website

Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945) is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, 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, after that, she 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), and X Child Stars: Where are They Now? (2016).

She was a guest star on an episode of The Big Valley.