Kathleen Bradley


Kathleen Joann Bradley is an American former model, former singer, actress and host. Bradley is primarily known as a "Barker's Beauty" on the CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right from 1990 until 2000. Bradley is noted as the first permanent African-American model on the show.

Career

Born to Albert and Winifred Bradley in Girard, Ohio, Bradley was the only girl of four brothers. Bradley won the "Miss Black California" award in 1971. In the 1970s, Bradley was part of two short-lived disco groups, The Love Machine and Destination. Bradley played the role of Mrs. Parker in the 1995 movie Friday.

Departure from ''The Price Is Right''

Bradley, along with longtime model Janice Pennington, was released from her modeling duties on The Price Is Right in October 2000, shortly after having testified during the lawsuit for slander and defamation of character host Bob Barker filed against model Holly Hallstrom. 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, 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. Bradley has been married to mechanical engineer Terrence Redd since 1988. Bradley has two children; a daughter, Cheyenne Overton from her marriage with Overton, Terrence Redd II. Bradley's stepdaughter Dior is from Redd's marriage to actress Bern Nadette Stanis.