Kathi Norris was an American

United States

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 television hostess.

Career

Norris hosted the first daytime talk show

Talk show

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 on WABD, the DuMont Television Network

DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...

 flagship TV station in New York City

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. The show was known by the alternate titles TV Shopper

TV Shopper

TV Shopper, also known as Your Television Shopper or The Kathi Norris Show, was an early American daytime television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network at 10:30 am EST from November 1, 1948 to December 1, 1950...

or Your Television Shopper, which ran on DuMont from 1 November 1948 to 1 December 1950, and as The Kathi Norris Show which ran from 1950 to 1955 on DuMont, and on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 from 1955 to 1957.

Norris also was host of the DuMont game show

Game show

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 Spin the Picture

Spin the Picture

Spin the Picture was an early American game show which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The hosts telephoned home viewers to see if they could identify a famous person within a spinning photograph....

(9 June 1949 -4 February 1950), and was host of the syndicated TV series True Story (1957–1961) produced by her husband Wilbur Stark (1912–1995). Norris also appeared in the TV series Modern Romances (NBC

NBC

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, 1954) and did occasional women's segments for The Today Show with Dave Garroway

Dave Garroway

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. Model and film actress Koo Stark

Koo Stark

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 is her daughter with Stark. Norris was married to 1950s TV host Carl Caruso from 1979 until her death. She and Caruso had co-hosted Spin the Picture.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

External links

• Kathi Norris at IMDB