Jenny Jones

TV Show Host

Birthday June 7, 1946

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Bethlehem, Palestine

Age 78 years old

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About

TV talk show host and advocate against breast implants whose show welcomed myriad eclectic guests from 1991 to 2003. Her talk show, which ran for 12 years, was called The Jenny Jones Show. 

Before Fame

She once played the drums in a rock band. She was also a contestant on the game show "Press Your Luck" in 1985.

Trivia

Also a honorary chairperson for the Susan G. Komen Chicago Race for the Cure, she donated 100% of the proceeds from her two books to breast cancer research.

Family Life

She was married to her first husband, Al Gambino, from 1970 until 1972. She then married Buz Wilburn in 1973 up until 1980. 

Associated With

Critics compared her show to Jerry Springer's as they were both daytime talk shows, though Springer's was cruder and more outlandish.