One of the troubles that child stars get into is that they are cute little kids and one of the reasons they are chosen is because they can follow directions. I taught voiceover for 20 years, and I tell voiceover actors that they really need to learn their skills. “It’s a banner year for books.”įor young and aspiring actors, she said, “Learn your craft. “I have three books coming out this year,” she said. This year, in addition to the re-release of Surviving Cissy, she has two more books scheduled for publication: TV Dinners with a Side Dish of Stars will be available in May and to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Family Affair, Family Affair: A Pictorial Scrapbook will be released in September. She then compiled a cookbook, Holiday Recipes for a Family Affair, which was published in 2019. X-Child Stars: Where Are They Now was launched in 2016. In 2015, her memoir Surviving Cissy: My Family Affair of Life in Hollywood was released and sold out in three months, and it was recently released in paperback. Her first book, The Family Affair Cookbook, was a tasty trip down memory lane complete with anecdotes and photos and received favorable reviews. She also added the words “bestselling author” to her long list of accomplishments. “Playing Cissy was a combination of the character they had written and my own being, and we kind of got along well,” she said with a sweet laugh. Cissy was a very wholesome, responsible, and sweet girl, and I liked her.” “When an actress is playing a character you can’t do anything else without using your own personal emotions and who you are. “Cissy was an amalgam of my character,” she admitted. The show continues to be popular today pleasing old and new audiences worldwide, a true classic. Cissy Davis was the teenage niece of Uncle Bill Davis (played by the late but great Brian Keith). Garver embraced the role of Cissy for five years in one of the warmest and most enduring series of the ’60s and ’70s.
She continues garnering critical acclaim in movies, stage, radio, voice-over animation, as an author and audio book narration.
Throughout her respected career in acting and entertainment, she is remembered for her starring role as Cissy in the long-running hit CBS television series, Family Affair. Veteran actress, author, producer, and speaker Kathy Garver (“Family Affair” fame) chatted with Digital Journal’s Markos Papadatos about her latest endeavors.
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