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Jul 5, 2024 · Photo provided by Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman. It’s not really about her, yet it it is about her – sort of. 67 years ago, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman was the inspiration for her father’s fictional book about a girl who broke into the men’s world of surfing back in the 50s. A girl named Gidget.
Jun 29, 2024 · An Interview with Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman. Talking with Kathy, the line is blurred between what is fiction and what is reality in the best seller written by her father, Frederick Kohner. In today’s age of female surfers, it might be assumed that Kathy continued surfing all her life.
Jul 1, 2024 · Yes, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the mid-fifties Mailbu teen about whom the original book Gidget was written, returns to town on Friday, July 12, for a screening of the original Gidget movie released in 1957.
Jul 1, 2024 · The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) is thrilled to present “Gidget Comes to Coronado,” a special weekend featuring two events with Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman, the iconic surfer girl and real-life inspiration for the Gidget novel, TV shows, and film.
Jun 22, 2024 · Having grown up in New Jersey where seamlessly going from beach to nightlife was a part of summer culture, Kate never left home without a bottle of conditioner to treat her hair after a day in the saltwater.
Jun 29, 2024 · To top it all off, the real “Gidget,” Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, was the honorary chair. Her father, Frederick Kohner, wrote the novel “Gidget,” based on his daughter’s love of surfing. From there came the 1959 film starring Sandra Dee; Sally Field followed in the television version.
3 days ago · He is best known for having created the "Gidget" novels, which inspired a series of movies, two television series, three telemovies and a feature length animated film. He based the title character on his own daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman. Frederick Kohner died on July 7, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, aged 80. Marriage record: TEPLICE (o.
