Emmy Winner    -    2001

Outstanding Game Show Host
Regis Philbin - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
 

Congratulations to Regis Philbin and the crew of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.-WWTBAMFanatics

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Birth Name: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin

Birthdate: August 25, 1933

Birthplace: New York, NY
Occupations: Actor, TV/radio host
Quote: "I had a blocked artery. The great thing about it was that all the
people sitting
at home, watching on the couch, feeling the same thing...got up and
called the doctor.
I still get letters thanking me for saving people's lives." --Us, February, 1997

Is that your Final Answer?-2000

Claim to Fame: Cohost of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-present) - New host - Kelly Ripa

Significant Other(s):

Wife: Kay Faylan, actor; first wife; married, 1955; divorced, 1968
Wife: Joy Philbin (née Joy Senese); married 1970; occasionally serves as substitute host for Kathie Lee Gifford on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

Family:

Father: Frank Philbin, personnel manager
Mother: Florence Philbin
Daughter: Amy Philbin; born 1961; mother, Kay Faylan
Son: Daniel Philbin; born 1967; mother, Kay Faylan
Daughter: Joanna Philbin; born 1973; mother, Joy Philbin
Daughter: Jennifer Philbin (aka J J Philbin); mother, Joy Philbin


Factoids:
Was Joey Bishop's sidekick on ABC's "The Joey Bishop Show" (1967-1969)
Had cameo in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*but Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)

Education:
Cardinal Hays High School, Bronx, New York
Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana; B.A., Sociology, 1953




During the 35 years since he first stepped in front of a camera, Regis Philbin has enjoyed more success with more shows than possibly any other individual on television. In addition to hosting the blockbuster hit series Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Philbin is also the co-host of the top-rated daytime talk show LIVE With Regis, now in its thirteenth season in syndication.

A ten-time Emmy Award nominee (nine as the co-host of LIVE and one as the host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire), Philbin was recently honored by New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani with a Crystal Apple Award for his contributions to the New York Television industry.

Philbin has successfully branched out into non-broadcasting areas. He has written two best-selling memoirs -- I'm Only One Man! and Who Wants To Be Me? He also recently launched a new line of shirts and ties by Phillips-Van Heusen, inspired by his sartorial look on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

A native of New York City, Philbin is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Joy (a frequent LIVE co-host and host of her own interior decorating show, Haven), live in Manhattan and Connecticut. They have two grown daughters, Joanna and Jennifer.

Thanks ABC for some of that info.