Jody Katt is the daughter of Barbara Hale and her husband Bill Williams. Jody Katt’s father Williams was an American television and film actor. Katt’s father, Williams is best known for his starring role in the early television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, which aired in syndication from 1951 to 1955.

Katt: Bio Summary

Jody Katt was born it her parent, Barbara Hale and Bill Williams on 24 July 1947, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She is 75 years old, as of 2022. Katt is not the only child of her parents, she has two other siblings. They are Juanita Katt and William Katt.

Jody Katt’s mother, Hale was an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street in the television series Perry Mason, earning her a 1959 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised the role in 30 Perry Mason made-for-television movies.

How did her parents meet and started their relationship? In 1945, during the filming of West of the Pecos, Hale met actor Bill Williams. The couple fell in love and dated for sometime before getting married. They got married on June 22, 1946, in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones.

Katt’s parents remained married until her father, Williams’s died from cancer on September 21, 1992.  He died of a brain tumor at age 77 in 1992 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

Jody Katt’s mother, Hale, at age 94, died at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, on January 26, 2017, of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) next to her husband.

For her father’s contributions to television, Bill Williams has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is at 6161 Hollywood Blvd.

Jody Katt’s mother Hale was also recognized as a Star of Television (with a marker at 1628 Vine Street) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960. 

Jody Katt’s mother also won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series in 1959 and was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series in 1961.

She was presented at one of the Golden Boot Awards in 2001 for her contributions to western cinema.

Jody Katt’s brother Williams is also a well-known American actor and singer who starred in the television series The Greatest American Hero. In the original film version of Carrie (1976), he first became recognized for playing Tommy Ross, Carrie White’s ill-fated prom date, and afterward acted in films such as First Love (1977), Big Wednesday (1978), and Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). Between 1985 and 1988, he appeared in nine Perry Mason television films alongside his mother, Barbara Hale, who repeated her role as Della Street from the Perry Mason television series.

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