Name |
Cristina Ferrare |
Height |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
8-February-1950 |
Place of Birth |
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Cristina Ferrare is a former fashion model, actress, author and television talk-show host. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she was 14 years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where her beauty landed her a contract with a major modeling agency and then with 20th Century Fox film studios. Ferrare had a brief speaking part in a Batman TV episode featuring Chad and Jeremy and was credited as Cindy Ferrare. Later, she starred in the 1968 movie The Impossible Years and appeared opposite Cliff Robertson in J. W. Coop (1971). She was a top model and was featured as cover girl many times over on a variety of fashion magazines.
Ferrare was the spokesperson for Max Factor between the ages of 16 and 26 and a host/presenter on various television programs during the 1970s and 1980s including AM Los Angeles, Incredible Sunday and Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. She has also written a number of books including Cristina Ferrare’s Family Entertaining, "Cristina Ferrare Style: How To Have It In Every Part of Your Life", Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache and Realistically Ever After.
Ferrare has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show in her own cooking segments with Oprah. Winfrey is a fan of Ferrare's cooking and cookbook and frequently features her in her magazine "O" as well as on her website with great cooking recipes. Ferrare premiered in her new show Big Bowl Of Love on Oprah Winfrey's network (OWN) on January 3, 2011 with Iron Chef Cat Cora as the show’s first guest. Big Bowl of Love follows Ferrare cooking recipes alongside her friends, family, and other guests.