Stephanie Edwards
Host/Journalist
About This Interview
In her interview for The Archive of American Television, Host/Actress Stephanie Edwards discusses her childhood in Minnesota and her intermittent success with acting upon moving west to Los Angeles. She recounts how journalist Ralph Story changed her life by advising her to "talk for a living" and appointing her co-host of his local L.A. talk show, Ralph Story's A.M. Edwards tells of her short-lived role as co-host of the ABC daytime morning show A. M. America in New York City, and comments on her dissatisfaction with the program and her subsequent return to Los Angeles to co-host Everyday with John Bennett Perry. She recalls her 18 year reign as spokesperson for Lucky Supermarkets, and details her nearly 30 years as co-host of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Edwards explains behind the scenes details about the parade, touches on co-host Bob Eubanks' love of practical jokes, and shares tales of her favorite Grand Marshalls: Sully Sullenberger and Kermit the Frog. Joetta Di Bella conducted the interview on July 20, 2010 in North Hollywood, CA.
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Highlights
On her favorite memory of The Tournament of Rosesparade - people get to start over each January 1st and are full of hope (01m 49s)
Stephanie Edwards on mentor and television journalist/host, Ralph Story - "you should talk for a living" (02m 20s)- On her on-air chemistry with Ralph Story (01m 02s)
- On newsman Peter Jennings telling her to save A.M. America (01m 02s)
- Stephanie Edwards on doing Everyday in 1978 and learning how to handle her migraines
Chapters
- Chapter 1
- On her childhood and early influences; on moving to Los Angeles
- On her first acting jobs in Los Angeles; on being mentored by reporter Ralph Story; on the end of her first marriage and the beginning of her second
- On interviewing; on her start as morning show co-host with Ralph Story; on hosting the ill-fated A.M. America in New York
- On her next morning show in L.A. and becoming spokeswoman for Lucky Supermarkets
- On being unhappy in New York and her disastrous experience on A.M. America
- Chapter 2
- On A.M. America's replacement by Good Morning America; on managing her migraines; on how much she enjoyed doing the program Everyday; on the death of her sister
- On her acting roles in Love, American Style and Marcus Welby, M.D.; on her role as spokesperson for Lucky supermarkets
- On becoming co-host of The Tournament of Roses parade on KTLA; on being fired and re-hired from hosting the parade; on the 2002 parade - the first after 9/11; on Sully Sullenberger serving as Grand Marshall of the 2009 parade
- Chapter 3
- On her favorite memories of The Tournament of Roses Parade; on the best career advice she ever received -- from Chuck Barris; on her current career goals and interests
- On age and gender discrimination; on her proudest achievement; on advice to aspiring hosts and how she'd like to be remembered
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I just googled Stephanie Edwards to see who she was due to a comment made to me on New Years Day. My husband and I did a four day tour with Talbot Tours to Monterey. Our bus driver by the name, Patrick, kept telling me I reminded him of someone who was famous. Well, on Jan 1, 20012 in the afternoon he got excited and told me, as he helped me off the bus, you look like Stephanie Edwards who use to be with the Tournament ofRosesParade. I told him I had not heard the name before and had only attended the Rose Parade in 2009. I never seemed to find time on New Year's morning to sit and watch any TV. I was always busy in the kitchen for the family. I checked out google and there she was. I loved the interview she did and what she informed about the black Stealth Bomber airplane. It was in 1970 years that I was driving down Bollinger Rd. in West San Jose when I saw this black v shaped airplane shoot across the sky in front of me. I thought we were being invaded by an un-identified flying object. I couldn't wait to tell my husband and three sons about the sighting that night.
She was a blessed lady to experience such a closeup and to sit in the cockpit of such a plane. Yes, I do resemble her and we might be the same age, ha ha.
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