Bob Barker

Biography

Born 12/12/1923

The ultimate TV game show host, from that uncannily appropriate name--even though it is his birthname--to a middle-aged model's look and endlessly genial style that perfectly embodies the "beat the system and win something" thrust behind capitalist culture's enduring fascination with the genre.

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Filmography

Happy Gilmore (1996)

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Awards

In 2004, received Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host
In 1999/00, received Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host
In 1999, received Daytime Emmy for Lifetime Achievement

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Highlights

In 1999, Hospitalized in September and underwent emergency surgery for a blocked artery
In 1996, Made feature acting debut in "Happy Gilmore"
In 1994, Gained attention in the tabloids for allegedly having an affair with Dian Parkinson, one of the regular models on "The Price Is Right"

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Family & Companions

Dorothy Jo Barker: wife (high school sweethearts; married from January 12, 1945 until her death in October 1981 from cancer at age 57)
Dian Parkinson: born c. 1946; worked on "Price Is Right"; began relationship in 1989 which ended in 1991; in 1994, she filed an $8 million lawsuit alleging sexual harassment; Barker held press conference to deny charges; Parkinson withdrew the suit in 1995
Nancy Burnet: has had on-again, off-again relationship since 1983

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