Kathie Sullivan (born May 31, 1953) is an American-born singer who appeared on television's The Lawrence Welk Show from 1976 to 1982.
She was discovered by Lawrence Welk while attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison,[1] where she was the local Miss Champagne Lady in a show that went on the road.
She was hired by Welk in 1976 just 9 credits short of finishing her Bachelor’s Degree, which she ultimately completed as an adult while raising her family.
Today, she continues to perform, mostly at retirement communities for seniors, and has hosted wraparounds for Welk repeats aired on PBS.
Once believed to be romantically involved with Andy Kaufman, with whom she appeared on a 1981 episode of Fridays[2] (the incident was a hoax),[3] she married her high school boyfriend Hugh Tollack in 1986 and is the mother of two daughters.