Kathryn Ish (February 18, 1936 – December 31, 2007) was an American Broadway theater, film, television and voiceover actress.
While living in San Francisco, Ish became a founding member of The Committee Theater, which she performed with during the 1960s and 1970s.
[1] In the late 1960s, she appeared on a local ABC TV game show moderated by Jim Lange called "Oh My Word,"[3] in which panelists (Ish, Merla Zellerbach, Scott Beach and Paul Speegle[4][5]) offered definitions of obscure words to contestants who had to guess the right meaning to win.
[6] Ish appeared in over 100 films and television shows throughout her career, including WKRP in Cincinnati, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, and The American President (1995).
[2] She worked as an acting and singing teacher at Santa Barbara City College during her later years.