Bunny Gibson

Kathleen Elizabeth "Bunny" Gibson (born January 19, 1946) is an American actress and dancer on the American Bandstand television program. Teen magazines referred to her as "American Bandstand's Sweetheart" and Dick Clark called her a "national symbol" receiving thousands of letters each week.

Early life

Kathleen Elizabeth Gibson was born in 1946 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and grew up in Darby, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. The Bubbies have been guests on Access Hollywood, TMZ, and Steve Harvey.

Gibson has appeared in many "Funny or Die" videos, such as "Beauty and the Beast" a video with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, "Parent News 2: What is the Internet" with Fred Willard, "Getaway Grandmother's Club", "Ransom", "Instagram Intervention with Troilan Bellisario", "Patton Oswalt Confronts His Haters", and "Free Mammograms with Eric Andre, "The Liarist" with Haley Joel Osment and "Christmas Caroling" with Brittany Snow.

Gibson also appeared with Derek Waters as Bernie Arthur's Mother in "Comedy Central's Non-Denominational Christmas Special".

Recent Music Videos include "Rapping" French Montana's "50's & 100's" as French Montana, playing "Chary" in T.J. Stafford's "Chary". Recent Music videos include T. J. Stafford's "Chary", "Licenciado Cantinas the Movie" with Enrique Bunbury, "Falling in Reverse" with Ronnie Radke and "I Am Robert Raimon Roy".

In 1998, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster featured Gibson in their The Century Book and The Century Book for Young People, which is used in high schools across America. In the years since, Bunny has helped many students across America with term papers comparing their life with the way things were for her.

Charity

In the 1990s, Gibson founded an organization to help the homeless, Americans Sheltering America's Poor (ASAP). She converted an office into an apartment and distributed food from her car to the homeless on L.A.'s skid row.

In the late 1990s, Gibson started the "Dancing Is Our Drug of Choice" program, which continues today, conducting dance contests for foster children through the "Day of the Child."

Personal life

Bunny married Don Traverelli in 1963; she was 16 and he was 21. They had two daughters, Angel and Maria.

Newspaper articles

Archilla, Dylan M. Indianapolis Prime Times, "Growing Up On American Bandstand," September 13, 2003 Blackmon, Robert. National Enquirer, "American Bandstand Made a Bride," May 21, 2002 Brenner, Sheri. Northeast Times, "Bandstand's Bunny Still Hoppin'," August 13, 1997 Burkhart, Michael T. Camden Courier-Post, "New Jersey Fans Delight In Dick Clark's Rockin Return," August 21, 2005 Bust Magazine, July/August 2019 Bykofsky, Stu. Philadelphia Daily News, "Teens for a Day," August 6, 1997 Comegno, Carol. Courier-Post, March 25, 2019, South Jersey 'Bandstand' dancer talks new TV dating program on Steve Harvey's show Daly, Sean. Philadelphia Daily News, "Bandstand Goes Gold," April 24, 2002 Darrow, Chuck. Camden Courier-Post, "South Jersey Dancers Recall Bandstand Days," April 28, 2002 Detweiler, Margit. Philadelphia City Paper, "We're Goin' Hoppin'," April 4–10, 1997 Dobuzinskis, Alex. Los Angeles Daily News, "Holding out for a hero," November 22, 2004 Finnegan, Christian. "Bandstand Mural Celebrates a Classic," April 3–5, 2007 Francis, Naila. Times Herald, "Teens high on anti-drug message," November 24, 1997 Gross, Dan. Philadelphia Daily News, "Benefit for Bunny Gibson," October 11, 2006 Gross, Dan. The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 2010 Gross, Dan. The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 2009 Gross, Dan. The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 2009 Grossberg, Josh. Daily Breeze, "Watching her life pass before your eyes," January 18, 2004 Hype Magazine, February 8, 2019 John-Hall, Annette. The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Nice beat, nasty ban," July 26, 2009 Klein, Michael. The Philadelphia Inquirer, "A match made on Bandstand," January 13, 2002 Kuklenski, Valerie. Woodland Hills (Calif.) Daily News, "Sock Hop On Stage," April 28, 2004 Margit Detweiler. Philadelphia City Paper, "The in Crowd," August 1, 1997 Martinez, Al. Los Angeles Times, "Bunny, Queen of the Hop," August 13, 1994 McCarthy, Kelly. Main Line Today magazine, "Living An American Dream," January 2004 Miller, Karalee. The Kansas City Star, "His dream girl becomes a reality," May 14, 2002 Moorhouse, Ed. Burlington County Times, "Queen of the hop returns for the Celebration," August 3, 2007 New York Newsday, March 18, 2019 Ocamb, Karen. Los Angeles (Calif.) In, "The Gay Twist on American Bandstand," October 18, 2004 Pacheco, Della. Indianapolis/Cincinnati Prime Times, "Growing up on American Bandstand," October 2003 Parade magazine. "The Century: I saw it happen," November 8, 1998 Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers, March 5, 2019 Philadelphia Weekend Metro. "Bandstand Mural Celebrates a Classic," August 3, 2007 Prokop, Diane. Times Newspaper (Lifestyle Section), "Star in Her Eyes," April 29. 2010 Prokup, Diane. Northeast Times NewsWeekly, "Those Were the Days," August 9, 2007 Rama's Review, September 20, 2019 Rothschild, Barbara S. Courier-Post, "Time on 'Bandstand' changed dancer's life," August 2, 2007 Rowe, Mark. Valley Scene Magazine, "Rocking with American Bandstand," May 17–27, 2010 Shannon, Trana. Valley Scene Magazine, "Original Bandstander dances with a new generation," May 14–27, 2004 Starr, Michael. New York Post, "Star Report," September 24, 2003 Szumowski, Debbie. Fishtown Star, Philadelphia A 0, "Bunny and Bob share Bandstand memories," January 28, 1998 Takiff, Johnathan. Philadelphia Daily News, "A great friend turns 50," May 2, 2002 Talent, Frank. South Philadelphia American, September 12, 1997 Talent, Frank. South Philadelphia American, September 16, 1997 The Argonaut, "Dancing - Return of the Regulars," January 15, 2003 The A.V. Club, September 20, 2019 The Savvy Screener, February 12, 2020 The Savvy Screener, February 6, 2019 Welch, Stephanie Hammonds. Primo Magazine, "American Bandstand," 1st Edition 2013 Williams, Tom. The Sandpiper (N.J.), "American Bandstand's back with American Dreams," October 4, 2002

Books "The Century Book for Young People," Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster, Doubleday (1999), p. 147 "Bandstand The Untold Story," Stanley J. Blitz, Cornucopia Productions (1997), p. 137 "Rock, Roll & Remember," Dick Clark and Richard Robinson, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1976), pgs. 75, 77, 79 "Dick Clark And The Making Of A Rock 'n' Roll Empire," John A. Jackson, Oxford University Press (1997), pgs. 197, 210