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Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman (born January 19, 1941) is the real-life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie (nicknamed Gidget) from the 1957 novel, Gidget: The Little Girl with Big Ideas, written by her father Frederick Kohner.
Mar 4, 2021 · Kathy Zuckerman no longer surfs, but she includes the beach on her daily two-hour walk. Recently, she strolled Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles County, near her home.
Kathy Kohner Zuckerman was a teenage surfer girl in Malibu who inspired her father to write a novel and a Hollywood film about her adventures. The movie "Gidget" made surfing mainstream and influenced generations of female surfers and surf culture.
Jun 18, 2011 · Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman: "I'm the REAL Gidget!" In 1957 Frederick Kohner published a novel based almost entirely on his teenage daughter, Kathy and her life in the early days of Malibu surf...
Jul 11, 2019 · To lift the community’s spirits, it turned to the 1959 film. A special screening held recently packed the house. And front and center at the event was Kathy Kohner — now Kathy Zuckerman.
Kathy Kohner Zuckerman is the original Gidget, the girl who inspired her father's novel and Hollywood's first surf film. She quit surfing for college, but returned to the sport in the late-'90s and became a surfing legend.
Aug 12, 2014 · Sandra Dee may popularly be known as Gidget from the eponymous movie, but the character was based on Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, whose father wrote "Gidget: The Little Girl with Big Ideas" after he...
