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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.
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.
Jun 20, 2016 · Los Angeles native Kathy Kohner started learning to surf in the summer of ’56 and earned the nickname “Gidget” because a Malibu regular Terry “Tubesteak” Tracy thought the 5-foot-tall ...
Sep 2, 2015 · To wrap up the series, Comet interviewed Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, the real Gidget whose summer story inspired her screenwriter father to write a book. The conversation was delightful. Ms. Zuckerman was down-to-Earth and it felt like talking and laughing with an old friend.
Jul 19, 2018 · In 1956, an athletic 15-year-old from Brentwood named Kathy Kohner wandered down the quiet beach in Malibu. She had escaped the stuffy cultural confines of a beach house where her parents,...
