I’m Almost 81 and Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life: A conversation with Kathryn Leigh Scott
Season 2, Episode 81, Jun 15, 2023, 12:30 AM
It is no longer unusual for a woman to live well into her 80s or 90s, allowing for multiple career chapters. Today, my guest is 80-year-old former Playboy Bunny, actor, and author Kathryn Leigh Scott.
Kathryn Leigh Scott is best known as the actor who was the leading lady of NBCs Dark Shadow, the gothic vampire drama that is now a cult classic.
In this episode, we discuss what keeps someone youthful and productive from decade to decade. :
Kathryn Leigh Scott is best known as the actor who was the leading lady of NBCs Dark Shadow, the gothic vampire drama that is now a cult classic.
In this episode, we discuss what keeps someone youthful and productive from decade to decade. :
- Why being in her 80s is an exciting time of life
- Kathryn Leigh Scott’s experience as a Playboy Bunny, and how it changed her
- The story behind the Gloria Steinem article
- Kathryn’s years as the lead actress in Dark Shadows
- Her acting life post Dark Shadows
- Kathryn’s writing career
- What comes next
Kathryn Leigh Scott
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Best known for playing multiple roles in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows Kathryn Leigh Scott has also appeared in many other movies and TV shows. She is a prolific author and a former Playboy Bunny. She’s appeared in The Eleventh Green, Three Christs (2020) with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York (2020). In addition to The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Bunnies), Katherine has written four novels, September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, and Dark Passages; a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press), and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite
Articles by Katherine Leigh Scott
I’m turning 80 and Why I Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life
https://www.aarpethel.com/fulfillment/im-turning-80
Why This May Be the Best Time of the Day to Have Sex
https://www.aarpethel.com/relationships/why-this-might-be-the-best-time-of-day-to-have-sex
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
https://www.kathrynleighscott.com
https://twitter.com/kathleighscott
https://www.instagram.com/kathrynleighscott
Best known for playing multiple roles in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows Kathryn Leigh Scott has also appeared in many other movies and TV shows. She is a prolific author and a former Playboy Bunny. She’s appeared in The Eleventh Green, Three Christs (2020) with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York (2020). In addition to The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Bunnies), Katherine has written four novels, September Girl, Jinxed, Down and Out in Beverly Heels, and Dark Passages; a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press), and a trilogy of books on caregiving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours and A Welcome Respite
Articles by Katherine Leigh Scott
I’m turning 80 and Why I Couldn’t Be Happier with That Number and My Life
https://www.aarpethel.com/fulfillment/im-turning-80
Why This May Be the Best Time of the Day to Have Sex
https://www.aarpethel.com/relationships/why-this-might-be-the-best-time-of-day-to-have-sex
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy