Cathy Lee Crosby (born December 2, 1944) is an American actress and former professional tennis player. She achieved TV and film success in the 1980s and was a co-host of the television series That's Incredible![1][2]
Early life
Crosby was born in Los Angeles, the middle daughter of three.[3] Her father, Louis Clayton Crosby, was a scriptwriter-songwriter (he was also the National Commercial Spokesman for Dodge Automobiles on The Lawrence Welk Show),[4][5][6][7] and her mother, Linda Hayes, was "an RKO contract actress in the 1940s".[3][8] Her parents eventually separated, and her father relocated to Australia.[8]
She excelled at tennis as a youth, starting the game at age 12.[3] She was ranked as high as #7 in singles[8] in US junior tennis competition and #4 in doubles,[9] which she often played with her elder sister, Linda Lou, as her partner.[8]
In 1974, she starred as the title character in the television filmWonder Woman,[8] a year before Lynda Carter popularized the role in the weekly series Wonder Woman. In 1975, she guest starred as Helen of Troy in an episode of the scifi/horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Crosby starred in the movie Trackdown (1976), the TV movie Keefer (1978), and in Coach (1978), in which she played the coach of a high school basketball team who falls for one of her players. She played Libby Hall in S2 E16 of "The Love Boat" (1979).
Crosby was married at age 21 to Alexander Wilfred Ingle on July 30, 1966; they divorced in 1968.[3] She dated actor Richard Roundtree during the mid 1970s.[10]
She was in a relationship with football star Joe Theismann[11] throughout the early 1980s. Their romantic relationship ended in 1991, after which she sued him for $4.5 million because he "abandoned his promise to financially support her".[12] Theismann responded with a countersuit, ultimately leading to both settling out of court.[13]
