Elaine Trebek Kares
| Elaine Trebek Kares | |
|---|---|
| Born | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Elaine Callei |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, businesswoman |
| Spouse(s) |
Louis Callei (m. ? - bef. 1974) Alex Trebek (m. 1974; div. 1981) Peter Kares |
Elaine Trebek Kares, formerly known as Elaine Callei, is an American businesswoman.
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, and a journalism graduate of Ohio State University,[1] she was a Playboy Bunny in the 1960s under the pseudonym Teddy Howard.[2] With her first husband Louis Callei, she later moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she ran her own promotion and party planning business[1] before joining CHCH-TV in Hamilton as host of a daily talk show, Call Callei. The show was noted particularly for Callei's boundary-pushing interest in sexual topics; her 1972 interview with Xaviera Hollander led to a reprimand from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in early 1973.[3]
She left CHCH to take over as cohost of CTV's Canada AM in February 1973,[4] after Carole Taylor left the program to join W5;[5] however, she lasted only a few months before leaving the program by mutual agreement that she wasn't a good fit for a morning show, and was succeeded by Helen Hutchinson.[6]
She married Alex Trebek in 1974,[7] returning to the United States as he pursued career opportunities there. They divorced in 1981.[8] She had no children with Trebek, although he became adoptive father to her daughter Nicky from her previous marriage.
She later remarried to film producer Peter Kares, and launched her own businesses, including Scent Seal, which created a new system for packaging perfume and fragrance samples,[9] and Mag-a-Music, an early foray into multimedia music distribution.[10] She currently owns and operates Gallery GO, an art gallery in Los Angeles, California.
References
- 1 2 "Anti-feminists ask to be loved, not liberated". Toronto Star, May 2, 1970.
- ↑ Kathryn Leigh Scott, The Bunny Years. Simon & Schuster, 2011. ISBN 9781451663280.
- ↑ "CTV's human journey, How We Adapt, a new high mark". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 1973.
- ↑ "CTV presents a new face to wake up to". The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1987.
- ↑ "CBC man in Saigon riding on his luck". Toronto Star, February 1, 1973.
- ↑ "Callei leaves CTV at end of next week". Toronto Star, July 12, 1973.
- ↑ Ed Gould, Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900-1988. Cappis Press, 1988. ISBN 9780919763180.
- ↑ David Baber, Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars. McFarland & Company, 2008. ISBN 9780786429264.
- ↑ "Arcade Scents New Opportunity". Advertising Age, June 26, 1995.
- ↑ "Magazines Now Come With Music". Sun-Sentinel, June 17, 2003.
External links
- Elaine Trebek Kares at Gallery GO