Bree Walker Bio | Wiki
Bree Walker ( Real name: Patricia Lynn Nelson) is an American actress, radio talk show host, and also a disability-rights activist. She became famous after she became the first on-air American tv network news anchor with ectrodactyly. Bree worked as a news anchor and reporter in San Diego, New York City, as well as Los Angeles. She inherited a rare genetic condition called ectrodactyly that results in missing fingers and toes and also syndactyly resulting in them being fused together.
For the first time on camera, Bree wore her prosthesis, very life-like-looking hands that fit like gloves. Bree wore them on camera for about two weeks. Wearing then had been one condition for hiring her. After the first two weeks, her boss came to Bree and asked her whether she was bothered by the prosthesis. Bree said yes and her boss told her to take them off. All along, Bree wanted recognition on camera and she got it. She wanted the world to encompass her and love her the way she is.
Bree Walker Age
She was born on February 26, 1953, in Oakland, California, United States of America. Bree is 68 years old.
Bree Walker Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Bree stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx 1.68m).
Bree Walker Family
She was born to her father and mother on February 26, 1953, in Oakland, California, United States of America. Bree grew up in Austin, Minnesota. However, she has not shared any information regarding her parents and siblings.
Bree Walker Husband
She has been married three times and all of her marriages ended up in a divorce. Bree is a mother to a daughter called Andrea Layne Walker who was born on August 12, 1988. Bree shares her daughter with Robert Walker who was her second husband and serves as an independent film and video producer. Also, Bree has a son called Aaron James Lampley whom she shares with Jim Lampley, her third husband who serves as a news anchor and sportscaster.
Bree Walker Lampley
Lampley is an American sportscaster, film producer, news anchor, and restaurant owner. He was born April 8, 1949, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S. For thirty years, Lampley was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on HBO World Championship Boxing. He as well covered a record 14 Olympic Games on U.S. tv, as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Lampley is currently married to Debra Schuss but was formally married to Bree and they share a son together called Aaron James Lampley.
Bree Walker Education
For many years in grade school and high school, Bree had been the class clown, using her disability to get people to laugh at her. She only did the modeling to get through her college where she majored in broadcasting. After college, she landed a job as one of the first women disc jockeys at a radio station located in Kansas City. The radio career assisted her to validate her attitude about herself.
Bree Walker News
She established and entered into her career at the ABC affiliate KGTV Channel 10 based in San Diego. After keeping her hands hidden inside a pair of glove-like prosthetic ones, Bree decided to go public with her ectrodactyly condition. She continued her newscasting career at KGTV with her hands now clearly visible. Later, she moved to the rock station KPRI FM. Bree launched her television career at KGTV in 1980 by serving as a consumer advocacy reporter.
Bree Walker Hands | Disability
She always wanted to become a model because she wanted to refute everything they said in the fashion magazines about what beauty and perfection were. It disgusted her, Bree was born with syndactylism. She ventured into modeling trying to fight all odds. Luckily enough, Bree had the right face for the right cosmetic so the firm hired her without knowing she had anything wrong with her hands or feet. When she walked in, they were quite shocked. Bree was never allowed to do runway modeling and they kept her away from the press.
She couldn’t wear the bright pink nail polish, the high heels, or the sheer stockings. So, Bree was a good headshot and that was it. Around sixteen years of age, she discovered that a couple of the guys she had dated were calling her lobster claws behind her back. Bree was devastated for about a year. And then she decided that she was going to start liking herself, and at the same time became a liberated woman. Bree became an outspoken student activist with a strong drive for a career in the news. So after her success in radio, Bree wanted to break into television and she did it.
Bree Walker My Unique Family
Bree and her kids were featured on an episode of TLC’s My Unique Family. She refused to answer questions concerning some rumors that she has silicone lip implants. Both her kids have ectrodactyly. On her blog, Bree reacted very strongly to Oprah Winfrey’s implication that a “normal” child would have all their fingers and toes.
Bree Walker Net Worth
As an American radio host and actress, Bree left a mark in the newscasting industry with her engagement in disability rights, and also for being the first American news anchor with ectrodactyly. She currently has an estimated net worth of $2,683,551.
How Old Is Bree Walker
Bree is a 68-year-old American journalist who was born on February 26, 1953, in Oakland, California, United States of America.
Who Is Bree Walker
Bree is an American actress, radio talk show host, and also a disability-rights activist. She became famous after she became the first on-air American tv network news anchor with ectrodactyly.