Stephanie Edwards (television personality)


Stephanie Ann Edwards is an American television personality and actress.

Career

Born in Kenyon, Minnesota, Edwards began her career as an actress, but became widely known as an on-air personality in the 1970s. She co-hosted ABC-TV's AM America, the forerunner to Good Morning America, jointly with Bill Beutel. Previously, she had hosted a similar west coast news and talk program in Southern California, AM Los Angeles along with Ralph Story.
Edwards was nominated in 1979 for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service or Variety Series, for her show Everyday.
She was also the continuing co-host of the Tournament of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television channel KTLA with former game show host Bob Eubanks from 1978 to 2005, resuming again in 2009. She ended her 35-year career as co-host in 2016.

Tournament of Roses parade

For the 2006 KTLA Rose Parade broadcast, Edwards was replaced as Eubanks' co-host in the main booth by KTLA morning news co-anchor Michaela Pereira and reassigned as an on-street reporter. Although all three were equally billed as co-hosts, the move created a storm of controversy and was seen as insensitive by many of Edwards' fans, as well as by local TV critics.
In 2009, Edwards rejoined Eubanks as co-host of the Tournament of Roses Parade coverage on KTLA. On September 25, 2015, Eubanks revealed that the 2016 parade would be their last.
Edwards was also the longtime commercial spokesperson for the California-based supermarket chain Lucky Stores from the mid-1980s until they merged with Albertsons.

Filmography

Award nominations