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- Birth nameSandra Lee Waldroop
- Sandra Lee is a multiple Emmy® and Gracie Winning International Lifestyle Celebrity with an expertise in the home arts, food, crafts, beauty, fashion, products and integration categories. This iconic go-to expert is a NY Times and Amazon best-selling author of 27 books and the Editor in Chief of the Sandra Lee magazine. Sandra built her companies and product lines with a global perspective. She is quick-witted, with a sly, dry sense of humor, that keeps you thinking. Known to those close to her as a photography guru, antique expert, fashion maven, art & architecture lover, and a health, wellness & spa aficionado, her love of life cultivates a deep connection with her audiences. During her inspiring career, Sandra has changed the trajectory of homemakers everywhere, making life easier and better with her signature style, national brands inclusions and usable no-nonsense philosophy (Semi-Homemade / Money Saving Meals /Top Shelf / Sandra's Home / Sandra Lee Celebrates / Kurtain Kraft / Floral Kraft /Growing Gardens, etc.) She has created/hosted numerous highly-rated television programs broadcast on ABC, NBC, FOX, Food Network, HGTV, Discovery Family, and Cooking Channels with airings in 63 countries worldwide. She is a favored guest on the nation's highest rated morning, daytime and network news programs, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, Fox and Friends, etc. Sandra serves on the Board of the World's Largest Humanitarian Organization, the UN-Based World Food Program, as well as on the Board of Directors of the Elton John's AIDS Foundation. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden awarded Sandra the City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award for her national mentorship. She has received the prestigious Capitol Hill Congressional Families Excellence Award as well The Creative Coalition's Television Industry Advocacy Award. She has worked on causes close to her heart and been recognized with the President's Volunteer Service Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Medal of Honor, the Albert Einstein Award of Excellence and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Sandra was one of three founding Board Members of UNICEF and was given the singular appointment of UNICEF's Special Nutrition Emissary.- IMDb Mini Biography By: L. Smith
- SpouseBruce E. Karatz II(October 6, 2001 - 2005) (divorced)
- Her parents were teens when she was born. They divorced in 1972, her mother remarried and moved them to Sumner, Washington. When Sandra was 11-years-old, her mother divorced for a second time and became depressed and very ill. Sandra became a surrogate mother to her younger siblings; her responsibilities included buying groceries, preparing the meals and handling the family finances.
- After attending the University of Wisconsin, developed a home-decorating line that opened the door to a Martha Stewart-like empire.
- Holder of U.S. Patents 5,406,998 and D358,981 for a window treatment kit.
- In the early 1990s, she created a product called "Kurtain Kraft", a home decorating tool using a wire rack and sheets or other fabric samples to create the appearance of decorative drapery. The product was sold on infomercials and cable shopping networks.
- Editor-in-chief of "Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade" magazine.
- I'm the help. I'm like "What do your kids need? What can I do for you?"
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