- Source of Wealth: Television host, Actress, Businesswoman
- Age: 60
- Birth Place: New York City, New York, United States
- Marital Status: Married (Richard Hilton)
- Full Name: Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: March 13, 1959
- Ethnicity: Italian, Irish
- Occupation: Actress, Fashion Designer
- Children: 4 (Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton II, Conrad Hughes Hilton)
Television host,socialite and actress. She is the mother of socialites Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton,Kathleen Elizabeth “Kathy” Hilton has an estimated net worth of $300 million.
An American socialite and wife of Rick Hilton — one of the scions of the Hilton hotel dynasty — multimillionaire Kathy Hilton enjoyed increased celebrity in the mid-2000s thanks in no small part to one of her daughters, media darling and “it girl” Paris Hilton.In 1968, she began her career as an actress, a position which she eventually retired from in 1974.
In 2005, Kathy briefly headlined her own reality series, I Want to Be a Hilton, which witnessed her teaching aspiring socialites with a marked lack of sophistication how to use proper etiquette.