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Gary Burghoff’s daughter, Gena Gale Burghoff, is a well-known actress, musician, and painter. She is also a well-known actress in the profession. Gena, unlike her father, is more successful in a field other than acting. So what exactly is Gary’s daughter’s job? Here’s all the information about Gena and her life off-screen, including her family and her spouse.
Gena Gale Burghoff Parents and Biography
Gary Burghoff and Janet Gale gave birth to Gena on July 20, 1975 in Santa Monica, California, United States. His father is a well-known actor and musician who originated the role of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip. His mother, Janet, on the other hand, is an adventurer, to say the least. She often travels around the world with her motorhome. She sometimes travels alone and other times with her older brother, Jim Gale. As far as Gena’s parents’ marriage is concerned, they were married from 1971 to 1979. Her mother remained single after that, while her father married Elisabeth Bostrom in 1985. In 2005, they divorced.
Gena Gale Burghoff Brothers
Gale’s father’s second marriage produced two half-siblings. His two brothers, Miles and Jordan Burghoff, are his brothers. The brothers have a special relationship and often spend time together. The brothers spend most of their time together fishing.
Gena’s father abandoned M*A*S*H. In honor of his family
Gary played Corporal Walter Eugene ‘Radar’ O’Reilly on M*A*S*H for seven seasons (1970-1979) before leaving the show to spend more time with his family, particularly his daughter, Gena. At the height of his acting career with M*A*S*H, the actor was simultaneously hanging on to a thread from his failed marriage. He worked 16 hours a day on filming and therefore lost time with his family, particularly his daughter.
“Either you want to be rich and famous, or you want to be a father.” “You can’t do both,” Gary said in an interview with People magazine in August 1999. As a result, the actor chose the latter, giving up his promising career. Although he suffered financially after leaving the show due to lack of acting opportunities, he discovered another source of income: painting. That said, Gary never stopped acting, which would influence his daughter’s eventual career decision.
Gale is a film and television actress
Gena took up acting as a profession as soon as she could, following in her father’s footsteps. His first acting credit on IMDb states that he began his career in 1995 with the film Behind the Waterfall, in which his father also appeared. After that, she starred in the television series Providence (1999-2002), alongside Melina Kanakaredes, Mike Farrell and Paula Cale.
The actress would return to the big screen years later, in A Letter to Joe, in 2013. She appeared in De Miller’s film alongside Evan Schwalb and Jeff Wise. Gary Burghoff Is Proud of Gena’s Acting Career Gena’s father is very supportive of her acting career and is rightly proud of it. In Ray Richmond’s book, ‘My Best Day in Show Business’, he smuggled her love for his daughter.
“Could you please give my daughter a supplement to the book?” Excellent. Her name is Gena Gale-Burghoff and she is a very brilliant actress who now resides in Los Angeles. And I have no prejudice. But I consider myself very lucky to have this lady as a daughter.”
How did Gena Gale Burghoff meet her chef husband?
Burghoff is married to chef Chris Lockhart, who also owns the couple’s restaurant, PREROGATIvE Kitchen. Chris and Gale initially met in a foreign country. Originally from Warwick, England, Chris had taken a year off to travel after working in many restaurants around the country. Burghoff was touring with Cirque du Soleil, an entertainment organization, while studying acting.
Then the two met for the first time in Cambodia and instantly hit it off, resulting in a long-distance romance. Chris moved to the United States shortly after and the couple settled in Montana in 2010. Gena and Chris ended up in Red Lodge shortly after. In 2009, the couple married while operating restaurants. Gena and Chris opened PREROGATIvE Kitchen in a food truck in a parking spot off Red Lodge’s main street. They launched the company in 2018, along with Chris’s friend Danny Mowatt. Danny had met the couple while they were operating Montana Jack’s, a Nye restaurant.
Chris Lockhart and Gena have a son
Gena and her husband have a wonderful son. On July 20, 2015, they revealed her pregnancy for the first time. Chris shared a photo of the couple on Facebook wearing t-shirts with printed arrows pointing at their bellies, with Gena saying “baby” and Chris saying “beer.” In February of the following year they welcomed their son, Saxon. In 2023 she is already seven years old.
Gena Gale Burghoff Net Worth
Burghoff has a net worth of $2 million, which she earned from her work as an actress and her restaurant. Her talented father, on the other hand, is worth $6 million.
What happened to Gena Gale Burghoff?
Burghoff currently lives with her husband and son in Red Lodge, Montana. She spends most of her time with her mother, Janet, when she is not hiking with her family.
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