Occupation: Businesswoman/broadcaster.
Birthday: June 25, 1949.
Birthplace: Denton, Texas.
Current home: Lexington, Ky.
Marital status: Married to former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown for 15 years.
Children: Lincoln, 13, and Pamela, 10.
Cars: A 1993 red Ford Explorer and a 1990 white Jaguar that I’ll keep till I die.
Working on: “A Phyllis George Special,” airing Wednesday on TNN; and as national spokesperson for Chicken by George and Save the Children.
The last good movie I saw: “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”
The books I’ve been reading: “Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner,” by Connie Brouck; and “The Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth & Sacredness in Everyday Life,” by Thomas Moore. I only read non-fiction.
Favorite childhood memory: Being in bed listening to my parents’ bridge parties, with all the joking and laughing.
Prized possessions: Our house, which was built in 1821 by Patrick Henry’s nephew, and my chickens. Everyone sends them to me. I must have 50.
Nobody knows I: Like to take naps.
I’ve never been able to: Sew.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Staying in touch with friends by notes, faxes and phone calls.
I’d give anything to meet: Nelson Mandela.
I want to teach my children: All the things my mother taught me that I thought were so corny but which I now hear myself telling them, such as, “Always say `please’ and `thank you.’ “
A really great evening to me is: Having a bunch of friends over so it’s like my parents’ bridge parties.
People who knew me in high school thought I: Smiled a lot.
The worst time of my life: Getting up at 2 a.m. to host the “CBS Morning News.”
The words that best describe me: She can do it.
