Shawn King

Shawn King

Shawn King
Quick Facts About Shawn King
Celebrated Name Shawn King
Age 65 years old
Nick Name Shawn King
Birth Name Shawn King
Birth Date 1959-11-05
Gender Female
Profession Actress
Nationality American
Birth Nation United States
Place of Birth Studio City, California, United States
Father Karl Engemann
Mother Jerri Engemann
Sister Shannon Engemann
Brother Ryan Engemann and Paul Engemann
Education Morehouse College
Height 1.77 m
Ethnicity White
Famous for The 7th wife of Larry King
Marital Status Married and divorced
Horoscope scorpio
Weight 58 kg

Who is Shawn King?

 Shawn King is an American actress, singer and TV personality who began her career after appearing in the film Saturday's Warrior. Similarly,  she also worked in the movie and TV series like Christmas Eve, Knight Rider, and Remington Steele. Besides that, she is also a singer and TV host, However, Shawn came into limelight after she married the legendary TV host Larry King as his 7th wife.  

What is Shawn King Famous for?

Shawn King is best famous for marrying the legendary TV host Larry Kin as his 7th wife.

Where was Shawn King Born?

Shawn King is best famous as the 7th wife of Larry King, the legendary TV host of all time. Shawn King was born as Shawn Ora Engemann on November 5, 1959, in Studio City, LA, California, US. to Karl Engemann(father) and Jerri Engemann(mother). Her father is the former Vice President of Artist & Repertoire at Capitol Records, worked as Marie Osmond’s manager for 35 years and currently manages Larry. While her mother is a singer. Her nationality is American and she belongs to white ethnicity. She follows Christianity and her zodiac is Aries. She was raised in StudioCity along with her two brothers: Paul and Ryan and a sister Shannon Engemann. Her sister is also a singer.

She also has an uncle Bob Engemann, who is an original member of the 1960s pop trio, "The Lettermen". Besides, she is also a devoted Christian and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. King attended the North Hollywood High School and graduated in 1977. Later, she attended a private university, Brigham Young University. 

How is Shawn King's Career?

Shawn King started her professional acting career in 1984 through her debut movie, "Saturday's Warrior". Since then, She has been featured in various movies, "Christmas Eve", "Monaco Forever", and "Rover Dangerfield". She has also starred in television series including "Knight Rider", "Remington Steele", "Cover-Up", "It’s Garry Shandling’s Show" and "Who’s the Boss?". She also worked as a television host of the "Hollywood Insider" team on the USA network, from 1990 to 1996. She pursued her music career and released an album called "In My Own Backyard" in 2005. She also sang a Christmas track. In 2012, Shawn also founded an on-demand video network, Ora TV, with partner Carlos Slim. She also appeared alongside Larry King in the 2018 film, "Starlight". She and her ex-husband Larry has also appeared on numerous interviews on television.

What are Shawn King's Achievements?

Shawn doesn't seem to have entitled to any noticeable rewards and honors so far.

What is Shawn King's Net Worth?

Shawn King has an estimated net worth of around $1 million as of August 2019. She mostly earns from her acting and singing career. However, her salary is still not disclosed. Additionally, she also gains a good sum of figures as a host and from endorsement deals, commercials, sponsors, and TV advertisements. She might get a hefty amount of money from the divorce settlement with her husband. Information regarding her cars, houses, businesses and their worths are still under review.

How is Shawn King's Personal Life?

Shawn was married to an American TV host Larry King on September 5, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. The pair welcomed their first child, Chance Armstrong on March 9, 1999. Later, Shawn gave birth to her second baby, Cannon Edward King on May 22, 2000. Larry King has filed divorce documents on 20 August 2019, in LA. Superior Court to end their relationship. Previously, she was married to Daniel Southwick in 1980. They had a son named Danny Southwick. Danny is a Football quarterback, who played for the Jacksonville Sharks.

How Tall is Shawn King?

Shawn King has a great height of 5ft. 11inch.(1.81m), She has a fair complexion with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her other body measurements are not yet known. She has a straight sexual orientation.

Shawn is active on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. She has over 3.2k followers on Instagram profile shawnieora. She has Twitter profile id @shawnieora where she has 13.7K followers. She also has a Facebook profile that goes with id @ShawnSouthwickKing but her followers do not seem to be interested in this profile.

Facts to be known about Shawn King:

  1. At the time of their wedding, her husband was admitted to the hospital. The couple tied the knot in a hospital room just before three days of Larry's undergo surgery to clear a clogged blood vessel. 
  2. Shawn King is about to get a divorce to her husband, Larry King after almost 22 years of marriage life.
  3. The day after getting married to Larry King, Shawn had been accused of cheating on him with Richard Greene, a renowned public speaker, and Hector Penate, a baseball coach.
  4. She was once addicted to Migraine Painkiller that made her go rehab in June 2008. 

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