Kris Jenner Actress – Movies and TV shows – Selective Ranks

Born in San Diego, California, on November 5, 1955, Kristen Mary Jenner was the elder of two children to Mary Jo “M. J.” Shannon (née Campbell; born 1934), owner of a children’s clothing store, and Robert True “Bob” Houghton (1931–1975), an engineer. When Kristen was seven, her parents divorced, and she, along with her younger sister, Karen Casey (née Houghton; 1958–2024), were raised by their mother. Eventually, M. J. remarried businessman Harry Shannon (1926–2003), who became an integral part of their family. Through this union, Kristen gained a stepbrother, Steven “Steve” Shannon.

After a brief stint in Oxnard, California, where Shannon’s business partner absconded with their company’s funds, the family returned to San Diego. Kristen worked at Shannon & Company, her mother’s children’s clothing store, while attending Clairemont High School, graduating in 1973. Tragedy struck in 1975 when Kristen’s biological father passed away in a car accident when she was 19. Following this, she spent a year working as a flight attendant for American Airlines in 1976.

Kristen’s first marriage was to lawyer Robert Kardashian, with whom she had four children: Kourtney (born 1979), Kim (born 1980), Khloé (born 1984), and Rob (born 1987). Despite divorcing in March 1991, they maintained a close friendship until Robert’s death from esophageal cancer in 2003.

In April 1991, just a month after her divorce, Kristen married retired Olympian Bruce Jenner, who later publicly transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner in 2015. They have two daughters together, Kendall (born 1995) and Kylie (born 1997). Kristen also became a stepmother to Bruce’s four children from previous relationships.

The couple announced their separation in October 2013, with Kristen filing for divorce in September 2014, which was finalized in March 2015. Kristen revealed her surprise at Caitlyn’s gender identity revelation, stating that while she was aware of Caitlyn’s hormone use in the 1980s, gender was never explicitly discussed.

As of 2023, Kristen is a grandmother to twelve grandchildren and has been in a relationship with Corey Gamble since around 2014.

During the O. J. Simpson trial (1994–1995), Kristen and her family faced emotional turmoil, as she was a close friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, and Robert Kardashian was part of Simpson’s defense team. The trial was later dubbed the “Trial of the Century.” Kristen was portrayed by actress Selma Blair in the FX limited series “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” which aired in February 2016.

In 2012, Kristen and Pastor Brad Johnson founded the California Community Church, originally known as the Life Change Community Church, situated in Agoura Hills, California.