Kathrine McKee was born in 1949 in Detroit, Michigan to Lonnie and Dorothy McKee. Her father worked for General Motors and her mother was a homemaker. In 1965 McKee moved to Long Beach, California. On a visit to Las Vegas she auditioned for John Celli's show at the Mint Hotel. She got the job and moved to Las Vegas. She worked on various Las Vegas shows and even met the Rat Pack and established an intimate friendship with Sammy Davis Jr. In 1985 McKee moved back to Detroit and gave birth to a son. While in Detroit she became a casting director. McKee has also worked as an actress. In 2015 McKee moved back to Las Vegas, Nevada.