Lisa Williams
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Lisa Williams is a claimed psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...

 and healer who has starred in two shows on Lifetime
Lifetime Television
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 TV: Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead (2006–2007) and Lisa Williams: Voices From the Other Side (2008).

Williams is the granddaughter of Frances Glazebrook, a well known British medium
Mediumship
Mediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo and Umbanda.- Concept :...

. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article447127.ece

Williams also appeared on Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal (US game show)
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when the episode aired on NBC
NBC
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 on 31 March 2008. She also made a guest appearance in one of Lifetime's other shows called America's Psychic Challenge
America's Psychic Challenge
America's Psychic Challenge was a competitive reality TV series on the Lifetime Television Network . The show originated in the UK with the title Britain's Psychic Challenge. Bunim-Murray Productions created the American version for Lifetime TV ....

.

In 2004, Williams gave a reading to a senior staff member of TV host Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin
Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...

. As a result, Griffin worked with her to host a show of her own. Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead aired for two seasons on the Lifetime
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...

 network 2006-2007. Her show Lisa Williams: Voices From the Other Side ran for five consecutive nights on the network in October 2008. Her shows are also seen in United Kingdom on three different networks. The shows followed Williams on a typical day, as she claims to communicate with the dead, investigates haunted house
Haunted house
A haunted house is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property...

s, and conducts other spirit-seeking activities.http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/lisa-williams She claims she has spoken to Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...

, Princess Diana, Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.Wood began acting in movies at the...

, Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....

 and Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

 after they died.

In March 2009 Williams toured Australia, donating the profits to the Australian bushfire appeal - a total of $65,000.

Marriage and family

Williams had a long-term relationship with Simon Shore, with whom she had a son, Charles Edward Williams-Shore. They are separated.

On 30 October 2004, Willams married Kevin Harris. They moved to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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when she was producing her TV shows. As of 2009, they were still living in Los Angeles. On her Hay House Radio show on 9 December 2009, Williams announced that she and her husband were separating. She is now living together with her girlfriend Holly Riddel.

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