Her mother was singer/comedienne Bettie Miller (aka
Bettie Bolling), who performed with the
Boyd Rayburn band, often did shows with
Billie Holiday, and was an
early comedy partner of
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) co-star
Dick Martin. Her biological father was singer/pianist
Roy Kral, who, with his wife
Jackie Cain, formed the popular cabaret duo
Jackie and Roy. For over 50 years, they recorded numerous albums and performed hundreds of live shows, even having their own television program in Chicago in the 1950s.