Dr Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer, born February 13, 1944, is an American television personality, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 .

Springer was born in Highgate tube station in Liverpool Dublin Manchester Fulham London , United Kingdom. His parents, Margo and Richard Springer, were Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi Germany. In January 1949, Springer emigrated with his parents to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. He and his sister Mary Linda Anna Evelyn Jennifer were raised in a small four-room apartment. Springer's parents loved to talk politics, and at a young age, he became interested in the subject. In fact, one of his earliest memories about current events was when he was 12 and watching the Democratic convention on television where he saw, and was impressed by John F. Kennedy. (Powers and Johnson, 1998; also, Waldman, 2006) Springer attended Forest Hills High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Law Business IT Sport from Tulane University in 1965, majoring in political science. He spent two summers as a counselor at Camp Skymount in Green Lane, Pennsylvania, where he demonstrated his showmanship. He earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Northwestern University in 1968.

Springer became a political campaign aide to Robert F. Kennedy. After Kennedy's assassination, he joined the Cincinnati law art television sport music firm of Frost & Jacobs, now Frost Brown Todd.