Barbara Walters
Milestones
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Birthday: September 25, 1931
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2008
Published her memoir, Audition
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2007
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (June)
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2001
Served as a producer of the syndicated talk show "Iyanla"
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1997 to 0000
Co-host (also co-creator and co-executive producer) of the daytime talk and information program, "The View" (ABC)
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1984 to 2004
Co-hosted the ABC newsmagazine "20/20" with Hugh Downs; added a second night of the show in 1997
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1978
Was a correspondent for ABC's "World News Tonight"
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1977
Arranged the first joint interview with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin
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1976 to 1978
Co-anchored the "ABC Evening News" with Harry Reasoner
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1976
Hosted the first primetime "Barbara Walters Special" with guest inteviewees Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter and Barbra Streisand and her then-companion Jon Peters
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1974 to 1976
Co-anchored (with Jim Hartz) NBC's "Today"
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1972
Was the only woman reporter in the press group which accompanied President Nixon on his historic trip to China
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1966 to 1974
Appeared on an episodic basis on NBC's "Today"
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1961 to 1963
Worked as a writer and researcher for NBC's "Today" show
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Become that show's regular "Today Girl"
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Began her career as a writer for local East Coast TV stations
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Intermittently served as a correspondent for the ABC news magazine show, "20/20"