Jane Pauley

• Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Birthday: October 31, 1950

A poised anchor with a polished, yet warm, delivery, Jane Pauley was a mere 25 years old when she was chosen to replace Barbara Walters as the female host on NBC's "Today" and she has since gone on to become a primetime news anchor as well as a respected telejournalist. Some might say it did not start out that way. With only a few years of local news reporting and anchoring under her belt (she was Chicago's first female anchor) when she joined "Today", critics lambasted Pauley for not being an astute interviewer--as Walters certainly was--and s…more