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Barbara Walters: Biography

BARBARA WALTERS

Birth Place: Boston, MA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/25/1931, Libra
Profession: Broadcast journalist; anchor; TV host; producer

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Barbara Walters Fast Facts:

Father founded and owned the famous Latin Quarter nightclubs in New York and Miami.
Dated lawyer Roy Cohn, aide to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, in the early '50s. The two maintained a friendship until Cohn's death in 1986.
In 1976, became the highest-paid anchor in TV news history when she signed a $1 million annual contract to co-anchor (with Harry Reasoner) ABC Evening News.
Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2000.
After leaving long-running news magazine 20/20, became a co-host of morning talk show The View in 2005.

Barbara Walters Relationships:
Dena Walters - Mother
Jacqueline Walters - Sister
Lee Guber - Ex-husband
Lou Walters - Father
Robert Henry Katz - Ex-husband
Jackie Danforth - Daughter
Merv Adelson - Ex-husband
Edward Brooke - Ex-significant Other
John Warner - Ex-significant Other
Barbara Walters Awards:
1984 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1985 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1988 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Winner
1986 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1989 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1990 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1991 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1992 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1993 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
1994 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
College:
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (BA in English)

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