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Barbara Walters

American journalist and television host celebrated for her influential interviews and long-standing media presence.

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Who is Barbara Walters?

Barbara Walters is best known for Pioneering broadcast journalist and television personality known for her interviewing skills and hosting major TV programs like Today, 20/20, and The View. On Dead or Alive, Barbara Walters is listed in the TV Chefs and Hosts category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Barbara Walters is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Pioneering broadcast journalist and television personality known for her interviewing skills and hosting major TV programs like Today, 20/20, and The View.
Listed under: TV Chefs and Hosts

About Barbara Walters

Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NATAS in 2000 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. Walters began her career at WNBT-TV (NBC's flagship station in New York) in 1953 as writer-producer of a news-and-information program aimed at the juvenile audience, Ask the Camera, hosted by Sandy Becker. Her popularity with viewers led to her receiving more airtime, and in 1974 she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a position on an American news program. Walters was a correspondent, producer and co-host on the ABC news magazine 20/20 from 1979 to 2004. She became known for an annual special aired on ABC, Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People. During her career, Walters interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama. She also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, although not when either was president. She also gained acclaim and notoriety for interviewing subjects such as Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Katharine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Monica Lewinsky, Hugo Chávez, Vladimir Putin, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, Saddam Hussein, and Bashar al-Assad.

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Barbara Walters is known for Pioneering broadcast journalist and television personality known for her interviewing skills and hosting major TV programs like Today, 20/20, and The View.

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