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Barbara Walters Profile

Barbara Walters

Famous As

TV personality, journalist, author

Birth Name

Barbara Jill Walters

Birth Date

September 25, 1929

Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Claim to Fame

Famous As

TV personality, journalist, author

Popular for

As host in NBC''s news & talk show "Today" (1966 - 1971)

Personal Fact

Birth Name

Barbara Jill Walters

Birth Date

September 25, 1929

Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height

5' 5"

Nationality

American

Education

Attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NYC
Attended Birch Wathen Lenox School, NYC
Graduated from Miami Beach High School, Florida, in 1947
Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, NY in 1951, with a B.A. in English

Family and Relationship

Father

Louis "Lou" Walters

Mother

Brother

Burton d. 1932 of pneumonia)

Sister

Jacqueline older d. 1985 of ovarian cancer) Walda Walters Anderson half-sister communications executive)

Spouse

Robert Henry Katz business executive 20-Jun-55 - 1958 annulled) Lee Guber theater impresario 8-Dec-63 - Dec -1976) Merv Adelson CEO of Lorimar Television 10-May-86 - Aug-92)

Relation

Roy Cohn lawyer) Alan Greenspan economist) John Warner senator) Edward Brooke politician)

Daughter

Jacqueline Dena Guber adopted b. 14-Jun-68)