Barbara Walters

Posted September 22, 2008, 7:18 am in News


Barbara Walters
Born: September 25, 1929

Journalist and media personality. Walters, a master interviewer, co-hosted 20/20 for 25 years and, in the 1970s, was the first female co-anchor of a network evening-news show.

• At age 61 (1990), Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame
• At age 63 (1992), Winner International Women's Media Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
• At age 68 (1997), Co-created The View

After The Age Of Seventy

• At age 70 (1999), Her two-hour-long exclusive with the former White House intern Monica Lewinsky made broadcasting history as the highest-rated news program ever broadcast on a single network.
  
• At age 78 (2007), Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• AT age 78 (2007), Made Forbes’ List of 100 Most Powerful Celebrities
  
• At age 79 (2008), Executive produces and continues to co-host The View
• At age 79 (2008), Still hosts The Barbara Walters Special series, including her famous annual Oscar shows.
• At age 79 (2008), Published a best-selling memoir, Audition: A Memoir
  
• At age 79 (2008), Made Forbes' list of 100 Most Powerful Women in the World

Quotes:

• “If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.”
• “Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.”
• “Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.”
• “When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen.”
• “You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”
  

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