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Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death in a car crash the following October.
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Filmography8 titles
The Eighties
2016as Self (archive footage)
2016as Self (archive footage)
Bowling for Columbine
2002as Self (archive footage)
2002as Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015as Self (archive footage)
2015as Self (archive footage)
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018as Self (archive footage)
2018as Self (archive footage)
Frontline
1983as Self - Host
1983as Self - Host
Frontline
1983as Self - Host
1983as Self - Host
The Movies
2019as Self (archive footage)
2019as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020as Self (archive footage)
2020as Self (archive footage)