Biography
Phillip John Donahue was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996.
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Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2024
- Producers Guild of America Award — Best Documentary Motion Picture · 2008
- Hamptons International Film Festival · 2007
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1988
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1986
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- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1985
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1983
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1982
- Golden Apple Award · 1982
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1980
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1979
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1978
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1977
- Peabody Awards
Filmography19 titles
Body of War
Frasier
Finding Vivian Maier
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Unity
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
L.A. Law
Sex: The Revolution
Sunshine Superman
Blossom
Real Time with Bill Maher
Brats
The Billboard Boys
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Tamron Hall
The View
South to Black Power