Biography
Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Walters was known for hosting a variety of television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News.
Awards & recognition
- TCA Career Achievement Award · 2013
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 2009
- Disney Legends · 2008
- News and Documentary Emmy Awards · 2000
- Lucy Award · 1998
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- GLAAD Media Awards · 1996
- IWMF Lifetime Achievement Award · 1992
- Television Hall of Fame · 1989
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special · 1983
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show Host · 1975
- Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year · 1974
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- honorary doctor of the Ohio State University
- NAACP Image Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Women in Film Honors
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Talk Show · 1998 · nominated
Filmography37 titles
Our Barbara
American Crime Story
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Everything Is Copy
Maria By Callas
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Fahrenheit 11/9
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
The Armstrong Lie
The Nineties
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal
The Dick Cavett Show
Gloria: In Her Own Words
America's Funniest Home Videos
World News Tonight with David Muir
Mike Wallace Is Here
The Reagan Show
The Accidental President
Finding Your Roots
The Daily Show
20/20
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Geek, and You Shall Find
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Two Men at War
The Fabulous Allan Carr
The View
Barbara Walters Presents: American Scandals