Biography
Walter Winchell was an American syndicated newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes, and Jazz Age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler said that his popularity and influence "turned journalism into a form of entertainment".
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography10 titles
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
The Lucy Show
What's My Line?
Sorrowful Jones
Daisy Kenyon
Telephone Time
The Bellboy
There's No Business Like Show Business
The Helen Morgan Story
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