Barbara Walters
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Walters began her career at WNBT-TV (NBC's flagship station in New York) in 1953 as writer-producer of a news-and-information program aimed at the juvenile audience, ''Ask the Camera'', hosted by Sandy Becker. She joined the staff of the network's ''Today'' show in the early 1960s as a writer and segment producer of women's-interest stories. Her popularity with viewers led to her receiving more airtime, and in 1974 she became co-host of the program, the first woman to hold such a position on an American news program. During 1976 she continued to be a pioneer for women in broadcasting while becoming the first U.S. female co-anchor of a network evening news program, alongside Harry Reasoner on the ''ABC Evening News''. Walters was a correspondent, producer and co-host on the ABC newsmagazine ''20/20'' from 1979 to 2004. She became known for an annual special aired on ABC, ''Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People''.
During her career, Walters interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama. She also interviewed both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, although not when either was president. She also gained acclaim and notoriety for interviewing subjects such as Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Katharine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Monica Lewinsky, Hugo Chávez, Vladimir Putin, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Jiang Zemin, and Bashar al-Assad.
Walters created, produced, and co-hosted the ABC daytime talk show ''The View''; she appeared on the program from 1997 until she retired in 2014. Later she continued to host several special reports for ''20/20'' as well as documentary series for Investigation Discovery. Her final on-air appearance for ABC News was in 2015. Walters last publicly appeared in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia
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