Barbara Walters Profile
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Barbara Walters

Famous As
TV personality, journalist, author
Birth Name
Barbara Jill Walters
Birth Date
Sep 25, 1929
Birth Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Famous As
TV personality, journalist, author
Popular for
As host in NBC's news & talk show "Today" (1966 - 1971)
Birth Name
Barbara Jill Walters
Birth Date
Sep 25, 1929
Birth Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Height
5' 5"
Nationality
American
Education
  • Attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NYC
  • Attended Birch Wathen Lenox School, NYC
  • Graduated from Miami Beach High School, Florida, in 1947
  • Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, NY in 1951, with a B.A. in English
Father
Louis "Lou" Walters
Mother
Dena Seletsky
Brother
Burton (d. 1932, of pneumonia)
Sister
Jacqueline (older, d. 1985, of ovarian cancer), Walda Walters Anderson (half-sister, communications executive)
Spouse
Robert Henry Katz (business executive, 20-Jun-55 - 1958, annulled), Lee Guber (theater impresario, 8-Dec-63 - Dec -1976), Merv Adelson (CEO of Lorimar Television, 10-May-86 - Aug-92)
Relation
Roy Cohn (lawyer), Alan Greenspan (economist), John Warner (senator), Edward Brooke (politician)
Daughter
Jacqueline Dena Guber (adopted, b. 14-Jun-68)