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Virginia Graham in The Roseanne Show (1997)

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Virginia Graham

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  • Born
    July 4, 1912 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    December 22, 1998 · New York City, New York, USA (following heart attack)
  • Birth name
    Virginia Komiss

Biography

    • Virginia Graham started in Chicago radio in the 1930s. After World War II she wrote scripts for several radio serials, including "Stella Dallas", "Backstage Wife", and "Our Gal Sunday". She was the hostess of television talk shows from the 1950s to 1970s that are considered forerunners to today's daytime TV. She was best known for the nationally syndicated television talk shows Girl Talk (1963) on ABC from 1963-1969, and The Virginia Graham Show (1970) from 1970-1972. She also co-hosted the NBC radio show "Weekday" with Mike Wallace in 1956.
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  • Spouse
      Harry Guttenberg(1935 - 1980) (his death, 1 child)

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  • She and 13 other women started the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
  • Cervical cancer survivor.
  • Master's degree in journalism, Northwestern University (USA).

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