Barbara Walters

Birthday: 25 September 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name: Barbara Jill Walters

Height: 165 cm

Barbara Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Barbara Jill Walters. She is a producer and writer, known for 20/20 (1978), Today (1952) and ABC Evening News (1953). She was previously married to Merv Adelson, Lee Guber and Robert Henry Katz.

My own opinion is that there's far too little flirtation in our country as it is. Most attractive ma...Show more »

My own opinion is that there's far too little flirtation in our country as it is. Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines. Show less «

[on interviewing] I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trus...Show more »

[on interviewing] I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't. Show less «

Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.

[advice from Don Hewitt, producer of 60 Minutes (1968), in 1957] You're a marvelous girl, but stay o...Show more »

[advice from Don Hewitt, producer of 60 Minutes (1968), in 1957] You're a marvelous girl, but stay out of television. Show less «

[on asking Ricky Martin about his sexual orientation] "When I think back on it now, I feel it was an...Show more »

[on asking Ricky Martin about his sexual orientation] "When I think back on it now, I feel it was an inappropriate question." Show less «

Unless you and I fornicate in front of everybody, people aren't going to think we get along. (to co-...Show more »

Unless you and I fornicate in front of everybody, people aren't going to think we get along. (to co-anchor Harry Reasoner of ABC Evening News (1953). Show less «

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R'...Show more »

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty. Show less «

[Upon receiving a GLAAD award in 2008 for a report on transgender children] You can forget all the E...Show more »

[Upon receiving a GLAAD award in 2008 for a report on transgender children] You can forget all the Emmys. This means more to me. Show less «

Barbara Walters

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