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Lisa Howard was an American journalist, writer, and television news anchor who previously had a career as an off-Broadway theater and soap opera actress. In the early 1960s, she became ABC News's first woman reporter, and was the first woman to have her own national network television news show. Howard developed a relationship with Cuba's Fidel Castro, whom she met to interview, and was a go-between for a time between Castro and the American White House. Her network career ended when she became openly involved in a New York political campaign during the 1964 election. In 1965, Howard suffered a miscarriage and depression, dying of an overdose of painkillers.
Birth Name
Dorothy Jean Guggenheim
Born
Thursday, 24 April 1930
Died
Sunday, 04 July 1965
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Sixties | Self - ABC News / Self - CBS News | 2013 |
Ugly Betty | Dominatrix | 2006 |
Late Show with David Letterman | Lt. Genevieve Marshall | 1993 |
Border Patrol | Ellen | 1959 |
Captain David Grief | Lita | 1957 |
The Edge of Night | Louise Grimsley | 1956 |
Camera Three | Self - Guest Star | 1956 |
The Alcoa Hour | Kitty | 1955 |
Sabaka | Indira | 1954 |
Inner Sanctum | Louise | 1954 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Sixties | Self - ABC News / Self - CBS News | 2013 |
Ugly Betty | Dominatrix | 2006 |
Late Show with David Letterman | Lt. Genevieve Marshall | 1993 |
Border Patrol | Ellen | 1959 |
Captain David Grief | Lita | 1957 |
The Edge of Night | Louise Grimsley | 1956 |
Camera Three | Self - Guest Star | 1956 |
The Alcoa Hour | Kitty | 1955 |
Sabaka | Indira | 1954 |
Inner Sanctum | Louise | 1954 |
Donovan's Brain | Chloe Donovan | 1953 |
Mr. & Mrs. North | Sherril Burton | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Martha Forrester | 1952 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Mrs. Sawyer | 1951 |
The Man Who Cheated Himself | Janet Cullen | 1950 |
Treasury Men in Action | Rita McDonald | 1950 |
Space Patrol | Vera / Lisa | 1950 |
Guilty of Treason | Soviet Official at School | 1950 |
Man Against Crime | Mary | 1949 |
The Big Story | Waitress | 1949 |