Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue

Birthday: 1935-12-21

Deathday: 2024-08-18

Place of birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Also known as: Phillip John Donahue

imdb_id: nm0004882

Biography:

Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996. His shows often focused on issues that divided liberals and conservatives in the United States, such as abortion, consumer protection, civil rights and war issues. His most frequent guest was Ralph Nader, for whom Donahue campaigned in 2000. Donahue also briefly hosted a talk show on MSNBC from July 2002 to March 2003. Donahue is one of the most influential talk show hosts and has been called the "king of daytime talk". Oprah Winfrey has stated, "If it weren't for Phil Donahue, there would never have been an Oprah Show." In 1996, Donahue was ranked #42 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Donahue, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Score: 10.0

Free to Be... a Family

Score: 9.3

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Score: 9.2

Finding Vivian Maier

Score: 7.6

Unity

Score: 7.5

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

Score: 7.2

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Score: 7.0

Sunshine Superman

Score: 6.5

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

Score: 6.0

Godless in America

Score: 6.0

BRATS

Score: 6.0

The Billboard Boys

Score: 5.0

The Making of Trump

Score: 3.7

South to Black Power

Score: 3.5

Man of the Year

Score: 3.1

Skum Rocks!

Score: 3.0

The Swap

Score: 0.0

The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White

Score: 0.0

Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti

Score: 0.0

An Empire of Reason

Score: 0.0

Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television

Score: 0.0

Project Censored the Movie

Score: 0.0

First Steps

Score: 0.0

Bella!

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Daytime Emmy Awards

Score: 10.0

Frasier

Score: 7.7

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Score: 7.7

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

Sex: The Revolution

Score: 7.0

Blossom

Score: 6.1

Real Time with Bill Maher

Score: 6.0

Tamron Hall

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Intimate Portrait

Score: 4.5

The View

Score: 4.3

The Phil Donahue Show

Score: 0.0