Phil Donahue
Acting
Born 1935-12-21
Died 2024-08-18
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Frasier
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
L.A. Law
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Intimate Portrait
Tamron Hall
Blossom
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
The Phil Donahue Show
The Daytime Emmy Awards
First Steps
BRATS
Sex: The Revolution
Finding Vivian Maier
Unity
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Sunshine Superman
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
The Making of Trump
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Skum Rocks!
An Empire of Reason
The Billboard Boys
Project Censored the Movie
War Made Easy
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
Body of War
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Free to Be... a Family
Bella!
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Preventive Warriors
Man of the Year
The Swap
Godless in America
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
South to Black Power
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
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