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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 21, 1935
Died
August 18, 2024
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Phillip John Donahue
Phil Donahue
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.9
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
2024
3.5
Self
South to Black Power
2023
0.0
Self
Bella!
2023
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
4.9
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
0.0
Self (voice)
The Swap
2016
5.0
Self (archive footage)
The Billboard Boys
2016
3.7
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Trump
2015
🎬
9.2
Self
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
2015
7.5
Narrator (voice)
Unity
2015
Credits
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
5.9
South to Black Power
as Self
2023
3.5
Bella!
as Self
2023
0.0
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.4
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
The Swap
as Self (voice)
2016
0.0
The Billboard Boys
as Self (archive footage)
2016
5.0
The Making of Trump
as Self (archive footage)
2015
3.7
🎬
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
as Self
2015
9.2
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.5
Sunshine Superman
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.5
Finding Vivian Maier
as Himself - Talk Show Host
2014
7.6
Skum Rocks!
as Self
2013
3.0
🎬
Project Censored the Movie
as Self
2013
0.0
Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television
as Self
2011
0.0
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
as Self
2011
7.2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
🎬
Sex: The Revolution
2008
7.0
🎬
Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti
as Narrator
2007
0.0
🎬
Godless in America
as Himself
2006
6.0
Preventive Warriors
as Self
2004
0.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Man of the Year
as Himself
1995
2.8
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Frasier
as Larry (voice)
1993
7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
7.2
🎬
The Issue Is Race: A Crisis in Black and White
as Self
1992
0.0
Blossom
1990
6.1
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
1990
10.0
Free to Be... a Family
as Self
1988
9.3
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
6.0
An Empire of Reason
as Self
1988
0.0
First Steps
as Self
1985
0.0
The Daytime Emmy Awards
as Self
1974
10.0
The Phil Donahue Show
as Self - Host
1967
0.0