Elizabeth Vargas Biography (1963-)

Born 1963; daughter of Ralf (an army career officer) and Anne Vargas. Addresses: Office: ABC News, 147 Columbus Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10023.

Gender: Female
Occupation: Correspondent, broadcaster

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Correspondent, Dateline NBC, NBC, 1993
Correspondent, Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric (also known asNBC Prime Story), NBC, 1993
News anchor, Good Morning America, ABC, 1996-1997
Correspondent, 20/20 (also known as ABC News 20/20), ABC, 1997-
Correspondent, Primetime Live, ABC, 1997-
Correspondent, ABC News Saturday Night, ABC, 1998
Anchor, Vanished, ABC, 1999
Host, 20/20 Downtown (also known as Downtown), ABC, 1999-
Substitute anchor, Good Morning America, ABC, 2000-

Correspondent, America.01, ABC, 2001
Also substitute weekend anchor, NBC Nightly News, NBC, and substitute anchor, World News Tonight Saturday, ABC.
Specials
Presenter, The Vida Awards, NBC, 1995
Host, Final Take: Breaking the Chain, ABC, 1997
Anchor, Inside Hollywood: The Pictures, the People, the Academy Awards, ABC, 1999
Correspondent from Sydney, Australia, ABC 2000, ABC, 1999
Reporter, Vanished, ABC, 2000
Anchor, Planet Earth 2000, ABC, 2000
Reporter, Vanished: Shooting Star, ABC, 2001
Anchor, Vanished: Object of Desire (also known as Vanished: Dangerous Obsession), ABC, 2001
Host, It Takes a Miracle, Same Sex Marriages, and Surrogacy, all ABC.
Episodic
News anchor, Today, NBC, between 1993 and 1996
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
"Pentagon Hero," a segment of America.01, ABC, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Notable Hispanic American Women, Book 2, Gale, 1998

Periodicals

Moderna, spring, 1997
People Weekly, September 9, 1996, pp. 113-114; February 17, 1997,p. 45
USA Today, July 11, 1996, p. 1D

Electronic

ABC News Online, http://abcnews.co.com, April 29, 2002
Latina Online, http://www.latina.com, February, 1999

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