Gene Shalit Biography (1932-)
Born in 1932, in New York, NY. Career: Film and book critic, editor, columnist, journalist for the NBC radio and television networks, freelance writer. Addresses: Contact: 225 East 79th St., New York, NY 10021.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Critic, Editor, Columnist, Journalist, Freelance writer
- Birth Details
- 1932
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Arts editor and critic, Today, (also known as NBC News Today ), NBC, 1973--
- Host, Mystery!, PBS, 1980-81
- Specials
- Today at Night, Volume II, NBC, 1986
- Today at 35, NBC, 1987
- Today at 40, NBC, 1992
- Today at Night, NBC, 1994
- Host, Evening at Pops: Star Wars and the Hollywood Sound, PBS, 1997
- Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Helen Gurley Brown, Lifetime, 1998
- Episodic
- Voice characterization, "Marty's First Date," The Critic (animated), ABC, 1994
- Voice characterization, "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice," The Critic (animated), Fox, 1995
- Pilots
- Voice characterization, "The Pilot," The Critic (animated), ABC, 1994
- Radio Appearances
- Monitor, NBC Radio Network, 1968
- Man about Anything, NBC Radio Network, 1970-82
- WRITINGS
- Editor and Compiler
- Laughing Matters: A Celebration of American Humor, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1987
- Editor of Shalit's Sampler, a newsletter.
- Columns for Periodicals
- "What's Happening," Ladies Home Journal, 1968-82
- Columnist for Newsday and film critic for Look.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:- Entertainment Weekly, June 18, 1993, p. 34.*