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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.*