Television Personality. She was a daytime television talk show host from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. On television, Graham hosted the syndicated programs "Food for Thought" from 1953 to 195), "Girl Talk" from 1962 to 1969 and "The Virginia Graham Show" in 1970 to 1972, and appeared on many other programs. She was described as "a bright, alert, talkative woman of ripe, tart-edged candor." Another writer said she looked like "Sophie Tucker doing a Carol Channing performance." She attended the University of Chicago, where she majored in anthropology, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She then studied journalism at Northwestern University, and received a master's degree. After World War II, she wrote scripts for such radio soap operas as "Stella Dallas," "Our Gal Sunday," and "Backstage Wife." She hosted her first radio talk show in 1951. Graham was a panelist on the DuMont panel show "Where Was I?" from 1952 to 1953. She succeeded Margaret Truman in 1956 as co-host of the NBC radio show "Weekday," teamed with Mike Wallace. In 1982, Graham played fictional talk show host Stella Stanton in the final episodes of the television soap opera "Texas." Her book about her husband's death, "Life After Harry: My Adventures in Widowhood," became a bestseller in 1988. Harry Guttenberg, who died in 1980, had owned and run a theatrical costume company. Graham, a cancer survivor, was a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. A former smoker, she denounced smoking whenever the opportunity arose. Still, when asked on her program what she would do if she knew the world would end tomorrow, she confessed she would smoke.
Television Personality. She was a daytime television talk show host from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. On television, Graham hosted the syndicated programs "Food for Thought" from 1953 to 195), "Girl Talk" from 1962 to 1969 and "The Virginia Graham Show" in 1970 to 1972, and appeared on many other programs. She was described as "a bright, alert, talkative woman of ripe, tart-edged candor." Another writer said she looked like "Sophie Tucker doing a Carol Channing performance." She attended the University of Chicago, where she majored in anthropology, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She then studied journalism at Northwestern University, and received a master's degree. After World War II, she wrote scripts for such radio soap operas as "Stella Dallas," "Our Gal Sunday," and "Backstage Wife." She hosted her first radio talk show in 1951. Graham was a panelist on the DuMont panel show "Where Was I?" from 1952 to 1953. She succeeded Margaret Truman in 1956 as co-host of the NBC radio show "Weekday," teamed with Mike Wallace. In 1982, Graham played fictional talk show host Stella Stanton in the final episodes of the television soap opera "Texas." Her book about her husband's death, "Life After Harry: My Adventures in Widowhood," became a bestseller in 1988. Harry Guttenberg, who died in 1980, had owned and run a theatrical costume company. Graham, a cancer survivor, was a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. A former smoker, she denounced smoking whenever the opportunity arose. Still, when asked on her program what she would do if she knew the world would end tomorrow, she confessed she would smoke.
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