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Broadcasters in Arts & Letters

43 people, across 7 fields.

Orson Welles 1915–1985Film, Television & ComedyDirector, actor, and broadcaster whose innovations in film, radio, and theater reshaped American visual and dramatic storytelling.Groucho Marx 1890–1977Film, Television & ComedyComedian who turned the verbal insult into the engine of American comedy, from vaudeville and the Marx Brothers pictures to 14 years of You Bet Your Life.Johnny Carson 1925–2005Film, Television & ComedyHost of The Tonight Show for thirty years and the model for American late-night television.Nat King Cole 1919–1965MusicJazz pianist and singer of "Mona Lisa", "Unforgettable" and "The Christmas Song"Joan Rivers 1933–2014Film, Television & ComedyComedian and the first woman to host a late-night network talk showStuds Terkel 1912–2008Literature & DramaOral historian and Chicago broadcaster who recorded working Americans in book-length interview collections.