Marie Torre

Marie Torre (ca. 1924, Brooklyn, New York – January 3, 1997) was a television personality who appeared on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1962-77. She was the station's first woman anchor^[1] and one of the first female anchors in the United States. She showed great versatility, easily moving from covering hard news stories, including the kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, in May 1966, to interviewing such notables and newsmakers as President Lyndon B. Johnson and Coretta Scott King.

She hosted a daily interview talk show, Contact, later re-named The Marie Torre Show, as well as public affairs programming on KDKA-TV. She served as the station's entertainment critic, including everything from motion pictures to live theatre productions,such as the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.^{[citation needed]}

Earlier in her career, she gained some notoriety when, as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, she refused to name the source of comments critical of actress Judy Garland. During a landmark court case, Garland v. Torre, Torre was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment for contempt of court.^[2]

She appeared three times on the children's show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood^[3] After 1977, she returned to New York City. Carlow University in Pittsburgh sponsors the Marie Torre Memorial Lecture Series.

See also

• Freedom of the Press - United States

References

1. ^ WQED Pittsburgh: Pittsburghers of the Century: December 1999
2. ^ Torre was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment for contempt of court
3. ^ Marie Torre profile at IMDb

External links

• Short version of Garland episode
• Souls who enriched our lives, our region, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec. 1, 2002, accessed 12/07/2006
• The Girl Who Said No
• Protecting The Source

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Name	Torre, Marie
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Short description	American television journalist
Date of birth	ca. 1924
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Date of death	January 3, 1997
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