Jessica Savitch

Jessica Savitch

Known for

Acting

Born

February 1, 1947

Birthplace

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Died

October 23, 1983 (aged 36)

Biography

Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast solo, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death as a passenger in an automobile accident later that year.

Shortly before her death in October 1983, Savitch gave a broadcast of NBC News Digest in which her delivery was erratic and she appeared to be under the i...

Best known work

Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
2002
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Frontline
Frontline
1983
The Movies
The Movies
2019
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
The Seventies
The Seventies
2015
The Eighties
The Eighties
2016
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
1970
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits
1977
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018

Filmography

  1. 2020

    Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2019

    The MoviesTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  3. 2018

  4. 2016

    The EightiesTV

    as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

  5. 2015

    The SeventiesTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  6. 2002

    Bowling for Columbine

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 1993

    Intimate PortraitTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  8. 1983

  9. 1983

    FrontlineTV

    as Self - Host (25 episodes)

  10. 1982

    Late Night with David LettermanTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  11. 1977

  12. 1970

    NBC Nightly NewsTV

    as Self (153 episodes)

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