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Kathleen Sullivan Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

Age, Biography and Wiki

Kathleen Sullivan is an American journalist and former news anchor. She was born on May 17, 1953 in Pasadena, California. She is best known for her work as a news anchor for ABC News and CNN. Sullivan attended Stanford University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She then went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. Sullivan began her career in journalism in the late 1970s, working as a reporter for KGO-TV in San Francisco. She then moved to ABC News in 1981, where she worked as a correspondent and anchor for the network's news programs. She was also a regular contributor to Good Morning America. In 1989, Sullivan joined CNN as an anchor and correspondent. She was the first female anchor of the network's flagship news program, CNN Newsroom. She also hosted the network's weekly news magazine, CNN Sunday. Sullivan left CNN in 2001 and returned to ABC News, where she served as a correspondent and anchor for the network's news programs. She retired from ABC News in 2011. As of 2021, Kathleen Sullivan's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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OccupationJournalist
Age70 years old
Zodiac SignTaurus
Born17 May, 1953
Birthday17 May
BirthplacePasadena, California, U.S.
NationalityCA

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Kathleen Sullivan Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Kathleen Sullivan's Husband?

Her husband is Michael Kiner (m. 1985–1990)

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Kathleen Sullivan Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Kathleen Sullivan worth at the age of 70 years old? Kathleen Sullivan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from CA. We have estimated Kathleen Sullivan's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023$1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

Sullivan received an Emmy nomination for Best Sportscaster – a first for a woman – and received two Emmy nominations for her work as anchor of E! Entertainment's E! News Daily, which she hosted after anchoring full-time coverage of the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Sullivan is a member of the National Advisory Board of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – to which she was appointed in 2003 by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson.

She has also worked in radio, doing weekly commentaries for ABC News and working in Los Angeles as a talk-show host on KABC and as a drive-time anchor for the all-news station KFWB, 1999-2000.

She has made various cameo appearances as herself in various entertainment television programs including the episode "Millions from Heaven" (1996) of the television situation-comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997), reporting on the Conner family winning the lottery.

Sullivan anchored the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona, for NBC's pay-per-view Olympics Triplecast.

Sullivan was the host of two syndicated health shows in the 1990s.

In the mid-1990s, she appeared in television and magazine ads as a spokesperson for Weight Watchers.

In 1987, Sullivan moved to CBS News to become co-anchor with Harry Smith of CBS This Morning. She served as co-anchor of the program from November 30, 1987 until February 23, 1990, after which she left CBS News. During her time at CBS, Sullivan was the only American journalist invited by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to a 1987 White House state dinner honoring Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and celebrating the end of the Cold War. Her reporting in 1989 on Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina won her and CBS News an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Event.On her firing from CBS Sullivan stated, "They called me old, unattractive and said, 'No one wants to look at her anymore,' " Sullivan told a reporter. "I broke a lot of news interviews, but that wasn't important to them."

In 1984, Sullivan became the first woman to anchor a telecast of the Olympic Games. She was an in-studio anchor for ABC's coverage of the Olympics during the 1984 Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo, and later that year during the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, California.

Moving to ABC News, she debuted ABC World News This Morning with co-anchor Steve Bell in 1982, substituted for co-host Joan Lunden on Good Morning America, anchored ABC World News Saturday, and started the first national-network health program, The Health Show. During the 1980s, Sullivan reported live from political conventions, summit meetings, state funerals and the Olympic Games. She broadcast live from Buckingham Palace in London to report the royal wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales.

She was hired as CNN anchor by former president Reese Schonfeld in 1980. Her career has been involved in nearly every area of broadcasting. For more than ten years, Sullivan was a news anchor, working at CNN, ABC News and CBS News. She is a blogger for The Huffington Post.

Starting her career in local television, she became the first female anchor hired by CNN in 1980.

She became the first American woman to broadcast live from the Soviet Union when she went there to interview Russian cosmonauts for the Soviet Pre-Olympic festival. In 1980, Sullivan was picked by Ted Turner to help launch his Cable News Network.

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Update: 2024-05-21