Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American syndicated newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell …

Walter Winchell was a U.S. journalist and broadcaster whose newspaper columns and radio broadcasts containing news and gossip gave him a massive audience and much influence in …

Sep 15, 2020 · Walter Winchell grew up poor in East Harlem, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He quickly rose from vaudeville hoofer to Broadway blabber by posting gossip …

Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator. He invented the "gossip column" while at the New York Evening Graphic, …

Winchell, Walter (1897-1972)For almost 40 years during the mid-twentieth century, Walter Winchell was thought to be the most powerful man in America. A Jewish former vaudevillian, …

This 2-hour documentary features rare recordings and a recently digitized collection of Winchell’s work from the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Winchell perfected the use of slang to report stories that might have led to legal disputes, although his contract held him harmless from libelous material. Winchell stayed in radio until 1957 and …

Jan 5, 2026 · Walter Winchell (1960) Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972), an American newspaper and radio commentator, invented the gossip column at the New York …

By the end of the 1920's, Walter Winchell was nationally famous. The inventor of the modern gossip column, Winchell intermingled wordplay, obscure facts, philosophical observations, and …

Walter Winchell was a prominent American journalist and broadcaster born in New York City in 1897 to a family with a challenging background. He began his career in entertainment as a …