1. Madeline Rochelle Amgott was an American television news producer.
10 Facts About Madeline Amgott
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Madeline Amgott worked at the Washington DC bureau of The San Diego Union before moving back to New York City.
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Madeline Amgott helped create Calendar, CBS daytime show aimed at women, which was hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett from 1961 to 1963.
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Madeline Amgott left Calendar after being turned down for an open producer on the show.
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Madeline Amgott was next hired by as a television news producer at WABC-TV in New York.
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Madeline Amgott produced The Big News, which is believed to have been the first major network affiliate news show made without network news staff.
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Madeline Amgott later returned to CBS where she produced episodes of 60 Minutes, as well as episodes of 30 Minutes, a half-hour children's format of 60 Minutes which aired on Saturdays from 1978 to 1982.
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Madeline Amgott produced the 1987 PBS mini-series, In Search of the Constitution, hosted by Bill Moyers.
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Madeline Amgott produced a television film on Hans Hofmann, which aired on PBS in 2003.
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Madeline Amgott died from lymphoma in Manhattan, New York City, on July 19,2014, at age 92.