Norma Quarles was born on November 11,1936 and is an American television reporter and anchor.
13 Facts About Norma Quarles
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Norma Quarles worked for NBC, CNN and PBS during her career.
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Norma Quarles's father worked at Macy's in New York which led to her being cast as an extra in Miracle on 34th Street in 1947.
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Norma Quarles attended Hunter College and City College of New York before earning her real estate license and moving to Chicago.
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Norma Quarles began her career in 1965 as a radio reporter in Chicago.
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Norma Quarles worked as a general assignment reporter for television station WKYC in Cleveland for three years, where she was the first African-American woman to file reports for a network.
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Norma Quarles then moved to WNBC in New York where she served as an anchor for the local morning news.
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In 1977, Norma Quarles began producing Urban Tales for WMAQ-TV in Chicago.
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In 1988, Norma Quarles joined CNN as a news anchor on CNN Daybreak.
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Norma Quarles anchored the show for two years and then switched to working as a correspondent, a job which she held until 1999.
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Norma Quarles then served as a reporter for Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on PBS, retiring in 2001.
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Norma Quarles was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Norma Quarles played a reporter in The Last Days of Disco and was an extra in Miracle on 34th Street.