Madeline Amgott
| Madeline Amgott | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Madeline Rochelle Barotz August 31, 1921 Bronx |
| Died |
July 19, 2014 (aged 92) Manhattan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | television producer |
Madeline Rochelle Amgott (August 31, 1921 – July 19, 2014) was an American television news producer. A pioneer of early television news, Amgott was one of the first, and only, women to producer television news shows during the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2]
Life
Amgott was born Madeline Rochelle Barotz on August 31, 1921, in the Bronx, New York.[1][2] She graduated from Brooklyn College.[1]
Amgott worked at the Washington D.C. bureau of the The San Diego Union before moving back to New York City.[1] In 1955, she joined the staff of CBS News. Amgott helped create Calendar, CBS daytime show aimed at women, which was hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett from 1961 to 1963.[1] She left Calendar after being turned down for an open producer on the show.[1]
Amgott was next hired by as a television news producer at WABC-TV in New York. She produced "The Big News," is believed to have been the first major network affiliate news show made without network news staff.[1][2] The show aired on WABC. During the 1970s, Amgott produced episodes of the NBC talk show, Not for Women Only, which was hosted by Barbara Walters.[1]
She 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.[1] Amgott's work on 30 Minutes earned her three Daytime Emmy Awards.[1]
Amgott produced the 1987 PBS mini-series, In Search of the Constitution, hosted by Bill Moyers.[1] She also produced segments for Morning News on CBS. Amgott produced a television film on Hans Hofmann, which aired on PBS in 2003.[1]
Madeline Amgott died from lymphoma in Manhattan, New York City, on July 19, 2014, at the age of 92.[1] She was survived by her two sons, one daughter and one stepdaughter.