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- Category: Television
- Star rank: 1786
- Address:
1699 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.101482, -118.326825
Alistair Cooke
Biography
Alfred Alistair Cooke KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke’s America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
Fact file
- Born: Alfred Alistair Cooke 20 November 1908 Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Died: 30 March 2004 (aged 95) New York City, New York, United States
- Nationality: British-American
- Ethnicity: Anglo-Irish
- Occupation: Journalist and broadcaster
- Notable credit(s): Letter from America Alistair Cooke’s America
- Spouse: (1) Ruth Emerson, (2) Jane White Hawkes
- Children: John Byrne Cooke (by Ruth Emerson), Susan Byrne Cooke (by Jane White Hawkes)
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Vine St, west side, between Hollywood and Selma
Nearby you will also find Broncho Billy Anderson, Greer Garson, and many others.