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  • Category: Television
  • Star rank: 1424
  • Address:
    6297 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101747, -118.326512

Mike Wallace

Next star: Kirk Douglas
Previous star: Billy Gilbert

Biography

Myron Leon “Mike” Wallace (born May 9, 1918) is an American journalist, former game show host, actor and media personality. During his career, which has spanned over sixty years, he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.

Fact file

  • Born: Myron Leon Wallace May 9, 1918 (age 93) Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
  • Education: University of Michigan
  • Occupation: Journalist
  • Other names: “Mike”
  • Spouse(s): Norma Kaphan (m. 1940–1948) «start: (1940)–end+1: (1949)»“Marriage: Norma Kaphan to Mike Wallace (journalist)” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(journalist)) Buff Cobb (m. 1949–1954) «start: (1949)–end+1: (1955)»“Marriage: Buff Cobb to Mike Wallace (journalist)” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(journalist)) (died 2010) Lorraine Perigord (m. 1955–1983) «start: (1955)–end+1: (1984)»“Marriage: Lorraine Perigord to Mike Wallace (journalist)” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(journalist)) Mary Yates (m. 1986) «start: (1986)»“Marriage: Mary Yates to Mike Wallace (journalist)” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(journalist))
  • Children: Peter Wallace (died 1962) Chris Wallace
  • Religious belief(s): Jewish
  • Notable credit(s): 60 Minutes (1968-2006 & 2008)

Read more about Mike Wallace at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Former talkshow host Cobb dies
Variety, 2010-07-22 00:26:02
TV News: With husband Mike Wallace she fronted yakkers -- CBS talkshow host Buff Cobb, who presided over such yakkers as "Mike and Buff" with then-husband Mike Wallace, died July 12 in Lebanon, N.H. She was 82.

Former talkshow host Cobb dies
Variety, 2010-07-22 00:26:02
TV News: With husband Mike Wallace she fronted yakkers -- CBS talkshow host Buff Cobb, who presided over such yakkers as "Mike and Buff" with then-husband Mike Wallace, died July 12 in Lebanon, N.H. She was 82.

Buff Cobb, 82, Dies; Hosted Show With Mike Wallace
NY Times TV, 2010-07-21 23:24:52
Mike Wallace and Buff Cobb.

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