Jessica Savitch
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast solo, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death as a passenge...
Known For
Filmography
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Movies
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Eighties
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Bowling for Columbine
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
88 Seconds in Greensboro
1983
as Themself
Frontline
1983
as Self - Host
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
Nasty Habits
1977
as Self
NBC Nightly News
1970
as Self