Film & TV
Winchester, Kentucky, USA
Known for
- Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House — Self2008
- Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater — Self2007
- The Colbert Report — Self2005
- Real Time with Bill Maher — Self2003
- The Daily Show — Self1996
- The American President — Helen Thomas (uncredited)1995
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Key facts
- Born
- Helen Amelia Thomas , ( 1920-08-04 ) August 4, 1920, Winchester, Kentucky , U.S.
- Died
- July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) (aged 92), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Wayne State University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Author journalist columnist
- Years active
- 1943–2013
- Known for
- Pioneering female reporter;, first female member of, the White House press corps
- Spouse
- Douglas B. Cornell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 ; died 1982 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helen
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Winchester
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Hearst Communications
- Award
- honorary degree
- Field of work
- journalist
- Image
- Bushandhelenthomas.jpg
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- Commons category
- Helen Thomas
- date of birth
- 1920-08-04
- date of death
- 2013-07-20
- name in kana
- ヘレン・トーマス
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration.
Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote six books; her last (with co-author Craig Crawford) was Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helen Thomas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.