Biography
Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934 – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years. In 1996, Kuralt was inducted into Television Hall of Fame of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.Kuralt's On the Road segments were recognized twice with personal Peabody Awards. The first, awarded in 1968, cited those segments as heartwarming and "nostalgic vignettes." In 1975, his award was for his work as a U.S. "bicentennial historian"; his work "capture[d] the individuality of the people, the dynamic growth inherent in the area, and...the rich heritage of this great nation." Kuralt also won an Emmy Award for On the Road in 1978. He shared in a third Peabody awarded to CBS News Sunday Morning in 1979.
Filmography
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Movies 9
self 8
TV Shows 8
Writer 2
Voice 1
Narrator 1
The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes (2022)
The Revolutionary War (1995)
American Experience (1988)
Later with Bob Costas (1988)
Horowitz in Moscow (1986)
The Mall (1982)
After The Dream Comes True (1982)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
When Television Was Young (1977)
Of Black America (1968)
16 in Webster Groves (1966)
Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire (1965)
Christmas in Appalachia (1965)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Twentieth Century (1957)
Corwin
On The Road With Charles Kuralt
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GenderMale
Birthday1934-09-10
Deathday1997-07-04 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceWilmington, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNational Humanities Medal, George Polk Award, Peabody Awards, North Carolina Award for Public Service, Charles Frankel Prize
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