Phil Donahues Wealth

Publish date: 2024-05-19

Phillip John Donahue has an estimated net worth of $23.5 Million


Phil Donahue’s Journey

Phillip John Donahue, born on December 21, 1935, in Cleveland, Ohio USA, is of part Irish descent. He amassed his wealth and fame as a TV host and producer. Donahue is best known for creating the first-ever talk show – “Donahue” – which involved the audience as participants. The show ran for 29 years, from 1967 to 1996. Throughout his career, Donahue has achieved numerous accolades, including 20 Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award in 1980, and induction into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1993. His media career began in 1963.

Phil Donahue’s overall net worth is estimated at $23.5 million, a sum accrued through his successful nearly 50-year career as a TV personality.

Phil Donahue’s Personal Life

Phil, raised in Ohio, is the son of a furniture salesman and a shoe store clerk. He attended St. Edward High School and then the University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

His career started when he landed a job as a production assistant at KYW radio, and later became an announcer at WHIO radio in Dayton. His first radio talk show, “Conversation Piece,” aired from 1963 to 1967 and featured famous interviews with figures such as John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali.

In 1967, Donahue transitioned his talk show to television, joining WLWD-TV. Renaming it to “The Phil Donahue Show,” his first episode garnered high ratings, setting the stage for his success. By 1972, the show went national, significantly boosting Phil’s net worth. Over the years, Phil earned numerous Daytime Emmy Awards for “The Phil Donahue Show.”

One prominent event during this time was Phil hosting the US-Soviet Space Bridge in 1980, facilitating communication between citizens of the US and USSR.

Although the show’s ratings declined in the 1990s, leading to its conclusion in 1996, Phil briefly returned to host the talk show “Donahue” on MSNBC in 2002, before it was canceled in 2003. Subsequently, Phil ventured into directing and producing, notably the documentary film “Body Of War” in 2006.

Phil’s personal life involves being married to Marlo Thomas since 1980, with whom he shares five children. Prior to this, he was married to Margaret Cooney from 1958 to 1975.

Full NamePhil Donahue
Net Worth$23.5 Million
Date Of BirthDecember 21, 1935
Place Of BirthCleveland, Ohio USA
ProfessionAmerican media personality, writer, film producer, creator, host in the show
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame, St. Edward High School
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMarlo Thomas (m. 1980), Marge Cooney (m. 1958 – 1975)
ChildrenMichael Donahue, Jim Donahue, Daniel Donahue, Mary Rose Donahue, Kevin Donahue
ParentsCatherine Donahue, Phillip Donahue
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IMDB
Allmusicwww.allmusic.com/artist/phil-donahue-mn0001962674
AwardsPeabody Award (1981), Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, GLAAD Media Award (2009), Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host
NominationsAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame (1993)
Movies“An Unreasonable Man” (2007), “Skum rocks!” (2013), “Body of War” (2007)
TV Shows“The Phil Donahue Show” (1967-1996), “Donahue” (since 2002), “Sex: The Revolution” (2008)
#Trademark
1Often discusses issues that divide liberals and conservatives
2Mostly wears glasses with his white hair.
3His deep smooth authorize voice.
#Quote
1[on the death of father-in-law Danny Thomas in 1991] He hit the long ball for such a long time. He would hold an audience for an unprecedented length of time in the imagery of the story he was telling, and suddenly would come the punch line, and the ceiling would crack with laughter. He wove an illusion on the stage with no props, all by himself.
2While being interviewed on Today (1952) by Katie Couric in July 2002: “Don’t be afraid of liberals. Some of them are my best friends. You can call us names, you can picket us but you cannot take our flag. We are as proud of America as anyone else”.
#Fact
1Release of his book, “Donahue, My Own Story”. [1979]
2Release of the book, “That Girl and Phil: An Insider Tells What Life is Really Like in the Marlo Thomas/Phil Donahue Household” by Desmond Atholl and Michael Cherkinian. [1990]
3Supporting anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and is protesting the Iraq war. [September 2005]
4Release of his DVD: Body of War” by Phil with Ellen Spiro. [2008]
5Grandfather of Connor Donahue.
6Brother-in-law of producer Tony Thomas and Terre Thomas.
7Son-in-law of actor/producer Danny Thomas and Rose Marie Mantell Thomas.
8His talk show on MSNBC, Donahue (2002), has been canceled [March 2003].
9Graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
101953 graduate of St. Edward High School, located in Lakewood, Ohio.
11In 1994 he succeeded in getting permission from a convicted murderer to film the murderer’s legal execution in the gas chamber. The courts, however, refused to give the FCC permission to air the event.
12First met Marlo Thomas when she was a guest on his show during the seventies. Children with his first wife: Michael, Kevin, Daniel, Jim and Mary Rose.

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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Watching the Detectives2008TV SeriesActor: Santa killer
Frasier1999TV SeriesActor: Larry
Danny Thomas: Young & Foolish1978TV Movie

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Body of War2007Documentary executive producer / producer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Body of War2007Documentary

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Body of War2007Documentary

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sesame Street, Special1988TV Movie: Performer – “Put Down the Duckie Reprise”

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