Rose ann scamardella biography definition
Rose Ann Scamardella, born on July 20, , is a notable figure in American television history, recognized primarily for her role as an anchorwoman at WABC-.
Rose Ann Scamardella was one of the earliest female news anchors in New York, but she may be better known as the inspiration for Gilda Radner's..
Rose Ann Scamardella
American television journalist
Rose Ann Scamardella (born July 20, 1947) is a former anchorwoman of WABC-TV's Eyewitness News in New York City, and the inspiration for Gilda Radner's character "Roseanne Roseannadanna" on Saturday Night Live.[1]
Biography
Rose Ann Scamardella was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A.
in sociology in 1968.[2]
After working for Gerald Freedman, a stockbroker, for "a couple of years" by her own account, she became the personnel director of an export company. By 1972, referred to in The Village Voice as "Roseann" Scamardella, she was working as what the paper identified only as a "television journalist".[3]
Accounts of her hiring at WABC-TVEyewitness News vary.
Howard Weinberg, a producer then with the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, owner of WNET, recounts that he "responded to concerns for newsroom diversity and [the WABC]