Person

Diane Sawyer

Acting · Born 1945-12-22 · Glasgow, Kentucky, USA

Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs.

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  The Daily Show

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  Late Show with David Letterman

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  The Colbert Report

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  Jimmy Kimmel Live!

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  The View

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  LIVE with Kelly and Mark

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  20/20

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  The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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  Intimate Portrait

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• The Tony Danza Show

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• 2026Michael Jackson: A Life in MusicSelf (archive footage)
• 2026The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf
• 2026Eric Dane: Life, Loss & Courage – A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf
• 2026The Turpins: A New House of Horror - A Diane Sawyer Special Event
• 2025Lilith Fair: Building a MysteryExecutive Producer
• 2025Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf
• 2025Matthew Perry: A Hollywood TragedySelf - Journalist, ABC News (archive footage)
• 2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview – A Story of Terror, Survival and TriumphSelf - Interviewer
• 2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage)
• 2023Our BarbaraSelf
• 2022The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf
• 2022Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer InterviewSelf
• 2022Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't ExistSelf - ABC News (archive footage)
• 2021The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years LaterSelf - Host
• 2020Crazy, Not InsaneSelf (archive footage)
• 2018HowardSelf (archive footage)
• 2017Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for LizardsSelf (archive footage)
• 2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)
• 2015I Am CaitSelf
• 2015The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf - Hostess
• 2014The Price of GoldSelf (archive footage)
• 2012Janeane from Des MoinesHerself
• 2012Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelSelf
• 2010The SwitchThanks
• 2010UnforgettableSelf
• 2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
• 2009A Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack ObamaSelf
• 2006Rachael RaySelf
• 2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelf
• 2005The Prophet of Prosperity: Robert Tilton and the Gospel of GreedSelf - Archive Footage
• 2005The Colbert Report
• 2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
• 2004ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's PassionSelf
• 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
• 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
• 1997The ViewSelf
• 1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf
• 1996The Daily ShowSelf
• 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
• 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
• 1993Day OneHost
• 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
• 1981Entertainment TonightSelf
• 197820/20Self
• 1948World News Tonight with David Muir