Jane Pauley Biography
Jane Pauley is an American television host and author who has been in the news business since 1972. From 1976 to 1989, she co-anchored Today, first with Tom Brokaw and then with Bryant Gumbel. In 1989, with her job apparently threatened by Deborah Norville’s addition to the program, she requested that her contract be terminated. From 1992 to 2003, she was a regular anchor on the network’s newsmagazine Dateline NBC.
How old is Jane Pauley? – Age
She is 70 years old as of 31 October 2020. She was born Margaret Jane Pauley in 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Jane Pauley Family
She is the second child of Richard Grandison Pauley and Mary E. (née Patterson) Pauley and a fifth-generation Hoosier. Her father worked as a traveling salesman, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom. Pauley has always looked up to her older sister, Ann, who has been her closest confidante since she was a child.
Jane Pauley Husband
On June 14, 1980, Pauley married cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury. They are the parents of three children and two grandchildren.
Jane Pauley Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $40 Million.
How much does Jane Pauley make? – Salary
She is said to be earning an annual salary of $1.2 million.
Where does Jane Pauley buy her clothes?
Pauley buys her own clothes for the show, mostly off the rack in New York stores or in Indianapolis or Pittsburgh when visiting family. She once went shopping on Seventh Avenue, the garment district and found herself buying everything in sight, mostly out of obligation to the designer. She doesn’t have a favorite designer or the fashion sense to create a signature look.
Jane Pauley House
Pauley hosted a $6.3 million sale of her Palisades, New York, retreat. She and her husband reaped the benefits of their investment. According to real estate records, the couple paid $2.3 million for the picturesque property in 2015. In July, they successfully sold the house.
The four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom Tudor-style stone cottage, known as the “House in the Woods,” offers scenic views of the Hudson River. The waterfront home, built in the 1920s and featuring over 3,100 square feet of interior space, had been off the market for some time before it was quietly sold.
Jane Pauley Career
From 1976 to December 29, 1989, Pauley co-hosted the Today show. From 1980 to 1982, she also hosted the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News. Pauley became a role model for working mothers after giving birth to twins after a very public pregnancy. The media speculated that NBC executives were easing Pauley out in order to advance the younger NBC newscaster. Pauley’s departure from Today was announced in February 1989, and the cost to NBC for the year was close to $10 million.
Many magazines featured Pauley’s image, including the December 1989 cover of Life magazine, with the headline “Our Loss, Her Dream: How Jane Pauley Got What She Wanted – Time for Her Kids, Prime Time for Herself.” On the July 23, 1990 cover of New York Magazine, she was dubbed “The Loved One.” The one-hour broadcast earned a 13.3 national Nielsen rating and a 24 percent audience share in its 10 p.m. time slot on Tuesday
Dateline, NBC’s 18th attempt at a newsmagazine, premiered on March 31, 1992. From 1992 to 2003, Pauley co-anchored Dateline with Stone Phillips. Dateline made its own headlines on February 9, 1993, when Pauley and Phillips publicly apologized to General Motors. Pauley surprised NBC in 2003 by declining to renegotiate her contract. Jane Pauley’s decision to leave Dateline in 2003 resulted in the creation of The Jane Pauley Show, a daytime talk show that aired for one season before being canceled.
Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, her best-selling memoir, was published in 2004, and it revealed her bipolar disorder diagnosis. In 2008, she also ran a public campaign for President Barack Obama. Pauley began her career as a contributor on the Today show in 1989. She co-hosted “Your Life Calling,” a weekly segment that profiled people over the age of 50 who were reinventing their lives. The segment was sponsored by AARP, and it culminated in Pauley’s second New York Times best-seller, Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life. Pauley has appeared as a guest host on CBS This Morning and as a replacement for Scott on the CBS Evening News. Beginning in October 2016, she will take over as host of CBS Sunday Morning for Charles Osgood. Dateline, NBC’s 18th attempt at a newsmagazine, premiered on March 31, 1992. From 1992 to 2003, Pauley co-anchored Dateline with Stone Phillips.