Barbara Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts. Image: Barbara Walters in 1979 by Lynn Gilbert - CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

She was known for her high-profile interviews with presidents, world leaders and Hollywood stars, but when Barbara Walters wasn’t on camera, she could surprise even her nearest and dearest. “She had another side to her,” recalls Meredith Vieira, who cohosted on Walters’s daytime talk show The View from 1997 to 2006. “The first time you hear a dirty joke out of Barbara’s mouth, it’s not just dirty, it’s filthy. You’re looking at her in her heels and her proper attire going, ‘Who is this

The first woman to co-anchor the evening news, she endured the scorn of her male counterparts.

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"Barbara Walters was the subject of my photographs many times over the years. I like this one taken in 1975 at her home with her daughter, Jacqueline, which showed a different side of her personality." —Harry Benson