Biography
Howard was a film actress and soap opera star before breaking into journalism.
In 1960 she scored the first major interview with Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations. She was hired by ABC news as a
reporter and subsequently became the anchor for ABC's noontime news
broadcast, "The NewsHour with Lisa Howard." Her two specials on Cuba, in
1963 and 1964, were the most substantive coverage of Castro's revolution
in the early 1960s. She died in 1965.
Known For
The Man Who Cheated Himself
26 Dec 1950
Donovan's Brain
30 Sep 1953
Sabaka
02 Feb 1955
Mr. & Mrs. North
03 Oct 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
05 Oct 1951
Mandrake the Magician
01 Jan 1954
Mobs, Inc.
21 Mar 1956
Inner Sanctum
09 Jan 1954
Filmography
1956
- Mobs, Inc.as Ronnie Miles
1955
- Sabakaas Indira
1954
- Inner Sanctum1 episode
- Mandrake the Magicianas Princess Narda
1953
- Donovan's Brainas Chloe Donovan
1952
- Mr. & Mrs. North1 episode
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Starsas Mrs. Sawyer1 episode
1950
- The Man Who Cheated Himselfas Janet Cullen