Maureen Bridgid Dowd (/da?d/; born January 14, 1952) is an American columnist for The New York Times and best-selling author. During the 1970s and the early 1980s, she worked for Time magazine and the Washington Star, where she covered news as well as sports and wrote feature articles. Dowd joined the Times in 1983 as a metropolitan reporter and eventually became an Op-Ed writer for the newspaper in 1995. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the Clinton administration.
[on the 'historical' films of 2012] This Oscar season is rife with contenders who bank on the authenticity of their film until it's challenged, and then fall back on the 'Hey, it's only a movie' defense.
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Release of her book, "Bushworld: Enter At Your Own Risk". [2004]
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Release of her book, "Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide". [2005]
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Named a Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine in 1996. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. In 2000, won the Damon Runyon Award for outstanding contributions to journalism.
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Began career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter and feature writer. When the newspaper closed in 1981, went to work at Time.
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Youngest of five children, was born in Washington, D.C., where her father (who was born in County Clare in Ireland) worked as a Washington, D.C. police inspector.
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In 1973, received a B.A. in English from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
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Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times columnist, based in Washington, D.C. Has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Patriots
1996
Pub Patron
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Overheard
2016
TV Series
Herself - interviewee
Fox News Sunday
2016
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
Real Time with Bill Maher
2004-2016
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Guest
Tavis Smiley
2005-2016
TV Series
Herself
Meet the Press
2005-2016
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Panelist / Herself - Political Reporter
$700,000
