Dorothy Mae Kilgallen was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career shortly before her 18th birthday as a reporter for the Hearst Corporation's New York Evening Journal. In 1938, she began her newspaper column "The Voice of Broadway", which was eventually syndicated to more than 140 papers. In 1950, she became a regular panelist on the television game show What's My Line?, continuing in the role until her death.
Kilgallen c. 1955
New York Journal-American front page December 22, 1954
The What's My Line? panel in 1952: Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, Arlene Francis, and Hal Block, with John Daly as the host
The footstone of Dorothy Kilgallen in Gate of Heaven Cemetery
New York Journal-American
The New York Journal-American was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 to 1966. The Journal-American was the product of a merger between two New York newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst: the New York American, a morning paper, and the New York Evening Journal, an afternoon paper. Both were published by Hearst from 1895 to 1937. The American and Evening Journal merged in 1937.
New York Journal American headlining the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad during World War II
The front page of the June 26, 1906 issue of the New York American, prior to merger. The murder of Stanford White is its headline.
Edition of Friday afternoon, September 25, 1964
The Journal April 12, 1896 front page with Holmes mugshots