Madeline Amgott

Amgott was born Madeline Rochelle Barotz on August 31, 1921, in the Bronx, New York.[1][2] She graduated from Brooklyn College.[1]

Amgott worked at the Washington D.C. bureau of The San Diego Union before moving back to New York City.[1] In 1955, she joined the staff of CBS News. Amgott helped create Calendar, CBS daytime show aimed at women, which was hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett from 1961 to 1963.[1] She left Calendar after being turned down for an open producer on the show.[1]

Amgott was next hired by as a television news producer at WABC-TV in New York. She produced The Big News, which is believed to have been the first major network affiliate news show made without network news staff.[1][2] The show aired on WABC. During the 1970s, Amgott produced episodes of the NBC talk show, Not for Women Only, which was hosted by Barbara Walters.[1]

She later returned to CBS where she produced episodes of 60 Minutes, as well as episodes of 30 Minutes, a half-hour children's format of 60 Minutes which aired on Saturdays from 1978 to 1982.[1] Amgott's work on 30 Minutes earned her three Daytime Emmy Awards.[1]

Amgott produced the 1987 PBS mini-series, In Search of the Constitution, hosted by Bill Moyers.[1] She also produced segments for Morning News on CBS. Amgott produced a television film on Hans Hofmann, which aired on PBS in 2003.[1]

Madeline Amgott died from lymphoma in Manhattan, New York City, on July 19, 2014, at the age of 92.[1] She was survived by her two sons, one daughter and one stepdaughter.