Joyce Davidson-Suskind was a pioneering female broadcaster and television personality with a long career on both sides of the others, thanks to an offhand remark she made about Queen Elizabeth.
“She (Joyce) was an original feminist at a time when you had to careful in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s about how you approached that issue. She was passionately behind the women’s movement at all stages and particularly in her own industry,” recalled younger brother Brian Brock.
Davidson, who was born in Saskatoon, Sask. in 1931, died on May 7 at age 89 at Meighen Manor, where at least 42 residents have died during the outbreak.
Her decades-long career, which began on a cooking show on Hamilton’s CHCH in 1954, included her own daytime talk show, CFTO-TV’s “The Joyce Davidson Show.”
But it was an on-air remark during a 1959 guest appearance on NBC’s “Today” in which she said she was “indifferent” to an upcoming visit by the Queen to Canada that cost her a high-profile job as a presenter and interviewer on “Tabloid,” a CBC evening news and entertainment show.
Brock said the remark led to sponsors threatening to boycott the show and royalist Canadians picketing the Rosedale home where she lived with her two daughters Shelley and Constance. After three seasons with the show, Davidson soon resigned from the show and looked southward.
In an August 1960 Chatelaine magazine interview with journalist/activist June Callwood — a lifelong friend — entitled “Must I Leave Canada?” Davidson lamented the controversy and her choice of words.
Davidson had already had a taste of success in the U.S., doing live commercials on “The Jack Benny Show” and “The George Gobel Show.” She moved to the U.S. where she co-hosted “PM East/PM West,” a late-night talk show out of New York City, from 1961 to 1962 alongside Mike Wallace, who would later go on to become one of original correspondents of the famed news magazine “60 Minutes.”
In 1964, Davidson became a producer of a local New York talk show called “Hot Line,” where she met David Susskind, a celebrated host and producer. They married in 1966, and Davidson had her third daughter, Samantha, before the couple divorced in 1986 and Susskind died the next year.
Davidson, through her career and association with Susskind, had a vast array of glamorous friends, including Bobby Kennedy, Gloria Vanderbilt and Johnny Carson — on whose show she made numerous appearances — as well as Ingrid Bergman.
Davidson co-hosted a short-lived U.S. late-night show, “Joyce and Barbara: For Adults Only,” in 1971 with Barbara Howar.
Years later, Davidson returned to Canada to host her own show, “The Joyce Davidson Show,” which aired for one season ending in 1978. Brock said she was particularly proud of a PBS documentary in 1981 with Mother Teresa, whom she got to know well during production.
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/10/joyce-davidson-susskind-veteran-tv-host-once-left-indifferent-by-the-queens-visit-dead-at-89.html
“She (Joyce) was an original feminist at a time when you had to careful in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s about how you approached that issue. She was passionately behind the women’s movement at all stages and particularly in her own industry,” recalled younger brother Brian Brock.
Davidson, who was born in Saskatoon, Sask. in 1931, died on May 7 at age 89 at Meighen Manor, where at least 42 residents have died during the outbreak.
Her decades-long career, which began on a cooking show on Hamilton’s CHCH in 1954, included her own daytime talk show, CFTO-TV’s “The Joyce Davidson Show.”
But it was an on-air remark during a 1959 guest appearance on NBC’s “Today” in which she said she was “indifferent” to an upcoming visit by the Queen to Canada that cost her a high-profile job as a presenter and interviewer on “Tabloid,” a CBC evening news and entertainment show.
Brock said the remark led to sponsors threatening to boycott the show and royalist Canadians picketing the Rosedale home where she lived with her two daughters Shelley and Constance. After three seasons with the show, Davidson soon resigned from the show and looked southward.
In an August 1960 Chatelaine magazine interview with journalist/activist June Callwood — a lifelong friend — entitled “Must I Leave Canada?” Davidson lamented the controversy and her choice of words.
Davidson had already had a taste of success in the U.S., doing live commercials on “The Jack Benny Show” and “The George Gobel Show.” She moved to the U.S. where she co-hosted “PM East/PM West,” a late-night talk show out of New York City, from 1961 to 1962 alongside Mike Wallace, who would later go on to become one of original correspondents of the famed news magazine “60 Minutes.”
In 1964, Davidson became a producer of a local New York talk show called “Hot Line,” where she met David Susskind, a celebrated host and producer. They married in 1966, and Davidson had her third daughter, Samantha, before the couple divorced in 1986 and Susskind died the next year.
Davidson, through her career and association with Susskind, had a vast array of glamorous friends, including Bobby Kennedy, Gloria Vanderbilt and Johnny Carson — on whose show she made numerous appearances — as well as Ingrid Bergman.
Davidson co-hosted a short-lived U.S. late-night show, “Joyce and Barbara: For Adults Only,” in 1971 with Barbara Howar.
Years later, Davidson returned to Canada to host her own show, “The Joyce Davidson Show,” which aired for one season ending in 1978. Brock said she was particularly proud of a PBS documentary in 1981 with Mother Teresa, whom she got to know well during production.
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/10/joyce-davidson-susskind-veteran-tv-host-once-left-indifferent-by-the-queens-visit-dead-at-89.html
Joyce Davidson-Suskind was a pioneering female broadcaster and television personality with a long career on both sides of the others, thanks to an offhand remark she made about Queen Elizabeth.
“She (Joyce) was an original feminist at a time when you had to careful in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s about how you approached that issue. She was passionately behind the women’s movement at all stages and particularly in her own industry,” recalled younger brother Brian Brock.
Davidson, who was born in Saskatoon, Sask. in 1931, died on May 7 at age 89 at Meighen Manor, where at least 42 residents have died during the outbreak.
Her decades-long career, which began on a cooking show on Hamilton’s CHCH in 1954, included her own daytime talk show, CFTO-TV’s “The Joyce Davidson Show.”
But it was an on-air remark during a 1959 guest appearance on NBC’s “Today” in which she said she was “indifferent” to an upcoming visit by the Queen to Canada that cost her a high-profile job as a presenter and interviewer on “Tabloid,” a CBC evening news and entertainment show.
Brock said the remark led to sponsors threatening to boycott the show and royalist Canadians picketing the Rosedale home where she lived with her two daughters Shelley and Constance. After three seasons with the show, Davidson soon resigned from the show and looked southward.
In an August 1960 Chatelaine magazine interview with journalist/activist June Callwood — a lifelong friend — entitled “Must I Leave Canada?” Davidson lamented the controversy and her choice of words.
Davidson had already had a taste of success in the U.S., doing live commercials on “The Jack Benny Show” and “The George Gobel Show.” She moved to the U.S. where she co-hosted “PM East/PM West,” a late-night talk show out of New York City, from 1961 to 1962 alongside Mike Wallace, who would later go on to become one of original correspondents of the famed news magazine “60 Minutes.”
In 1964, Davidson became a producer of a local New York talk show called “Hot Line,” where she met David Susskind, a celebrated host and producer. They married in 1966, and Davidson had her third daughter, Samantha, before the couple divorced in 1986 and Susskind died the next year.
Davidson, through her career and association with Susskind, had a vast array of glamorous friends, including Bobby Kennedy, Gloria Vanderbilt and Johnny Carson — on whose show she made numerous appearances — as well as Ingrid Bergman.
Davidson co-hosted a short-lived U.S. late-night show, “Joyce and Barbara: For Adults Only,” in 1971 with Barbara Howar.
Years later, Davidson returned to Canada to host her own show, “The Joyce Davidson Show,” which aired for one season ending in 1978. Brock said she was particularly proud of a PBS documentary in 1981 with Mother Teresa, whom she got to know well during production.
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/10/joyce-davidson-susskind-veteran-tv-host-once-left-indifferent-by-the-queens-visit-dead-at-89.html
“She (Joyce) was an original feminist at a time when you had to careful in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s about how you approached that issue. She was passionately behind the women’s movement at all stages and particularly in her own industry,” recalled younger brother Brian Brock.
Davidson, who was born in Saskatoon, Sask. in 1931, died on May 7 at age 89 at Meighen Manor, where at least 42 residents have died during the outbreak.
Her decades-long career, which began on a cooking show on Hamilton’s CHCH in 1954, included her own daytime talk show, CFTO-TV’s “The Joyce Davidson Show.”
But it was an on-air remark during a 1959 guest appearance on NBC’s “Today” in which she said she was “indifferent” to an upcoming visit by the Queen to Canada that cost her a high-profile job as a presenter and interviewer on “Tabloid,” a CBC evening news and entertainment show.
Brock said the remark led to sponsors threatening to boycott the show and royalist Canadians picketing the Rosedale home where she lived with her two daughters Shelley and Constance. After three seasons with the show, Davidson soon resigned from the show and looked southward.
In an August 1960 Chatelaine magazine interview with journalist/activist June Callwood — a lifelong friend — entitled “Must I Leave Canada?” Davidson lamented the controversy and her choice of words.
Davidson had already had a taste of success in the U.S., doing live commercials on “The Jack Benny Show” and “The George Gobel Show.” She moved to the U.S. where she co-hosted “PM East/PM West,” a late-night talk show out of New York City, from 1961 to 1962 alongside Mike Wallace, who would later go on to become one of original correspondents of the famed news magazine “60 Minutes.”
In 1964, Davidson became a producer of a local New York talk show called “Hot Line,” where she met David Susskind, a celebrated host and producer. They married in 1966, and Davidson had her third daughter, Samantha, before the couple divorced in 1986 and Susskind died the next year.
Davidson, through her career and association with Susskind, had a vast array of glamorous friends, including Bobby Kennedy, Gloria Vanderbilt and Johnny Carson — on whose show she made numerous appearances — as well as Ingrid Bergman.
Davidson co-hosted a short-lived U.S. late-night show, “Joyce and Barbara: For Adults Only,” in 1971 with Barbara Howar.
Years later, Davidson returned to Canada to host her own show, “The Joyce Davidson Show,” which aired for one season ending in 1978. Brock said she was particularly proud of a PBS documentary in 1981 with Mother Teresa, whom she got to know well during production.
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/10/joyce-davidson-susskind-veteran-tv-host-once-left-indifferent-by-the-queens-visit-dead-at-89.html
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