Line #50 Creator/DeborahNorville


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3	Deborah Anne Norville (August 8, 1958) is an American TV journalist and businesswoman who is the host of ''Series/InsideEdition''.
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5	She is married to Karl G. Wellner and they have three children.
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7	!!Shows she has worked on
8	* ''Series/InsideEdition''
9	* ''Series/CBSNews''
10	* ''Series/{{Today}}''
11	* ''Series/NBCNewsAtSunrise''
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13	!!Books
14	* ''Literature/BackOnTrackHowToStraightenOutYourWhenItThrowsYouACurveball''
15	** ''Literature/ThankYouPowerMakingTheScienceOFGratitudeWorkForYou''
16	* ''Literature/ThePowerOfRespectBenefitFromTheMostForgottenElementOfSuccess'' with Creator/ThomasNelson
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18	!! Tropes:
19	* BeautyContest: She won her town's local Junior Miss contest, a beauty contest for high school senior girls and represented Georgia in the 1976 America's Junior Miss pageant.
20	* TheCameo: A brief glimpse of Norville on a billboard, during her time at WMAQ-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} can be seen in the background in the film ''Film/RunningScared1986''.
21	* CareerResurrection: ''Series/InsideEdition'' quite obviously became this following her brief but [[OverShadowedByControversy controversial]] tenure on ''Series/{{Today}}'' and her stint as radio host for [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] and correspondent for Creator/{{CBS}} News.
22	* DaddysGirl: Norville has routinely [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10154820655132859 posted photos]] of [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10159103244877859 her father]] on social media in lieu of Veterans Day.
23	* DumbBlonde: An aversion in Norville's case as she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism and a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
24	* EagleEyeDetection: In 2019, Norville underwent surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule that was brought to her attention by an eagle-eyed viewer.
25	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: When Norville was selected as being Creator/JanePauley's successor on ''Series/{{Today}}'', Creator/{{NBC}}'s [[ExecutiveMeddling brass]] hoped that her youthful, [[RuleOfGlamorous glamorous]] persona would lure back viewers who had strayed to [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s ''Good Morning, America''.
26	* ExcusePlot: Norville's pregnancy leave in 1991 was essentially used by Creator/{{NBC}} as a means of easing her out of her co-anchor's spot on ''Series/{{Today}}'' and replacing her with Creator/KatieCouric.
27	* FantasticNatureReserve: Her father owned a menagerie complete with camels, ostriches, and llamas.
28	* TheFashionista: Norville once [[https://www.deborahnorville.com/videos filmed]] a segment for ''Series/InsideEdition'' where she worked as a model for famed photographer Victor Skrebneski. Norville would also regularly upload photos on her Website/{{Facebook}} and Instagram accounts, detailing the outfits that she wore on ''Inside Edition'' for that particular day.
29	* ImprobableAge: She began her broadcasting career at WAGA-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} while still a student at the University of Georgia.
30	* InnocentBlueEyes: Laura Blumenfeld of ''The Orlando Sentinel'' wrote when describing Norville in October 1997, that she was "[[StatuesqueStunner Tall]], [[HollywoodThin thin]], [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blond]], and had blue eyes chipped from the sky".
31	* HellholePrison: In February 2000, Norville [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10155758349602859 spent]] [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10155037440772859 a week]] in the Davidson County Jail, billed as the "toughest in America".
32	* HighHeelPower: Norville notably [[https://shaloola.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/i-almost-killed-deborah-norville-for-her-shoes/ sported]] black Christian Louboutin pumps when she moderated a post-[[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates presidential]] election [[ElectionDayEpisode townhall]] on ''[[Creator/AndersonCooper Anderson Live]]'' in November 2012. The look was complemented by ProperTightsWithASkirt.
33	* LongRunners: In March 2015, ''Series/InsideEdition'' celebrated Norville's 20th anniversary on the program, noting that she had become the longest-serving female anchor on national television.
34	* MarriedToTheJob: Averted as Norvile discontinued her MSNBC program ''Deborah Norville Tonight'' in 2005, citing [[FamilyVersusCareer the challenge of juggling]] her ''Series/InsideEdition'' and MSNBC duties along with her family responsibilities.
35	* TheMentor: Creator/JoanRivers took Norville under her wing, when she was 31. Their friendship lasted for 25 years, until Rivers's passing in 2014.
36	* MsFanservice: Norville was named as having the "Best Newscaster's Lips" in the January 1987 issue of ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' magazine in an article titled "The Best" that awarded top ratings for everything from car magazines to pinball machines (1987).
37	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Among the side-jobs that Norville has been assigned to during her time on ''Series/InsideEdition'' included being a peanut seller, flight attendant, toll taker, dish washer, short order cook, fruit picker, and nanny.
38	* {{Oktoberfest}}: For Halloween in 2016, Norville sported an Oktoberfest themed [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10154786036527859 costume]] on ''Inside Edition''.
39	* OlderThanTheyLook: While appearing as a guest on ''The Doctors'' in 2010, Norville [[https://youtu.be/nFIiKda89ko credited]] her youthful appearance despite already being over 50, to putting [[RawEggsMakeYouStronger egg whites]] on her face.
40	* PayingItForward: In 2007, Norville released the book ''Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work For You''.
41	* PregnantBadass: She once anchored ''Series/InsideEdition'' from a hospital maternity ward after giving birth to her third child.
42	* RatingsStunt: When Norville served as the anchor for ''NBC News at Sunrise'' from 1987-89, ratings jumped 40 percent. This earned her the news reader's job on ''Series/{{Today}}'', where she was universally praised.
43	* ReplacementScrappy: This was pretty much how Norville was depicted in the media regarding her tumultuous year and a half tenure as Creator/JanePauley's successor on ''Series/{{Today}}''.
44	* ScoutOut: Norville [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10155778157112859 was a member]] of the Girl Scouts.
45	* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: Norville once wrote and performed a song called "Keep On Movin", set to music written by noted producer Junior Vasquez.
46	* SouthernBelle: Norville is from Dalton, UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA and is a former Georgia Junior Miss America pageant winner.
47	* StatuesqueStunner: Norville is listed as standing at 5'8".
48	* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Norville loves to [[https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDeborahNorville/photos/10155217434597859 knit]] and sew, a passion she inherited from her mother, who died from rheumatoid arthritis.

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