Jeanne Parr may be recognized nowadays for being The Good Wife and Sex and the City actor Chris Noth's mother, but the 92-year-old who died last Friday made a name for herself decades ago as a trailblazing journalist, model, author, and so much more. After modeling and working on local news stations, the Madison, Wisconsin-native became one of the first female news correspondents for CBS. And it all started with a blooper. While doing the weather on a local news station in New Haven, Connecticut, Parr couldn't find the state of Arkansas on a map, according to Wisconsin State Journal.
- 5/24/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Jeanne Parr may be recognized nowadays for being The Good Wife and Sex and the City actor Chris Noth's mother, but the 92-year-old who died last Friday made a name for herself decades ago as a trailblazing journalist, model, author, and so much more. After modeling and working on local news stations, the Madison, Wisconsin-native became one of the first female news correspondents for CBS. And it all started with a blooper. While doing the weather on a local news station in New Haven, Connecticut, Parr couldn't find the state of Arkansas on a map, according to Wisconsin State Journal.
- 5/24/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
The Good Wife star Chris Noth has lost his mother, People has learned.
Pioneering CBS correspondent Jeanne Parr died on Friday. She was 92.
"My mother lived fiercely with courage and love," Noth tells People. "She never accepted anything less than her dreams. And she wanted those same qualities for her children. She lived long and died surrounded by those she loved and who loved her."
Parr began her career at a local radio and television station in Madison, Wisconsin, before eventually being spotted by a CBS producer who moved her career to New York. Once in the Big Apple, Parr...
Pioneering CBS correspondent Jeanne Parr died on Friday. She was 92.
"My mother lived fiercely with courage and love," Noth tells People. "She never accepted anything less than her dreams. And she wanted those same qualities for her children. She lived long and died surrounded by those she loved and who loved her."
Parr began her career at a local radio and television station in Madison, Wisconsin, before eventually being spotted by a CBS producer who moved her career to New York. Once in the Big Apple, Parr...
- 5/24/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- People.com - TV Watch
Law & Order star Chris Noth has lost his mother, People has learned. Pioneering CBS correspondent Jeanne Parr died on Monday. She was 92. Parr began her career at a local radio and television station in Madison, Wisconsin, before eventually being spotted by a CBS producer who moved her career to New York. Once in the Big Apple, Parr worked as a weather girl on the Jim Jensen Show before becoming a full-time news correspondent. Parr continued her career at CBS throughout the 60s, reporting on the Republican National Convention in San Francisco as well as the Newark/New York riots in...
- 5/24/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
Law & Order star Chris Noth has lost his mother, People has learned. Pioneering CBS correspondent Jeanne Parr died on Monday. She was 92. Parr began her career at a local radio and television station in Madison, Wisconsin, before eventually being spotted by a CBS producer who moved her career to New York. Once in the Big Apple, Parr worked as a weather girl on the Jim Jensen Show before becoming a full-time news correspondent. Parr continued her career at CBS throughout the 60s, reporting on the Republican National Convention in San Francisco as well as the Newark/New York riots in...
- 5/24/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
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