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name: "Linda Ellerbee"
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born: "15 August 1944"
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updated: "2026-09-16T13:55:25.981098+00:00"
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# Linda Ellerbee

Actor. Born 15 August 1944 in Bryan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 August 1944, Bryan

## Biography

Linda Ellerbee is an American journalist, news anchor, producer and writer. Born Linda Jane Smith on 15 August 1944 in Bryan, Texas, she began her career in print and local radio before moving into television news.

She is known for co-anchoring *NBC News Overnight* (1982–1983) and hosting *Nick News* on Nickelodeon from 1991. In 1987 she and her partner Rolfe Tessem founded Lucky Duck Productions. Ellerbee appears as herself in archive footage in the film *Koyaanisqatsi* (1983) and narrated *Baby Boom* (1987). She has also made guest appearances as herself on series including *Murphy Brown* (1988) and *Ellen* (1994).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Koyaanisqatsi* (1983), Fi1m 82, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/koyaanisqatsi.md)

## Also known for

- *Baby Boom* (1987), Narrator (voice)
- *Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution* (2005), Narrator
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Linda Ellerbee
- *Ellen* (1994), Linda Ellerbee, Interviewer
- *Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed* (2007), Self

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