---
name: "Phil Donahue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-donahue"
fi1m_id: "phil-donahue"
imdb_id: "nm0004882"
tmdb_id: 191570
wikidata_id: "Q1336253"
roles: []
born: "21 December 1935"
died: "18 August 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:05:56.968950+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Phil Donahue

## Identity

Phil Donahue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phil-donahue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phil-donahue
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004882
- **TMDB ID:** 191570
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1336253
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1336253, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191570

Actor. Born 21 December 1935 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Died 18 August 2024.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 December 1935, Dayton, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 18 August 2024
- **Also known as:** Phillip John Donahue
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1336253, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191570

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Finding Vivian Maier*](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md) (68)

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## Biography

Phil Donahue was an American television host and media personality. He created and hosted the syndicated talk show *The Phil Donahue Show*, later known as *Donahue*, which ran from 1967 to 1996 and featured audience participation on topical issues.

He appeared as himself in the 2014 documentary *Finding Vivian Maier*. Donahue was born Phillip John Donahue in Dayton, Ohio, on 21 December 1935 and died on 18 August 2024.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Self - Talk Show Host — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Body of War* (2007), Director
- *Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti* (2007), as Narrator
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Larry (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Blossom* (1990), series, Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Phil Donahue
- *First Steps* (1985), as Phil Donahue

## Gallery

- ![Phil Donahue](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-e6b6a1bd4d73.jpg) Phil Donahue — jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Phil_Donahue_at_the_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue. photo by R.Cole for Rob Rich /SocietyAllure.com © 2012 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-bf2e63396f04.jpg) Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue. photo by R.Cole for Rob Rich /SocietyAllure.com © 2012 robwayne1@aol.com 516-676-3939 — Drama League from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg/1280px-077-IMG_5862_%286872096087%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator Jamie Raskin enlists a new supporter: tv pioneer Phil Donahue. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-f7128b5aa3c2.jpg) Senator Jamie Raskin enlists a new supporter: tv pioneer Phil Donahue. (2015) — Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/2015-05-01_LVN_267_%2817153388519%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-2015-05-01_LVN_267_%2817153388519%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator Jamie Raskin enlists a new supporter: tv pioneer Phil Donahue. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-8e3881562175.jpg) Senator Jamie Raskin enlists a new supporter: tv pioneer Phil Donahue. (2015) — Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/2015-05-01_LVN_267_%2817153388519%29.jpg/1280px-2015-05-01_LVN_267_%2817153388519%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator Jamie Raskin and TV host Phil Donahue. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-91dd9f24ffa3.jpg) Senator Jamie Raskin and TV host Phil Donahue. (2015) — Edward Kimmel from Takoma Park, MD, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2015-05-01_LVN_264_%2816717147164%29.jpg/1280px-2015-05-01_LVN_264_%2816717147164%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Davenport, Iowa - October, 1981 (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4166071/gallery-758b62ab03d5.jpg) Davenport, Iowa - October, 1981 (2010) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Phil_Donahue_1981_%284370576373%29.jpg/1280px-Phil_Donahue_1981_%284370576373%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 13 won

- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2024: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture 2008: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture (won)
- Hamptons International Film Festival 2007: Hamptons International Film Festival (won)
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1988: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1986: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1985: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1983: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1982: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Golden Apple Award 1982: Golden Apple Award (won)
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1980: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1979: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1978: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 1977: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (won), for *The Phil Donahue Show*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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