Susan "Sue" Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980.
Simmons grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem; her father is John Simmons, a renowned jazz bassist whose compatriots included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Nat King Cole. Before joining WNBC, Simmons was with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., from 1976 to 1979, where sh...
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Susan "Sue" Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980.
Simmons grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem; her father is John Simmons, a renowned jazz bassist whose compatriots included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Nat King Cole. Before joining WNBC, Simmons was with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., from 1976 to 1979, where she co-anchored with Jim Vance. Before her arrival at WRC, she was with WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1974 to 1976. There, she was an anchor for the station's Action News and Baltimore At One broadcasts. She began her career as a consumer action reporter at WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut.
From 1980 to 2007, she was a co-anchor for Live at Five with several co-anchors, including Jack Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepherd, Jim Rosenfield, Perri Peltz, and David Ushery. In 2007, Live at Five broadcast for the final time. Weeknights at 6...
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