Biography

Joanne Goodhart was born on July 10, 1927. She was an assistant director and director, known for The Edge of Night (1956), Guiding Light (1952) and Great Performances (1971). She was married to William Goodhart. She died on October 9, 2011 in Waterville, Maine, USA.

During her time with CBS, Joanne worked on many television programs, including "The Morning Show" hosted by Walter Cronkite, "To Tell The Truth," "Person to Person" hosted by Edward R. Murrow, "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite," "Captain Kangaroo," "As the World Turns," "Guiding Light" and "Search for Tomorrow.".

The first woman to work in a TV network control room. She earned the distinction after Fred Waring discovered her in St. Joseph, Missouri, where she was writing, producing and delivering three radio programs for the popular station KFEQ. She joined the crew of the new Fred Waring Show as a production assistant in 1948. A last-minute opening put her in front of the TV cameras of the nationally broadcast "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians" musical variety show on CBS, performing the show's single commercial for GE refrigerators.

Stayed with CBS as an associate director for 15 years, quietly revolutionizing their human resources policies by establishing their first maternity leave policy in 1958. She would require maternity leave herself four times.