Gretchen Carlson

Gretchen Carlson

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Gretchen Carlson Wiki Biography

  • Gretchen Carlson is a journalist and author who was born on June 21, 1966, in Anoka, Minnesota, USA. 
  • She is well known for hosting “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson” on Fox News Channel from 2013 to 2016, as well as becoming a Miss America in 1989. 
  • Carlson was making a lot of money when he was fired from Fox after filing a sexual harassment complaint against Roger Ailes, the company’s CEO. 
  • Gretchen began her professional career as a journalist in the early 2000s. 
  • Gretchen Carlson’s net worth has been reported to be as high as $6 million, according to reliable reports, with her work for Fox serving as the primary source of her wealth; Carlson’s yearly salary was $1.5 million. 
  • Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson is of Swedish descent and is the daughter of Lee, a car dealership owner, and Karen Carlson, a Lutheran family. 
  • She graduated from Anoka High School in her hometown in 1984 before enrolling at Stanford University and earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. 
  • Gretchen was a talented and seemingly glamorous young woman who competed in the Miss America pageant and won the title in her home state of Minnesota in 1988 before going on to become Miss America in 1989, one of only three women from Minnesota to do so. 
  • Her career as a journalist began in the mid-1990s, when she worked as a political reporter for WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia, further increasing her net worth. 
  • Gretchen began her career as a CBS News reporter in 2000, and then rose to prominence as a co-anchor on CBS’ “Early Show” with Russ Mitchell in 2002, increasing her net worth even further. 
  • Carlson worked for CBS for several years before moving to Fox, where she began as a weekend substitute host on “Fox and Friends.” 
  • Gretchen Carlson quickly switched to a daily job on “Fox and Friends,” where she co-hosted the show with Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy from 2006 to 2013, when she quit hosting a daytime show called “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson,” which added a significant amount to her net worth. 
  • They now call Greenwich, Connecticut home. 
  • Kilmeade, Brian Davison, Bruce California is a county in the United States Camarillo is a town in the state of California. 
  • Close, Casey Near, Christian Dean Stockwell is a character in the film Dean Stockwell Carlson, Gretchen Carlson, Gretchen Estimated Net Worth Remar, James 21st of June Kaia Close is a model and actress. 
  • Carlson, Karen Carlson, Kris Germain Germain Germain Germain Germain Carlson, Lee Generated in Minnesota Roger Ailes is the president of Fox News. 
  • Stanford University is a prestigious university in California. 
  • Doocy, Steve The University of Oxford in the United States has a budget of US$1.6 million. 

Gretchen Carlson Quick Info

Full Name Gretchen Carlson
Net Worth $6 Million
Salary $800,000
Date Of Birth June 21, 1966
Place Of Birth Anoka, Minnesota, United States
Height 1.6 m
Profession Commentator
Education Anoka High School, Stanford University, University of Oxford
Nationality American
Spouse Casey Close
Children Christian Close, Kaia Close
Parents Karen Carlson, Lee Carlson
Siblings Kris Carlson Germain
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GretchenCarlson
Twitter https://twitter.com/gretchencarlson
Google+ https://plus.google.com/115906414249000267845
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therealgretchencarlson/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977944/
Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
Movies The Persecuted
TV Shows Fox & Friends, The Real Story, The Early Show, CBS Evening News, Miss America

Gretchen Carlson Quotes

  • I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn’t know what it meant; I just Googled it. For all of you out there who don’t know what “ignoramus” is, it’s an ignorant lawyer.

Gretchen Carlson Important Facts

  • Played by Vanessa Bayer on Saturday Night Live (1975).
  • Her father, Lee Carlson, celebrated his 80th birthday on April 26, 2014.
  • Lives in Connecticut with her husband and their children. [2010]
  • She and her friend, Eric Bolling, were both married on the same date, October 4, 1997.
  • Recovering from lime disease [August 27, 2013].
  • Began her own Fox News Channel talk show, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson (2013), in Fall, 2013 after she was replaced on Fox and Friends (1998) by Elisabeth Hasselbeck [July 9, 2013].
  • First met Patrick McEnroe when they were both attending Stanford University.
  • Met future husband, Casey Close, on a blind date.
  • Had a Russell terrier as a pet.
  • In 1984, was elected as one of the Anoka High School homecoming attendants and was named Miss Teen Minnesota and was first runner-up in the 1984 Miss Teen USA national competition.
  • Her parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary [May 20, 2011].
  • Received the March of Dimes’ Volunteer Honor Award on September 30, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Her parents’ GM dealership in Anoka, Minnesota, Lee Carlson’s Main Motors, has not been reinstated as of March 11, 2010.
  • Favorite TV shows are Hart to Hart (1979), Underdog (1964) and Mad Men (2007).
  • Her family’s General Motors auto dealership received a letter notifying it to close by late 2010 [June 2009].
  • Her father, Lee Carlson, celebrated his 75th birthday on April 26, 2009.
  • Recuperating from shoulder surgery in January, 2009 [February 7, 2009].
  • Graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11’s Anoka High School, where she was the 1984 class valedictorian.
  • Before coming to Fox News in 2006, she joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000 and then began working on Saturday Early Show (1997) as a co-anchor in 2002.
  • When they were younger, Gretchen and her sister played violin and cello, respectively, for five Christmas services at the church where their grandfather was a minister.
  • Her family has a General Motors auto dealership in Anoka, Minnesota. It has been in the Carlson family for 90 years [2009].
  • National celebrity spokesperson for the March of Dimes, since 2002.
  • Of Swedish descent.
  • Her husband, Casey Richard Close, is a sports agent, whose clientèle include Ryan Howard, Derek Jeter and Josh Hamilton. His hometown is Columbus, Ohio.
  • One of her babysitters was Rep. Michele Bachmann.
  • Favorite pro football team is the Minnesota Vikings.
  • Was a middle child in her family.
  • Has a son, Christian Close, 6, and a daughter, Kaia Close, (born May 17, 2003) [2009].
  • Her sister, Kris Carlson Germain, and brother-in-law, Henry Germain, are adopting a child from Guatemala [November 21, 2007]. They already have two children.
  • Mother is Karen Carlson.
  • Has an older sister (by three years), Kris Carlson Germain (born on January 17, 1964), and two brothers.
  • Miss Minnesota 1988.
  • 1990 honors graduate of Stanford University, with a degree in sociology (organizational behavior). Also, studied at Oxford University in England.
  • Miss America 1989. First classical violinist to be crowned Miss America. Her platform was to promote the arts.

Gretchen Carlson Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
House of Cards 2016 TV Series Gretchen Carlson Actress
Persecuted 2014/I TV Anchor Actress
The View 2014-2017 TV Series Herself – Guest Co-Hostess / Herself – Author, Getting Real / Herself Self
Today 2017 TV Series Herself Self
20/20 2016 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson 2013-2016 TV Series Herself – Hostess / Herself Self
CBS This Morning 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2015-2016 TV Series Herself / Herself – Hostess, The Real Story Self
Fox and Friends 2008-2016 TV Series Herself – Co-Hostess / Herself – Co-Host / Herself / … Self
The O’Reilly Factor 2008-2016 TV Series Herself / Herself (‘Did You See That?’) Self
Home & Family 2015-2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Co-Hostess / Herself – Author, Getting Real Self
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Panelist Self
The Greg Gutfeld Show 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Panelist Self
Praise the Lord 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Inside Edition 2015 TV Series documentary Herself – Author, Getting Real Self
Marcus & Joni 2015 TV Series Herself Self
The Joni Show 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Media Buzz 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Hostess, The Real Story / Herself Self
Huckabee 2013-2014 TV Series Herself – Actress / Herself Self
Fox News 2012-2013 TV Series Herself Self
Stossel 2013 TV Series Herself Self
Studio B 2012-2013 TV Series Herself Self
The 2013 Miss America Pageant 2013 TV Special documentary Herself Self
The 2011 Miss America Pageant 2011 TV Movie Herself Self
Miss America 2010 TV Special Herself Self
Hannity 2009 TV Series Herself Self
The Live Desk 2008 TV Series Herself Self
CMT: Greatest Miss America Moments 2006 TV Special Herself Self
Saturday Early Show 2005 TV Series Herself Self
Jeopardy! 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest Contestant Self
VH1 Goes Inside 2003 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Fox News Live 2000 TV Series Anchor (weekend) Self
The Early Show 1999 TV Series Herself Correspondent (2004-2005) Self
70th Annual Miss America Pageant 1990 TV Special Herself Self
The New Hollywood Squares 1989 TV Series Herself Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1988 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Extra 2016 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2015-2016 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 2016 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Media Buzz 2015-2016 TV Series Herself – Hostess, The Real Story / Herself Archive Footage
The Greg Gutfeld Show 2015 TV Series Herself – Hostess, The Real Story Archive Footage
The O’Reilly Factor 2015 TV Series Herself – Hostess, The Real Story Archive Footage
Inside Edition 2014-2015 TV Series documentary Herself – Hostess, The Real Story / Herself Archive Footage
Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference 2012 2012 TV Series Herself Archive Footage