Kathleen Sullivan

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  • A profile of former TV news anchor Kathleen Sullivan noted that she was snubbed by Donald Trump during an interview held at the Plaza Hotel despite her personal friendship with Trump's sister-in-law, Blaine Trump. “The arc of Kathleen Sullivan's story cries out for a collaboration between Edith Wharton and Paddy Chayefsky, a double helix of irony and satire, glamour and ruin. Two parts ‘Network,’ one part ‘House of Mirth.’ […] The stunning brunette burst onto the television scene at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo as an anchor for ABC and a modern successor to Hollywood's famous ‘sweater girls.’ […] Then, stories suggesting that she was temperamental and insubstantial began to surface, and in February 1990, with ratings in a slump, the tart Sullivan was dumped for a perky blonde, Paula Zahn. […] When she popped up again on network television last week, it was something of a shock. The once-lithe Ms. Sullivan looked chunky. The gray Sullivan was dark. The million-dollar network anchor was pitching for Weight Watchers. She also looks a bit chagrined when Donald Trump walks past the table and gives her an impersonal, perfunctory ‘Nice seeing you.’ ‘Donald knows me,’ she says. ‘I'm good friends with his sister-in-law, Blaine. Maybe he doesn't recognize me. A lot of people don't.’ […] Ms. Sullivan says that her Lily Bart fall from network star to has-been was abrupt and painful. She holds her thumb and forefinger this close to show that there were times when she was barely supporting herself after her estimated $100,000-a-month salary stopped nine months after being dismissed.” (New York Times, January 12, 1994)