The Grand Dame of Dish.

This is not a title by royal fiat.  It’s more of a PR title, but considering a career that began in 1949 and is still continuing—what is that?  63 years?—it’s okay with me.

Today’s Smith is Liz Smith.

Currently blogging for the Huffington Post, for decades she was one of New York’s premiere gossip columnists.  Before that, she was a news producer for NBC and an entertainment editor for Cosmopolitan magazine.

You can also find her stuff currently on the website she helped found:  The Women on the Web.

You can say what you like about gossip columnists, but for any woman to make it in journalism in that era and to make herself a household name in NYC, a power in the theatre, and to still be going strong—that’s impressive!