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- Birth nameMary Kathleen Hite
- Kathleen Hite began her long and successful career in radio and television following her graduation from the University of Wichita (later Wichita State University) in 1938; she worked at Wichita radio station KANS from 1943-1950. She then moved to California and was hired as a secretary at CBS. She was eventually hired as the network's first female staff writer. She won several awards in her career, including the 1964 Women in Communications Headliner Award; the 1969 Heritage Cowboy Hall of Fame Award; and a Humanitas Award.- IMDb Mini Biography By: rtvf
- She was made an honorary member of the Choctaw Tribe in 1965.
- In 1965, she became was a charter member of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, OK.
- In 1964, she received the Headliner Award from the National Professional Journalism Society.
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